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Er wurde postum 1986 in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Nonperformers) aufgenommen. Im Jahre 1999 entstand ein Fernsehspielfilm unter dem Titel Mr. Rock ’n’ Roll: Die Alan Freed Story mit Judd Nelson in der Titelrolle.
Alan Freed has secured a place in American music history as the first important rock 'n' roll disc jockey. His ability to tap into and promote the emerging black musical styles of the 1950s to a white mainstream audience is seen as a vital step in rock's increasing dominance over American culture.
27. März 2018 · Learn about Alan Freed, the disk jockey who coined the term rock and roll and organized the first rock concert. Discover how he became a controversial figure due to payola, bribery, and racism.
- Kara Goldfarb
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.
The boundary-smashing, trend-setting evangelist of rock and roll. From popularizing the R&B records that became the foundation of rock to planning the first rock and roll concert, Alan Freed was the tireless promoter of the genre.
One of the most important popularizes of rock and roll during the '50s, Alan Freed was the first disc jockey and concert producer of rock and roll. Often credited with coining the term rock and roll in 1951, ostensibly to avoid the stigma attached to R&B and so called race music, Freed opened the door to white acceptance of black music ...
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…
