Fact #32740
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Short story:
Radio DJ Hunter Hancock, Specialty Records boss Art Rupe, bandleader Johnny Otis and promoter Hal Zeiger form a committee in Los Angeles, California, USA, to counter the increase in unfavourable media attacks on r'n'b music. On the same day, jukebox operators in Asbury Park, New Jersey, ban rock'n'roll records from their machines.
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