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My parents, other relatives, church members and staff, and even quite a few folks in 1950's media roundly condemned rock-n-roll as "The Devil's music", which I suppose it is/was from a conservative-religious perspective. In Akron Ohio where I grew up, just down the street from where Allan Freed played those R&B records on the air circa 1951, Freed doesn't enjoy any celebrity status among the radio hall-of-famers. If I were raising kids, I think I'd keep them away from pop music entirely and let their brains develop on classical music, or a little jazz, to give them a better chance of succeeding in life without the negative baggage of most popular music.
BTW, I saw Jerry Lee 3 times in the late 70's in Wheeling WVa - those were great performances.