Alan Freed
Actor · 1921 – 1965 · Windber, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Movie6.6DocumentaryMusicThe story of the black, gay origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard's complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon's life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions.
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023 · 33 votes
Movie5.8DramaMusicA frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town dance. He quickly becomes their manager and, with the help of Alan Freed, hopes to bring the new sound to the entire country. But will a conniving booking agent, with a personal ax to grind with the manager, conspire to keep the band from making the big time?
Rock Around the Clock
1956 · 19 votes
MovieDocumentaryMusicA History of Rock and Roll from its origins up to the early 1960's.
Movie6.8MusicRock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won.
Go, Johnny, Go!
1959 · 5 votes
Movie5.8MusicRock-and-roller Arnie Haynes returns to his hometown as a hero to the teenagers. However, the mayor and other concerned adults have banned him from performing in his hometown because they consider him and his music a negative influence on the youth. But with the help of disc jockey/publicist Alan Freed and fellow artists (including Bill Haley and the Comets and Little Richard), they hope to convince everyone that rock and roll is not as dangerous as the adults think.
Don't Knock The Rock
1956 · 11 votes
Movie6.0MusicAlan Freed is "Mr. Rock and Roll" as he sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll doesn't cause juvenile delinquency. Terrific original rock 'n' roll legends perform their classics!
Mister Rock and Roll
1957 · 3 votes
Movie4.6ComedyTeenage Dori can't convince her father to buy her a gown so she decides to get the money together herself in time for the prom.
Rock, Rock, Rock!
1956 · 14 votes