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...

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"...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

J. Elroy McCaw's WINS in New York made a deal with Towers for deejay Alan Freed to do a special taped 1/2-hour rock 'n' roll record show on Saturday nights...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the period included Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack, Casey Kasem, and their British counterparts included the BBC's Brian Matthew and Alan Freeman, Radio London's...

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...

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...

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...