PAT BOONE on TV 1957 singing TUTTI FRUTTI little richard

The oft-maligned Pat Boone sings TUTTI FRUTTI. Musical tastes in 1957 reflected Bing Crosby, Patti Page, and comfy Middle-America. There were no country crossover artists, R&B was on only a few radio stations, and nobody worked on Sunday. Mainstream artists smoothed the edges off African music (The Weavers and Wimoweh), classical music was modified (by Arthur Fiedler, and by songs like “Till The End of Time“) and yes, if it wasn’t mellowed by The Platters, Ink Spots or Nat King Cole, a jazz or R&B song got