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50s

"Teeners Rock and Roll To New Disk Favorite"

50s "Freed's attorney, gets 10 per cent of all Freed makes over $75,000....."
50s "The Big Beat," The Pittsburgh Courier

'50

"Dinner Party for Dad at WAKR"

'50

"D.J.s Must Change For TV, Says Freed," Weekly Television Forecast

'52

"Mr. Freed's Rock and Roll Show"

'52

"Rap 'Moondog Ball' Backers as 20,000 Storm Arena Doors"

'54

"Alan Freed Story, Truth Told On 'Rock 'N Roll'"

'54

"Alan Freed Hosts Moondog Affair Tonight in Newark"

'54

"'King of the Moondogs' Quits WJW to Sign with New York Station"

'54

"'Moondog,' Blues, Jazz Disk Ace, Gets NY Show"

8-54

"Dear Mr. Moondog," Our World

'55

"A Wildly Cheering Crowd of Teenagers"

'55

"Early In 1950 Alan Was Signed To WXEL-TV"

'55

"Alan Freed's 'Rock-N-Roll' Music Thrills New Yorkers"

'55

"Our Kids Want Good, Wholesome Rock.."

'55

"Alan Freed Rocks 'N' Rolls To The Tune of $178,000...," The Cash Box

'55

"'Rock 'n Roll' Ball"

1-29-55

"The Alan Freed 'Rock-n-Roll' Ball Held at the St. Nicholas Arena," The Cash Box

3-19-55

"Michigan's Governor Lauds Courier Benefit Show"

9-14-55

"$155,000 One Week's Gross - Paramount Theatre," Variety

9-18-55

"Rock 'n' Roll - 'n' Riot"

9-20-55

"Deejay Freed Has Himself A Busy Week"

'56

"I Happened to be Born With the Name of Freed," Photoplay

'56

"Rock 'N' Roll Orgy Surges, Theater Grosses $29,000"

'56

"The Three R's"

4-17-56

"Disc Jockey Plays Self In T-D Film," California Tribune

6-20-56

"New Music 'Too Bad to Continue Indefinitely,' Says Disc Executive," The Miami Herald

9-30-56

"Disc Jockey In 2nd Film," NY Telegram

10-5-56

"The Rock and Roll Story," New York Post

'57

"Freed, Alan (Marjorie) song writer," Stamford Directory

2-22-57

"Everybody Goes Haywire at Rock 'N' Roll Premiere," NY Journal-American

2-23-57

"Fad Also Rocks Cash Registers," The NY Times

2-23-57

"Rock 'n' Roll Teen-Agers Tie Up the Times Square Area," The NY Times

2-23-57

"Times Square Really Rocked on Friday!," Daily Mirror

2-23-57

"Rock 'n' Roll Madness," Daily Mirror

2-25-57

"Go, Crazy Cube, Go!"

4-13-57

"Alan Freed Cashes In On 2 R's," The Cleveland Press

4-28-57

"Rock 'n' Roll Gets Ready for TV," Sunday News

5-27-57

"Freed-Levy Team Back in Harness," Billboard

6-1-57

"Alan Freed Again Names Morris Levy His Manager," The Cash Box

7-57

"Rock 'n' Roll 'n' Alan Freed," Pageant

7-12-57

"TV Big Beat Rocks 'n' Rolls Tonight," NJ News

7-12-57

"'The Big Beat' Debuts Tonight," Advertiser

8-26-57

"Grant, Kerr Teamed In Comedy At Albee," World-Telegram & Sun

8-26-57

"Alan Freed and All-Star Lineup Planed to England," Billboard

9-30-57

"Rock and Roll Galaxy Booked at the Broad," Ohio State Journal

10-17-57

"State Sets a Pace For Rock and Roll," Daily News

10-23-57

"Joyce Pacts Alan Freed," Variety

11-10-57

"Theatre Spotlight - A Nice Week's Pay," Journal-American

11-16-57

"Katzman Signs Freed," Daily Mirror

11-16-57

"Alan Freed Pacted For Six Week Tour," The Cash Box

12-31-57

"It's Colossal Day For The Theatres," The NY Times

 

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