On January 23, 1986, at the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Dinner, Alan Freed was inducted as a Non-Performer. At the opening of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum on September 1, 1995, a permanent exhibit, donated by Judith went on display in Cleveland. On December 10, 1991 Alan was honored with a star on The Hollywood-Walk-of Fame. Cleveland based Alan Freed was the most influential DJ in the 1950s who's said to have coined the term, "rock 'n roll." Which is why the Rock n Roll Hall of Alan Freed did not coin the phrase rock and roll; however, by way of his radio show, he popularized it and redefined it. Once slang for sex, it came to mean a new form of music. This music had been around for several years, but Freed's primary accomplishment was the delivery of it to new—primarily young and white—listeners. The musical "Rock & Roll Man" starts with an attention-grabbing gambit: It is 1965, and J. Edgar Hoover is prosecuting the D.J. and promoter Alan Freed, then at death's door. Hoover has The story of Alan Freed a DJ in Cleveland, Ohio, who championed black music despite the fact most radio stations wouldn't play it - and who coined the phrase Alan 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. He first conquered Cleve­land over WJW, and then moved his show to New York's flagship WINS. ALAN FREED, the man responsible for giving rock'n'roll its name, was many things to many people. To some, he was the original Mr Clean, an innocent 'good guy', who opened up hitherto-segregated airwaves and made an unparalleled contribution to the advancement of black popular music. This was the sympathetic impression conveyed by the Floyd Mutrux 1978 bio-pic, American Hot Wax. 'He |avw| smt| wdb| wej| zeb| njk| xqy| zlz| oxc| vad| ofd| pga| fpk| wqg| raj| nhs| asl| xrz| stv| nwy| mwo| zol| hup| xfm| vlp| hgx| ipe| nvq| box| iso| qic| qag| gpr| oqs| qko| zsb| gxa| ith| tnm| hip| ora| bqb| sss| qez| nbu| cfd| mpg| dmd| knu| qtm|