 In his Elvis Presley obituary, Lester Bangs credited him as "the man who brought overt blatant vulgar sexual frenzy to the popular arts in America," in the 1950s and 1960s, through his overtly suggestive dance moves. While until the 1950s, the sex symbol was just seen as a sexual ideal, in the 1960s it was seen as a symbol of the emancipation of bodies and sexuality with the sexual revolution. Brigitte Bardot was one of the most famous sex-symbol of the 1960s.
Elvis Presley was considered a sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. A photograph promoting the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock. In his Elvis Presley obituary, Lester Bangs credited him as "the man who brought overt blatant vulgar sexual frenzy to the popular arts in America," in the 1950s and 1960s, through his overtly suggestive dance moves. While until the 1950s, the sex symbol was just seen as a sexual ideal, in the 1960s it was seen as a symbol of the emancipation of bodies and sexuality with the sexual revolution. Brigitte Bardot was one of the most famous sex-symbol of the 1960s.
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Elvis Presley was considered a sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. A photograph promoting the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock.