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Bookmark or Share- ALAN FREED - Rock & Roll Hall of FameAlan Freed was the most effective proselytizer rock and roll has ever known. Spreading the word from a radio pulpit that kicked off nightly to the strains of Freddie Mitchell’s “Moondog Boogie,” Freed kept time to the music by smashing his hand on a telephone book.
- Alan FreedAlan Freed. CLICK HERE TO ENTER SITE. Rock & ROLL” is a great river of music into which many steams flow. It really began over a hundred years ago, in the cotton fields and on the levees, with work songs, spirituals and river songs. It’s just our own American music, earthy and soulful.
- The Dramatic Rise And Fall Of Alan Freed — “Father Of Rock And Roll”In his short life, Alan Freed was many things. A beloved disk jockey, a proponent of early integration, a television personality, a controversial figure, and a songwriter. But if there’s one thing Alan Freed is most remembered for, it’s being the “father of rock ‘n’ roll.”
- Alan Freed - WikipediaAlan Freed has secured a place in American music history as the first important rock 'n' roll disc jockey. His ability to tap into and promote the emerging black musical styles of the 1950s to a white mainstream audience is seen as a vital step in rock's increasing dominance over American culture.
- ¬ Official website of Alan Freed, the disc jockey who coined the phrase ...Albert James “Alan” Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey. He also produced and promoted large traveling concerts with various acts, helping to spread the importance of rock and roll music throughout North America and the world.
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