Letters, Jul. 9, 1956

Rock 'n' Sock Sir:

I think your June 18 article on rock-'n'-roll music is ridiculous. This type of music is for young people to enjoy while they can, not for crusading adult hypocrites and pessimists to criticize and discriminate. The rock-'n'-roll fad is equivalent to the Charleston and its music of the '20s. There were people like you then to condemn this fad.

SKIPPY BROUSSARD Lafayette, La.

Sir:

How did you fuddyduddies feel about Dixieland when you were young? How many of you wore bell-bottom trousers and danced the Charleston? How many of you were juvenile delinquents? I wear blue jeans and dig...

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