Alan Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965), also known (briefly) as Moondog, was an American disc-jockey who became internationally known for promoting African-American Rhythm and Blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of Rock and Roll. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Many of the top African-American performers of the first generation of rock and roll (such as Bo Diddley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry) salute Alan Freed for his pioneering attitude in breaking down racial barriers among the youth of 1950s America. Bo Diddley ( December 30 1928 &ndash June 2 2008, born Ellas Otha Bates) was an original and influential American Rev Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932 better known by the Stage name Little Richard, is an American Singer, Songwriter Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive His career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s. Payola, in the American Music industry, is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on Music

Contents 1 Early years 2 Pioneer/"Father of Rock and Roll" 2.1 "The Moondog" 2.2 1010 WINS New York 2.3 Radio Luxembourg 3 Move to WABC 770 4 Movies 5 Television 6 Trouble with the law and the payola scandal 7 Marriages and family 8 Later years 8.1 Legacy 9 References 10 External links

Early years

Albert James "Alan" Freed was born on December 15, 1921, to Maud Palmer, age 22, and Charles S. Freed, age 28, in Windber, Pennsylvania. Windber is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, eight miles (13 km south of Johnstown. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern In 1933, Freed's family moved to Salem, Ohio, where Freed attended Salem High School (Ohio), graduating in 1940. Salem is a city in northern Columbiana County and extreme southern Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Salem High School is a public High school in Salem Ohio. It is the only high school in the Salem City School district after the closing of Salem Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. While Freed was in high school, he formed a band called the Sultans of Swing in which he played the trombone. Freed's initial ambition was to be a bandleader; however, an ear infection put an end to this dream. While in college, Freed became interested in radio. Soon after World War II, Freed landed broadcasting jobs at smaller radio stations, including WKST (New Castle, PA), WKBN (Youngstown, OH), and WAKR (Akron, OH), where, in 1945, he became a local favorite, playing hot jazz and pop recordings. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including New Castle is a city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, 50 miles (80 km northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and 18 miles (30 km east Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. Akron is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Summit County. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure

Pioneer/"Father of Rock and Roll"

While Freed called himself the "father of rock and roll", he was not the first to play it on the airwaves; however, he is credited with coining and popularizing the term "rock and roll" to describe the style of music. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Many of the top African-American performers of the 1950s have given public credit to Freed for pioneering racial integration among the youth of America at a time when the adults were still promoting racial strife. Racial integration, or simply integration includes Desegregation (the process of ending systematic Racial segregation) Little Richard has given the credit to Freed that others have denied him. Rev Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932 better known by the Stage name Little Richard, is an American Singer, Songwriter An example of Freed's non-racist attitude is preserved in the motion pictures starring many of the leading African-American acts of the day in which he played a part as himself. For example, in the 1956 film Rock Rock Rock, Freed, as himself, tells the audience that "Rock and roll is a river of music that has absorbed many streams: rhythm and blues, jazz, rag time, cowboy songs, country songs, folk songs. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. All have contributed to the big beat. "

"The Moondog"

After leaving WAKR in Akron in 1949, Freed moved to Cleveland, Ohio. WAKR is an AM radio station in Akron Ohio, USA operating on 1590 kHz. Akron is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Summit County. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state [1] In April of 1950, Freed entered the Cleveland market on WXEL-TV (Channel 9) as the afternoon movie show host. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[1]

Leo Mintz, owner of the Record Rendezvous, one of Cleveland's largest record stores, helped Freed get a job playing classical music on Cleveland radio station WJW. In 1951, Mintz told Freed that he had noticed increased interest in rhythm and blues records at his store. He wanted to broaden the market for such recordings, and he proposed to buy several hours of late-night airtime on WJW, to be devoted entirely to R&B recordings. He asked Freed to serve as host. On July 11, 1951, Freed started playing rhythm and blues records on WJW. ^[2]

Freed called his show "The Moondog House" and billed himself as "The King of the Moondoggers". He had been inspired by an offbeat instrumental called "Moondog Symphony" that had been recorded by New York street musician Louis Hardin, aka "Moondog". Moondog was the Pseudonym of Louis Thomas Hardin ( May 26, 1916 &ndash September 8, 1999) a blind American composer musician Moondog was the Pseudonym of Louis Thomas Hardin ( May 26, 1916 &ndash September 8, 1999) a blind American composer musician Freed adopted the record as his show's theme music. His on-air manner was energetic and faintly smarmy. He addressed his listeners as if they were all part of a make-believe kingdom of hipsters, united in their love for Negro music. ^[2]

Later that year, Freed promoted dances and concerts featuring the music he was playing on the radio. ^[3] He was one of the organizers of a five-act show called the "The Moondog Coronation Ball" on March 21, 1952 at the Cleveland Arena. The Moondog Coronation Ball was a concert held at the Cleveland Arena in Cleveland Ohio on March 21, 1952. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cleveland Arena was an arena in Cleveland Ohio. It was built and privately financed by local businessman Albert C This event is known as the first rock and roll concert. Crowds attended in numbers far beyond the arena's capacity, and the concert was shut down early due to overcrowding and a near-riot. ^[4] Freed gained a priceless notoriety from the incident. WJW immediately increased the airtime allotted to Freed's program, and his popularity soared. ^[2]

In those days, Cleveland was considered by the music industry to be a "breakout" city, where national trends first appeared in a regional market. Freed's popularity made the pop music business sit up and take notice. Soon, tapes of Freed's program began to air in the New York City area. ^[2]

Although Freed made use of the "Moondog Symphony," he failed to obtain the composer's permission to use the piece, nor did he pay any royalties. As a result he was sued by Hardin for infringement in 1952; Hardin also argued prior claim to the name "Moondog," under which he had been composing since 1947. Freed lost the suit, and had to give up both use of the piece and the Moondog name. ^[5]

1010 WINS New York

Following his success on the air in Cleveland, Freed moved to New York City where he turned WINS into a rock and roll radio station. The City of New York WINS (1010 kHz known on-air as "Ten-Ten WINS", is a radio station in New York City, owned by CBS Radio.

Radio Luxembourg

In 1956, Freed was introduced to European audiences through his appearances in a succession of rock 'n' roll movies such as Rock Around The Clock, Don't Knock the Rock and other titles. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rock Around the Clock is the title of a 1956 musical motion picture that featured Bill Haley and His Comets Don't Knock the Rock was a 1956 Rock and roll film starring Alan Dale as a rock star who returns to his hometown to rest up for the summer only That same year, while working for WINS in New York City, Freed began recording a weekly half-hour segment of the Radio Luxembourg show called Jamboree that was aired on Saturday nights at 9:30 PM. WINS (1010 kHz known on-air as "Ten-Ten WINS", is a radio station in New York City, owned by CBS Radio. The City of New York Radio Luxembourg is a commercial broadcaster in many languages from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The billing of his segment in the 208 magazine programme guide described him as "the remarkable American disc-jockey whose programmes in the States cause excitement to the fever pitch. ". A year later, Dick Clark appeared in a rock 'n' roll movie of his own called Disc Jockey Jamboree when it was released in the United Kingdom. Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American Television, Radio personality, Game show host Jamboree (known as Disc Jockey Jamboree in the United Kingdom) is the name of a black and white 1957 Rock 'n' roll motion

Jamboree with Freed was heard throughout the British Isles and much of Europe via the powerful AM nighttime signal of Radio Luxembourg, and outside of Europe by a simultaneous relay via transmission on shortwave. Due to the strange effect that the ionosphere had on the skywave signal of Radio Luxembourg, it was heard poorly in parts of southern England with extreme fading, but sounded like a local station in northern England cities such as Liverpool. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The Beatles' founding members claim to have been influenced by African American artists such as Little Richard and Chuck Berry, both of whom were promoted on Freed's radio shows. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Rev Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932 better known by the Stage name Little Richard, is an American Singer, Songwriter Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St The recordings made by these artists were in turn promoted on sponsored shows paid for by the record labels that were also heard over Radio Luxembourg, which was the only commercial radio station heard in the United Kingdom until 1964.

Move to WABC 770

After departing from WINS, Freed for a time was employed in New York by WABC 770 AM around 1958, about two years before it evolved into one of America's great Top 40 stations by launching its "Musicradio" format. At this time, WABC (unlike rocker WINS) was more of a full-service station which began implementing some music programming elements. Freed was employed at the station around the same time as another famous pioneering disc jockey who arose during a different era: Martin Block (of WNEW 1130 AM - now WBBR - "Make Believe Ballroom" fame), toward the end of Block's legendary career. Martin Block (1901-1967 was born in Los Angeles, California. In 1935 while listeners to New York's WNEW in New York (now information outlet WBBR) WBBR is a Radio station, broadcasting at 1130 AM in New York City. Freed would eventually fired by WABC (1959) during a dispute where he refused to sign a statement certifying that he had never accepted payola. Payola, in the American Music industry, is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on Music

Movies

Freed also appeared in a number of pioneering rock and roll motion pictures during this period. These films were often welcomed with tremendous enthusiasm by teenagers because they brought visual depictions of their favorite American acts to the big screen, years before music videos would present the same sort of image on the small television screen. One side effect of these movies shown before mass audiences was that they sometimes presented an excuse for thugs to turn a fun event into a riot, in which cinemas in both West Germany and the United Kingdom were trashed. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

Freed appeared in several motion pictures that presented many of the big musical acts of his day, including:

• 1956 - Rock Around the Clock featuring Alan Freed, Bill Haley & His Comets, The Platters, Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, Lisa Gaye. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rock Around the Clock is the title of a 1956 musical motion picture that featured Bill Haley and His Comets This article is specifically about the rock and roll band See Bill Haley for biographical information regarding Haley himself The Platters were a successful vocal group of the early Rock and roll era Freddie Bell and the Bellboys were an American Vocal group, influential in the development of Rock and roll in the 1950s Lisa Gaye (born 6 March 1935, Denver Colorado, United States) was an American Actress, Singer and Dancer

Rock, Rock, Rock featuring Alan Freed, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Johnny Burnette, La Vern Baker, The Flamingos, The Moonglows. Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Franklin Joseph "Frankie" Lymon ( September 30, 1942 &ndash February 27, 1968) was an African-American Rock and Johnny Burnett redirects here for the baseball infielder see Johnny Burnett (baseball player. LaVern Baker ( November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American Rhythm & Blues singer The Flamingos were a Doo wop group from the United States, most popular in the mid to late 1950s. The Moonglows were an influential American R&B and Doo-wop group based in Cleveland Ohio. [2]

• 1957 - Mr. Rock and Roll featuring Alan Freed, Lionel Hampton, Ferlin Husky, Frankie Lymon, Little Richard, Brook Benton, Chuck Berry, Clyde McPhatter, La Vern Baker, Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) " Mr Rock and Roll " is a single by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on July 16, 2007. Lionel Leo Hampton ( April 20, 1908 &ndash August 31, 2002) was an American Jazz Vibraphonist, Percussionist Ferlin Husky (born December 3 1925 in Flat River Missouri) is an American singer who has become well-known as a country - pop Brook Benton ( 19 September 1931 — 9 April 1988) was an American Singer and Songwriter who was popular Clyde McPhatter ( November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972) was an influential American R&B singer Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins ( July 18, 1929 &ndash February 12, 2000) was an African-American singer

Don't Knock the Rock featuring Alan Freed, Alan Dale, Little Richard and the Upsetters, Bill Haley and His Comets, The Treniers, Dave Appell and His Applejacks. Don't Knock the Rock was a 1956 Rock and roll film starring Alan Dale as a rock star who returns to his hometown to rest up for the summer only Alan Dale ( July 9, 1926 – April 20, 2002) was a singer of traditional popular and Rock'n'roll music Rev Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932 better known by the Stage name Little Richard, is an American Singer, Songwriter The Treniers were an American musical group led by Identical twins Cliff and Claude Trenier, with James Johnson on base

• 1959 - Go, Johnny Go! featuring Alan Freed, Jimmy Clanton, Chuck Berry, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, The Flamingos, Jackie Wilson, The Cadillacs, Sandy Stewart, Jo Ann Campbell, Harvey Fuqua. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jimmy Clanton (born September 2 1940 was Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran ( October 3, 1938 He took music lessons in school but quit the band to play drums

Television

It was at the height of Freed's career at the beginning of his new television series that various individuals decided to use Freed as a scapegoat for all that was wrong with the recorded music industry. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic His show, The Big Beat (which predated American Bandstand), on ABC, was suddenly canceled after an episode in which Frankie Lymon of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers was seen dancing with a white girl. "The Big Beat" is a song from the musical Over Here!, which opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre (Broadway on March 6 American Bandstand was a Television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 hosted from 1957 until its final season by Dick Clark The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Franklin Joseph "Frankie" Lymon ( September 30, 1942 &ndash February 27, 1968) was an African-American Rock and Reportedly, it offended the management of ABC's local affiliates in the southern states. During this period, Freed was seen on other popular programs of the day, including To Tell The Truth, where he is seen defending the new "Rock and Roll" sound to the panelists, who were all clearly more comfortable with swing music: Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, and Kitty Carlisle. To Tell the Truth is an American Television Game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson - Todman Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin, July 14 1930, Knoxville Tennessee) is an American Emmy Award -winning Ralph Rexford Bellamy ( June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was an American Actor with a career spanning sixty-two Kitty Carlisle Hart (also billed as Kitty Carlisle; September 3, 1910 &ndash April 17, 2007) was an American Singer [This episode was re-broadcasted on The Gameshow Network on February 4 or 5, 2007, and also on April 23, 2007. ]

Trouble with the law and the payola scandal

In 1958, Freed faced controversy in Boston when he told the audience, "The police don't want you to have fun. " As a result, Freed was arrested and charged with inciting to riot.

Freed's career ended when accusations were made that he had accepted payola, or accepted bribes from record companies to play specific records. Payola, in the American Music industry, is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on Music There was also the conflict of interest that he had taken songwriting co-credits (most notably on Chuck Berry's "Maybellene"), which entitled him to receive part of a song's royalties. A conflict of interest is a situation in which someone in a position of trust such as a Lawyer, Insurance adjuster, a Politician, executive or director Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St " Maybellene " is a song by Chuck Berry that tells the story of a Hot rod race and a broken romance Freed could help increase these royalties by heavily promoting the record on his own popular radio show. After a legal action, Freed's name disappeared from the credits.

Freed lost his own show on the radio station WINS; then he was fired from the station altogether. In 1960, payola was made illegal. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1962, Freed pled guilty to two charges of commercial bribery, for which he received a fine and a suspended sentence. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Marriages and family

On August 22, 1943, Freed was married to Betty Lou Bean; both were 21 years old at the time. The couple had two children, Alana Freed and Lance Freed. On December 2, 1949, the Freeds divorced, with custody of the children awarded to Betty Lou. In 1950, Freed married again to Marjorie J. Hess. During this time, the couple had two children, Sieglinde Freed and Alan Freed, Jr. The marriage ended in 1958 whereupon Marjorie gained custody of the children. In 1959, Freed married for a third time to Inga L. Bolingwhom, to whom he stayed married until his death on January 20, 1965.

Later years

Although the punishment handed down to Freed was not severe, the side effects of negative publicity were such that no prestigious station would employ him, and he moved to the West Coast in 1960, where he worked at KDAY-AM in Santa Monica, California. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. KDAY ( 935 The Beat FM) in Redondo Beach California is a Radio station based in South Los Angeles that airs a Hybrid Urban Adult Contemporary California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In 1962, after KDAY refused to allow him to promote rock 'n roll stage shows, Freed moved to WQAM in Miami, Florida, but that association lasted only two months. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WQAM (560 AM, "Sportsradio 560" is a South Florida Radio station owned by Beasley Broadcast Group. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the He died in a Palm Springs, California hospital in 1965 from uremia and liver cirrhosis brought on by alcoholism. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Uremia is a term used to loosely describe the illness accompanying kidney failure (also called renal failure Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic Liver Disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrous Scar tissue as well as regenerative He was only 43 years old. Freed was initially interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York; his ashes were later moved to their present location at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 21, 2002. Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum is located on Secor Road in the hamlet of Hartsdale, town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, about Hartsdale is a hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County New York. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States

Legacy

In 1978, a motion picture entitled American Hot Wax was released, which was inspired by Freed's contribution to the rock and roll scene. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) American Hot Wax is a 1978 Biopic film telling the story of Cleveland, Ohio Disc jockey Alan Freed, who was instrumental in introducing Although director Floyd Mutrux created a fictionalized account of Freed's last days in New York radio by utilizing real-life elements outside of their actual chronology, the film does accurately convey the fond relationship between Freed, the musicians he promoted, and the audiences who listened to them. Several notable personalities who would later become well-known celebrities starred in the movie, including Jay Leno and Fran Drescher. James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an Emmy award and Golden Globe nominated American Film and Television The film included cameo appearances by Chuck Berry, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Frankie Ford and Jerry Lee Lewis, performing in the recording studio and concert sequences. Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins ( July 18, 1929 &ndash February 12, 2000) was an African-American singer Frankie Ford (born August 4 1939) is an American Rock and roll and Rhythm and blues Singer. Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter

In 1986, Freed was part of the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which was built in Cleveland in recognition of Freed's involvement in the promotion of the genre. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state In 1988, he was also posthumously inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) History The National Radio Hall of Fame and Museum, located in the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago Illinois, is a Museum dedicated The Rockabilly Hall of Fame was established on March 21, 1997 to present early Rock and roll history and information relative to the artists and personalities

Freed appeared in Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes as a nightmarish version of himself, who enthusiastically announces the names of deceased rock n roll legends in You Know They Got a Hell of a Band as part of an upcoming concert to perform. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Nightmares & Dreamscapes is a short story collection by Stephen King published in 1993. You Know They Got a Hell of a Band is a short story by Stephen King. He was portrayed by Mitchell Butel in the television adaptation on the Nightmares & Dreamscapes mini-series. Nightmares and Dreamscapes From the Stories of Stephen King is an 8-episode Anthology series on TNT based on short stories written by The Cleveland Cavaliers' mascot Moondog is named in honor of Freed. The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional Basketball team based in Cleveland Ohio. The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional Basketball team based in Cleveland Ohio.

References

• Big Beat Heat: Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock & Roll, by Jackson, John A. - Schirmer Books, 1991. ISBN 0-02-871155-6
• The Pied Pipers of Rock 'N' Roll: Radio Deejays of the 50s and 60s, by Smith, Wes (Robert Weston). - Longstreet Press, 1989. ISBN 0-929264-69-X

External links

• http://www.alanfreed.com/
• Freed's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame page
• http://www.history-of-rock.com/freed.htm
• Alan Freed at the Radio Hall of Fame

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