Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey. He also produced and promoted large traveling concerts with...
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Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story is a 1999 American television film directed by Andy Wolk and starring Judd Nelson as Alan Freed. It is based on John...
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Whitaker, and Vanessa L. Williams. He played Alan Freed in the latter's life story, Mr. Rock 'N' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999) opposite Mädchen Amick and...
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was established as a music venue. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio, disc jockey Alan Freed began playing this music style, and referring to it as "rock and roll"...
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performances, Berry and Alan Freed (playing themselves) discuss their discovery of Johnny, whose fate once hinged on the toss of a coin, with Freed intimating that...
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"Maybellene" and "forwarded it to Alan Freed." "Having mysteriously acquired 25 percent of the writer's credit," Christgau writes, "Freed played 'Maybellene' quite...
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American character actor, probably best known for his starring roles as Alan Freed in the film American Hot Wax (1978), as singer George Jones in the television...
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disc jockey Alan Freed, who coined the phrase 'rock 'n roll,' born in 1921". News4sanantonio.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021. "Freed, Alan". The Encyclopedia...
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"Sincerely" is a popular song written by Harvey Fuqua and Alan Freed and first released by The Moonglows in 1954. The Moonglows recorded the song during...
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music's earliest successes, presented to international audiences by DJ Alan Freed. The group, which made its most popular recordings with young Frankie...
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Kaye and Art Linson. The film tells the story of pioneering disc jockey Alan Freed, who in the 1950s helped introduce and popularize rock and roll, and is...
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Look up freed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Freed may refer to: Alan Freed (1921–1965), American radio personality Arthur Freed (1894–1973), American...
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helping to popularize the genre in radio airplay along with Cleveland's Alan Freed. Phillips was born in Crump, Tennessee, but spent his childhood in Adamsville...
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his band in the 1956 movie, Rock, Rock, Rock, by pioneering music DJ Alan Freed. Jimmy and the Houserockers were the first white band to play at the Apollo...
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2023-06-08. "FREED, ALAN". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2021. "ALAN FREED IS OUT IN...
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Side Story cast member David Winters is also featured. Famed disc jockey Alan Freed made an appearance as himself. Valerie Harper made her debut in a brief...
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is a 1956 musical film featuring Bill Haley and His Comets along with Alan Freed, the Platters, Tony Martinez and His Band and Freddie Bell and His Bellboys...
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Minnesota that played dance music. Founded by local radio DJ and programmer, Alan Freed, in 1996, the station served downtown Minneapolis and surrounding neighborhoods...
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children. Cleveland's Alan Freed had originally called himself the "Moon Dog" after New York City street musician Moondog. Freed both adopted this name...
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disc jockey Alan Freed both coined the term "rock and roll" and heavily promoted the new genre—and that Cleveland was the location of Freed's Moondog Coronation...
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the film American Hot Wax, which was based on the life of disc jockey Alan Freed. In the 1990s and the 2000s, Perry worked with Ray Charles on 1993's My...
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directed by Charles S. Dubin and written by James Blumgarten. The film stars Alan Freed, Teddy Randazzo, Lois O'Brien (Lois Pope), Rocky Graziano, Jay Barney...
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Soon after the release of "I Put a Spell on You", radio disc jockey Alan Freed offered Hawkins $300 to emerge from a coffin onstage. Hawkins initially...
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charts. Alan Freed, who had moved to the much larger market of New York City in 1954, helped the record become popular with white teenagers. Freed had been...
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Bruce Alan Campbell (born April 22, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Derek Mitchell in the 1987–1992 CBS series Jake and the...
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Crown Heights, True Confections, Gross Misconduct, Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story, The Path to 9/11, Solo, The Last Days of Patton, Mama and Easy...
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Mr. Jackson, who wrote the Freed biography, said that two members of the virtuoso group the Moonglows told him that Mr. Freed had no involvement with their...
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website as an "architect" and a "key inductee" with Sam Phillips and Alan Freed. Paul is the only inductee in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and...
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Don't Knock the Rock is a 1956 American musical film starring Alan Dale and Alan Freed. Directed by Fred F. Sears, the film also features performances...
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Connie Francis Ernie Freeman Mary Ford Tennessee Ernie Ford Helen Forrest Alan Freed Johnny Fuller Billy Fury Earl Gaines Hank Garland Judy Garland Clarence...
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