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American Hot Wax:

• 1977: Alan Freed and his “Rock ‘N Roll” Holiday Jubilee
• 1977: American Hot Wax Promo Ad (New York City…1959, The Battleground was Rock ‘n’ Roll)
• 1977: American Hot Wax Promo Sheet (New York City, 1959, The Beginning of an Era, You shoulda been there!)
• 1978: “At Last, An Honest Look At An Era” by Lou O’Neill (Norman N. Nite, Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Art Linson, Kenny Vance)
• 1978: “‘Hot Wax’…and the Beat Goes On” by Gregg Kilday (October 18, Floyd Mutrux, John Kaye, Art Linson, William Fraker, $4-milllion production)
• 1978: “Rock Show Still a Thrill for Chuck Berry” by Carl Arrington (Freed not only broke Berry’s first major hits…)
• 1-26-1978: “Movie on DJ Freed Should Pain True Akron Fans,” Akron Beacon Journal by Ken Nichols (Wiltern Theater, Art Linson, Floyd Mutrux, Tim McIntire, snow white raincoats, S. Bernard and Viola Berk, milkman’s contract)
• 2-1978: American Hot Wax, Paramount Press Book (and merchandising manual, 8 pages)
• 3-17-1978: American Hot Wax ad, New York Post (Starts Today, Soundtrack Album available on A&M Records and Tapes)
• 3-17-1978: “Story of Rock’s Early Days Authentic,” New York Post by Archer Wisten (Fran Descher, Jay Leno)
• 3-19-1978: “A Rock Chronology Takes Pulse of Youth,” The Sunday Star by Frances Taylor (review and advertisement)
• 3-20-1978: “America Waxes Hot,” The Village Voice by Tom Nolan (Wiltern Theatre, NASA collage LP, Tim McIntire, John Kaye, Floyd Mutrux, Jerry Lee Lewis; “he was the king of rock ‘n’ roll”, Little Richard; “I owe everything to him” Chuck Berry; “He played my music first”)
• 3-20-1978: Alan Freed, The New Yorker by Pauline Kael (American Hot Wax, Floyd Mutrux, Art Linson, John Kaye, Tim McIntire, Fran Dreschler, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman)
• 3-22-1978: “Hot Wax: America’s Rock Riot,” LA Free Press by Michael Ventura (“vanilla music”, Floyd Mutrux, Tim McIntire, Kim Fowley, Bill Woods, “Tell Laura I Love Her”, “someday records about drugs will sell, but not now”)
• 4-3-1978: “Profiteer With Honor,” New York by Molly Haskell (Floyd Mutrux, John Kaye, Tim McIntire, Laraine Newman, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno)
  Also in same issue: Movies Around Town section
• 4-20-1978: “Rock on Reels,” Rolling Stone by Ben Fong-Torres (Village Theatre, Westwood, Regis Philbin, Riviera Country Club, 1500 guests, $30 a person, $3 million movie, penniless)
• 4-20-1978: “American Hot Wax – Freed at Last,” Rolling Stone by Cameron Crowe (Art Linson, Floyd Mutrux, William Fraker, Tim McIntire, Artie Ripp, Richard Perry, John Kaye, Don Simpson, Michael Eisner, Barry Diller)
• 8-7-1982: “This Week’s Movies,” TV Guide (Friday, ABC)

Mr. Rock and Roll:

• 10-13-1999: “Mr. Rock ‘n’ Roll,” The Hollywood Reporter
• 10-14-1999: “The Man Who Knew It Wasn’t Only Rock ‘n’ Roll,” The NY Times

Misc. Coverage:

• 10-9-1997: “60’s Payola as a First Taste of America,” The New York Times
• 1998: “A 50’s Meteor, in Music and Romance”
• 3-12-1999: “The D.J. Apostles of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” The New York Times
• 7-12-1999: “NBC Irritates Eye with Music Pic,” Variety

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