In October, WDIA and several other large popular music radio stations ban several songs for their sexually suggestive lyrics. We are sure all you listeners will agree with us. In one week's time during April, Chicago radio stations receive 15,000 complaint letters protesting their broadcast of rock music. Observers mistake dancing at concerts for riots and fighting. Officials in San Diego and Florida police warn Elvis Presley that if he moves at all during his local performances, he will be arrested on obscenity charges.
Stations continue to play instrumental versions of the song.
Also in April, members of the White Citizens Council of Birmingham, Alabama, rush the stage at a Nat King Cole concert and beat the legendary performer. 1957 Producers of the Ed Sullivan Show instruct cameramen to show Elvis Presley only from the waist up on his third and final appearance on the program on January 7th. Congress considers that legislation requires song lyrics to be screened and altered by a review committee before being broadcast or offered for sale. The title of the song is thought to be suggestive of teenage violence. When Wray appears on American Bandstand to perform the song, Dick Clark introduces Wray and his band, but refuses to mention the song's title.