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He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus, and we had like three hours. It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing?
He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. At a blast, cruising around the festival weekend in the all-new Palisade Hybrid.
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At risk of career? and bodily harm. Let's get into the story. Take it away, Pat. I would like people to know that back during my My day is when I was doing the TV show.
I was thrilled to be singing these rhythm blue songs by people that were becoming friends of mine, Little Richard. That's a domino. the flamingos and the El Dorados and on and on. They were friends and and I was doing their songs. Then one day, Harry Belafonte, who was the biggest entertainer in the world at that time.
Called me on the phone and said, I've been watching your TV show and I like the way you treat your guests. Would you like me to come on and we can do some songs together?
Well, he's the biggest entertainer in the world. And I said, Of course, I'd love that. And I got it. had a meeting soon after that with the The producers of the show ABC Television. And Chevrolet ad agency.
Harry Belafati wants to come on the show and be and they looked at me with these sober expressions. We can't do that. Why?
Well, we didn't tell you, but we have to tell you that Chevrolet is having problems in the South. with their dealerships because of People are coming in saying that they like you and your music and they like Chevrolet, but you're having all these, and they'll use the N-word. on your show. And we're going to have to cut back. And Harry Belafonte is already involved in civil rights activities.
And we might lose Chevrolet as a sponsor if you have him on.
So we're going to have to tell him no.
Well, I was stunned, and so I brought it up again in the conversation. Look, It's called the Pat Boone Chevy Show. But if Pat Boone has to say no to Harry Belafonte, I grew up in the South. I know the problem. I'm not going to be part of it.
I'm not going to perpetuate it.
So I'm going to have to ask you to take my show from here on. And they're looking stunned at me, you're going to quit your show for that? I said, Look, It's more than that, it's more important than me and my show. It's something's got to be changed in this country. That's not going to help further it, this this racial prejudice.
So then they they acquiesced and they said, look, if we Have him come on. Will you uh guarantee there'll be no no subtle Civil rights things, you'll just. I said, look, the fact we're singing together on my show will be all the statement needed to be made. And I can explain that to Harry.
Well, it didn't happen. Because he had It was toward the end of my third season, and I just decided not to do the show anymore because I knew it was going to come up again and again. And so I just quit the half hour show and went to specials. I did some TV specials after that and it was a long time until I did any other kind of a regular show. in which I could have any guess on that I wanted with no problem.
But After that I was asked to come to uh South Africa. to perform. And they're offering me a lot of moose in 1960. Nelson Mandala still in prison. And apartheid fully enforced, and they asked me to come, and I wouldn't do it because of their policy.
And I said, Look, I'm not telling you how to run your country. We've still got problems in our country. We're trying to work out. but I cannot come at people who want to buy tickets. to see me sing are refused because of their color.
So I have to turn you down. And I did twice, but the third time we had a closed-door meeting. And they said, if you'll give us your word and honor as a gentleman, you won't publicize it. the government is willing to lift apartheid for you for your Tour. And I said, anybody who wants to buy a ticket, color, race, whatever, can come.
They said, yes, and it'll be publicly known.
So I went and I did my tour in 1960. They lifted apartheid. first and only time at that point, And I had death threats, but we had people. Folks in the audience and watching, if any, and I laugh, but it's true. I was a sort of a stationary performer then.
I didn't move around the stage like Elvis. I stood at the mic and sang my songs. But in those shows in South Africa, in Durban, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Johannesburg, I moved around the stage quite a bit. and bobbed and weaved a little. In case because I had death threats, but if you The threats were if you go before a non segregated audience.
then you're not going to leave the stage alive.
So I went there facing death threats. But nothing happened, and I did come home safe. And then the the uh curtain of apartheid fell back for another decade. And I've never talked about it. I can talk about it now because it was in 1960 But back then You know, I was making a stand, not for publicity at all.
just because of what I thought was right. And since then, all this time, I've been I've been as active as I can be. along the way without putting anybody down. But just crying for Equality and friendship and relationship, and let us all know each other and respect each other for who we are. and what we can be.
And a terrific job on the production, editing, and storytelling by our own Monty Montgomery. And a special thanks to Pat Boone. for sharing those stories with us. And it in part is a story about personal courage. But in the end, as you're listening to Pat, it's not so much courage, it's just who he was.
And he just wasn't going to do certain things. And that was that. And if he had to lose his show? He lost his show. It wasn't a large confrontation.
It wasn't a public martyring of himself. He just wanted to do the right thing, especially having been born from the South, and wanting Harry Belafonte to be able to come on and sing like anybody else on his show. And my goodness, the story of him in apartheid and getting apartheid drawn back. Or at least the curtain pulled back for a day. It's just a beautiful story.
He ended beautifully. Equality, friendship, and relationship. are the things he was looking for. No politics, no ideology, those three things, the hallmark. of Pat Boone's life.
And by the way, we have more Pat Boone's stories. Go to OurAmerican Stories and search for them. It's a remarkable life, not only as an entertainer, but as a man and also as a Christian man. Just a beautiful soul. Story of Pat Boone here.
on our American stories. Lee Habib here, and I'm inviting you to help Our American Story celebrate this country's 250th birthday coming soon. If you want to help inspire countless others to love America like we do, and want to help us bring the inspiring and important stories told here about a good and beautiful country, please. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Our American Stories. Go to OurAmericanStories.com and click the donate button.
Any amount helps. Go to OurAmericanStories.com and give. Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bones Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together, Diplo?
I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus and we had like three hours. It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house.
I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible.
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