Alan freed

Radio Disc Jockey. He is known as The Father of Rock and Roll for his efforts to promote that music style. In March 1952, as an emcee of a television program on rhythm and blues records for TV station WXEL in Cleveland, Ohio, he referred to the new music sound as rock and roll, thus being the first to coin the term. ...

Alan Freed gave the black music he played on the radio in the early '50s the name rock 'n' roll and after moving to NY became its champion

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One of he great Allen Freed 50's Christmas Shows....

March 21, 1956: The movie Rock Around The Clock opens in theaters. In the film, the disc jockey Alan Freed discovers a rock band in a village in the faraway hills and promotes them in New York. And that would be that, except for the fact that the band is Bill Haley and His Comets, and this little film is now history for the effect they produced on teen audiences worldwide and on the music business.

Alan Freed, Little Richard and Bill Haley Alan Freed, Larry Williams, Dee Jay Ben Dacosta, Buddy Holly. Sept. 8 1957 NYC k Dec. 22, 1956 Billboard Magazine The Alan Freed Orchestra ~ Rock And Roll Boogie Albert James "Alan" Freed (15 de diciembre de 1921 - 20 de enero de 1965), también conocido como Moondog, fue un DJ estadounidense que pasó a ser reconocido internacionalmente por promocionar música Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop y Rock & Roll en radios de los Estados Unidos. Su carrera fue…

Go, Johnny, Go! (1959) - Alan Freed, Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart