CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) First "STAGE SHOW" Performance on Saturday, January 28 1956 CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) Lee Irwin Interview (Location 00:53 to 02:46) "HOUND DOG" performance on "THE MILTON BERLE SHOW" (Click Here for Video) Paul Wilder Interview (Location 00:00 to 06:51) Hy Gardner Interview (Click Here) CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) Mexico's Critic: On Tuesday, February 19, 1957, a newspaper called the "EXCELSIOR" published a false article by gossip columnist Frederico de Leon which stated that Elvis was interviewed in Tijuana. This article's lie stated how Elvis claimed he didn't want to go to Mexico because he found it a distasteful country, adding that he would prefer to kiss three Negro women (it was 1957) than a single Mexican woman; a quote which never came out of Elvis's mouth. CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS Unfortunately, it took decades to bring the truth to light. The false Mexican stories came from one of Mexico City's highly influential politicians named Ernesto Peralta Uruchurtu. Apparently, Uruchurtu wanted Elvis to appear at some powerful media mogul's daughter's fifteenth birthday party. Uruchurtu sent a blank check to Elvis's Los Angeles office in early 1957. Elvis's office did not accept the check (and who knows if Elvis was even made aware of the grand fifteen-year-old's event). Foolishly, the mogul had been boasting publicly that Elvis was going to appear at his daughter's birthday party. Uruchurtu got his panties all in a bunch and had to save face, so he sought revenge against Elvis by creating the FALSE racial quote and FAKE damaging rumors. CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) Mexico's Critic (Continued): CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS Adding fuel to the fire, Mexican reporters labeled Elvis as being a racist and a homosexual. They suggested how Elvis’s hip-wiggling and mannerisms proved he was homosexual or a woman in reverse drag. This false rumor split the attitudes about Elvis among Mexican youth, resulting in riot violence at the 'Las Americas' cinema in Mexico City. This riot occurred during the opening of "KING CREOLE," where a large number of young people had already gathered hours before the screening was scheduled to begin. More than 600 of these rioters entered the theater without paying. Many began yelling and shouting insults and disturbing others, especially the young ladies present. Oddly, the showing of the film started in the middle of the chaos which included the throwing of seats and running through the theater as if it were on fire. In an attempt to calm the crowd, the theater stopped the film, but the rioting didn't cease until the police came on the scene and threw everyone out. Approximately 100 people were jailed that day due to a media lie. (For more information, click here to read "ELVIS REFRIED: THE RISE OF THE MEXICAN COUNTERCULTURE" by Eric Zolov and "REY CRIOLLO" by Parménides García Saldaña.) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) Second "MILTON BERLE SHOW" Performance on, Tuesday, June 5, 1956: CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) "THE MILTON BERLE SHOW" at the USS Hancock Tuesday, April 3, 1956 (Video) "I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU" (Video starts at 10:35) "HOUND DOG" (Video) PREVIOUS Radio Spot for Sunday, June 3, 1956, at the Oakland Auditorium in Oakland, California (Click Here) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) Wink Martindale Interview on Saturday, June 16, 1956 (Video) "STEVE ALLEN SHOW" on Sunday, July 1, 1956: "HOUND DOG" (Video) Range Roundup Comedy Skit (Video) CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS Juneteenth: "TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORY & CULTURE: JUNETEENTH PART 1" (Video) "TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORY & CULTURE: JUNETEENTH PART 2" (Video) "TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORY & CULTURE: JUNETEENTH PART 3" (Video) Elvis performing "HOUND DOG" on the Steve Allen Show on July 1, 1956. CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS Russwood Park Concert in Memphis, Tennessee (Video) Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa Florida interview with Ray and Norma Pillow on Sunday, August 5, 1956 (Complete Interview) Polk Theater in Lakeland, Florida interview with Paul Wilder on Monday, August 6, 1956 (Complete Interview) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS Robert Abel and Pierre Adidge Interview in 1972 (Location 29:06 to 30:09) Peabody Auditorium in Daytona, Florida with Ed Ripley on Thursday, August 9th, 1956 (Complete Interview) Florida Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida with Bob Hoffer on August 7th, 1956 (Complete Interview) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) NEXT NEXT 20th Century Fox Sound Recordings for "LOVE ME TENDER" on Friday, August 24, 1956: "LOVE ME TENDER" (Movie Scene) "POOR BOY" (Movie Scene) PREVIOUS "WE'RE GONNA MOVE" (Movie Scene) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) Return To Book Study Directory PREVIOUS 20th Century Fox's Stage 1 in Hollywood, California for the "LOVE ME TENDER" Recording Session on Tuesday, September 4, 1956: "LET ME" (movie scene) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS First "ED SULLIVAN SHOW" Appearance on Sunday, September 9, 1956 "DON'T BE CRUEL" (Video) "LOVE ME TENDER" - Elvis introduces new song (Video) "READY TEDDY" (Video) "HOUND DOG" (Video) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS Mississippi Alabama Fair and Dairy Show at the Tupelo Fairgrounds in Tupelo, Mississippi on Wednesday, September 26, 1956 (Video) CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS Second "ED SULLIVAN SHOW" Appearance on Sunday, October 28, 1956 CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS "MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET" at Sun Record Company on Tuesday, December 4, 1956 CHAPTER FIVE CHANGING CULTURE (CONTINUED) NEXT: THE TRIAL OF ROBERT GRAY BACK TO BOOK STUDY DIRECTORY PREVIOUS Audubon Drive Recording at Home in December 1956 Last Louisiana Hayride Performance on Saturday, December 15, 1956 "WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN" CLICK HERE TO LISTEN - STARTS AT 36:45 CHAPTER FIVE ROBERT GRAY CIVIL TRIAL In May 2006, Gray was arrested on multiple counts of capital sexual battery. These initial charges involved the alleged molestation of girls at Trinity Baptist Church and Trinity Christian Academy during the 1960s and 1970s. In July 2006, he was arrested again after more victims, including a man who had been a student at the time, came forward with new allegations. By the time of his death in 2007, he had been charged with at least 22 counts of sexual abuse, with more than 20 women and one man coming forward with accusations. Gray died in November 2007, just days before his criminal trial was scheduled to begin, leading to the dismissal of the criminal charges. While criminal charges against Robert "Bob" Gray were dismissed upon his death in 2007, several civil lawsuits proceeded against Trinity Baptist Church (TBC). These cases alleged that church leadership was aware of Gray's behavior for decades and actively covered it up. At least six civil lawsuits were filed by victims seeking damages for sexual abuse that occurred in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s (and who knows what happened in the 1950s). In late 2007, judges dismissed at least two of these lawsuits, ruling that the plaintiffs had waited too long to file under Florida's statute of limitations at that time. Attorney Adam Horowitz, representing many of the victims, appealed these rulings. While some cases were dismissed, others led to private settlements or were hindered by the church's defense that they conducted an internal investigation and found no evidence of a cover-up. A recording surfaced involving current pastor Tom Messer and other leaders, which victims' attorneys claimed proved church leadership conspired to hide Gray's actions as a "family squabble" rather than reporting them to the police. CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUES) PREVIOUS CLICK HERE TO READ: Devil in the Baptist Church: Bob Gray's Unholy Trinity