Bernard J. Berry
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| Bernard J. Berry | |
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33rd Mayor of Jersey City
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| In office 1953-12-15 – 1957-05-20 |
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| Preceded by | John V. Kenny |
| Succeeded by | Charles S. Witkowski |
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| Born | July 3, 1913 Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Died | January 6, 1963 (aged 49) Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | Bernard J. Jr. |
| Residence | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Bernard J. Berry (1913-07-03 - 1963-01-06) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 33rd mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from 1953 to 1957.
Berry achieved a level of notoriety for having banned both rock and roll music as well as an "obscene" film from Jersey City during his tenure. Berry banned the film The Moon Is Blue from being shown for being "indecent and obscene". [1] and refused to allow Bill Haley and the Comets to play a concert at municipally-owned Roosevelt Stadium. [2] The latter act is believed to have inspired Haley to write the first protest song in rock and roll, "Teenager's Mother," which included the lyrics "Are you right? Did you forget too soon? How much you liked to do the Charleston?" [3]
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- ^ “JERSEY JUDGE SEES 'THE MOON IS BLUE'; Superior Court Jurist Says He Will Give Decision Today on Film Seized as 'Indecent'”, The New York Times: 33, October 16, 1953
- ^ Altschuler, Glenn (2003). All Shook Up: How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America. New York City: Oxford University Press, 4. ISBN 0195139437.
- ^ Dinnisoff, R. Serge (1991). Risky Business: Rock in Film. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 33. ISBN 0-88738-843-4.
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