The Alan Freed Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Boogie

The Alan Freed Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Boogie
From the movie "Rock, rock, rock"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Alan
• Freed
• Rock'n'Roll
• fifties
• Rock

[Gloria81railroad]

Alan freed took the bullet and introduced RNR to all kids all races.

[Fitzliputzli23]

Without this guy there won't be any rock 'n' roll today, folks. If there is one man deserving the title "king of rock 'n' roll" it is Alan Freed!

[CrankyOldster]

If they had persecuted Freed for his singing, I might have been on board with it.

[75capriceconvertible]

This is in my favorites also... I have Rock Rock Rock, very fun movie - for its time.  A more innocent time. The music and dancing was the best, ever. We just enjoy it for what it is.

[david137477]

esto es muuuuyyy bueeenooo....

[Wn8ief]

I was a moondogger at age 8 in Cleveland



[thecountofbasie]

Classic...both Alan himself and the side...5*****

[algarragonz]

Thank,s a lot Allan Freed

[MrDagwoodBumstead]

Freed was hounded by the FBI, police and racists because he played and worked with the original black artists.

Shame on those who drove him down

[GLOBALRAPTUREdotcom]

man had a vision then they stole it made american bandstand, slandered his name killed or improsonined most of the notable rock stars of the time and him with a bio weaopon in 1965, ..

[NickleLark]

Caught this film last night on TCM. When I heard Freed "singing," I though t I was hallucinating. Shame they made Freed a scapegoat for a practice that always was and still is common. Sadly, he died about a year after the 'scandal.'

[hillcresthiker]

@darilc1966 Payola was an acceptable practice in the fifties and Freed was made an example- when everyone was doing it- and as far as small labels, Freed gave every small black group an opportunity to be heard. He did more for American race relations than most of the 60s activists!