Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey. He also produced and promoted large traveling concerts with...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

"Maybellene" and "forwarded it to Alan Freed." "Having mysteriously acquired 25 percent of the writer's credit," Christgau writes, "Freed played 'Maybellene' quite...

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...

disc jockey Alan Freed, who coined the phrase 'rock 'n roll,' born in 1921". News4sanantonio.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021. "Freed, Alan". The Encyclopedia...

"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...

music's earliest successes, presented to international audiences by DJ Alan Freed. The group, which made its most popular recordings with young Frankie...

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...

Look up freed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Freed may refer to: Alan Freed (1921–1965), American radio personality Arthur Freed (1894–1973), American...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Minnesota that played dance music. Founded by local radio DJ and programmer, Alan Freed, in 1996, the station served downtown Minneapolis and surrounding neighborhoods...

children. Cleveland's Alan Freed had originally called himself the "Moon Dog" after New York City street musician Moondog. Freed both adopted this name...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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