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4 Personal life. 5 In popular culture. 6 Legacy. 7 References. ... Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey. [1]
American Hot Wax is a 1978 biographical film directed by Floyd Mutrux with a screenplay by John Kaye from a story by John 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 often credited with coining the term "rock 'n' roll".
Radio DJ Alan Freed on New York City's WINS (AM) in 1955. Alan Freed is commonly referred to as the "father of rock and roll" due to his promotion of the music and his introduction of the term rock and roll on radio in the early 1950s. Freed also made a practice of presenting music by African-American artists rather than cover versions by white ...
Timothy John McIntire (July 19, 1944 – April 15, 1986) was an 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 movie Stand by Your Man (1981), and for his performances in The Gumball Rally (1976) and Brubaker (1980).
Suzanne Somers was laid to rest with a deeply personal item. The late actress' husband, Alan Hamel, shares the touching reason she was buried in a pair of hiking boots rather than designer shoes.
In 1954, he won a case in the New York State Supreme Court against disc jockey Alan Freed, who had branded his radio show, "The Moondog Rock and Roll Matinee", around the name "Moondog", using "Moondog's Symphony" (the first record that Moondog ever cut) as his "calling card". [4]
She also appeared with Buddy Holly, Little Richard and others as part of the Alan Freed Great Holiday Rock 'n Roll Show in New York in 1957. One of her last records, "Mean to Me", reached no. 40 in the UK singles chart in 1960. [4] In later years she lived in Modesto, California as Shaye Cogan-Morris. She died in 2009 at the age of 85.
Freed had the single pulled from any further promotion. In addition, the B-side "Be Fair" was met with resistance by radio stations for its lyrics pertaining to a blind man. After returning to Seattle, the band, under the billing Jimmy Pipkin and the Gallahads, released a third and final single, "This Letter To You" in 1962, but it was largely ...