Alan Freed
Birthday: 1921-12-15
Place of Birth: Windber, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography: 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.
Movies
Go, Johnny, Go!
Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the...
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Rock Around the Clock
A frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town...
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Don't Knock The Rock
Rock-and-roller Arnie Haynes returns to his hometown as a hero to the teenagers. However, the mayor ...
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Mister Rock and Roll
Alan Freed is "Mr. Rock and Roll" as he sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll doesn't cause juvenile ...
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Little Richard: I Am Everything
The story of the black, gay origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American p...
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Rock, Rock, Rock!
Teenage Dori can't convince her father to buy her a gown so she decides to get the money together he...
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Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s
Journeying through the history of rock 'n' roll as it electrified the Golden Age of Hollywood....
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Rock and Roll: The Early Days
A History of Rock and Roll from its origins up to the early 1960's....
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