Alan Freed
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.
Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self (archive footage)The story of the Black queer origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of...
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Rock Around the Clock
as HimselfA frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a...
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Rock Rock Rock!
as Alan FreedA teenage girl, Dori Graham, can't convince her dad to buy her a strapless gown so she decides...
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Don't Knock The Rock
as HimselfRock-and-roller Arnie Haynes returns to his hometown as a hero to the teenagers. However, the...
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Go, Johnny, Go!
as HimselfRock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find...
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Mister Rock and Roll
as SelfAlan Freed is "Mr. Rock and Roll" as he sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll doesn't cause...
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Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s
as Self (archive footage)Journeying through the history of rock 'n' roll as it electrified the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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