Alan Freed

Official website of the disc jockey who coined the phrase, “Rock ’n’ Roll”

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Archives: Legacy (1965-Present): Moondoggers

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Moondoggers

  • 1989: “The Paul McCartney World Tour 1989” Lifelines by Linda McCartney: (“I listened to the Alan Freed rock ‘n’ roll show on radio every night of the week, 7 to 10. He never played a bad record.”)
  • 1998: Linda McCartney, “Wide Prairie” CD, written by Paul McCartney: (The Fifties original of Poison Ivy by the Coasters was one of Linda’s favourites. She had a lasting affection for the doo-wop music of her youth, having spent many hours under the bedclothes with a transistor radio glued to her ear, listening to Alan Freed’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Show”)
  • 11-15-1999: “Jack Hooke, 83, Manager of Pop Musicians,” The New York Times by Joan Nassivera: (Jacob Horowitz, Juggy Gayles, Freed’s manager and right-hand man)
  • 2-14-2000: “Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, 70, Rock’s Wild Man,” The New York Times by Jon Pareles: (disc jockey and promoter Alan Freed got the idea of bringing Mr Hawkins onstage in a coffin for a Cleveland Concert)
  • 12-14-2012: Friesen / Moss


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  • Home
  • Biography
  • Archives
    • Before Radio (1921-1942)
    • Radio Broadcast (1943-1949)
    • Moondog (1950-1954)
    • Rock ‘n’ Roll (1954-1959)
    • Payola (1959-1962)
    • Finale (1962-1965)
    • Legacy (1965-Present)
  • Photos
    • Before Radio: 1921-1942
    • Radio Broadcast: 1943-1949
    • Moondog: 1950-1954
    • Rock ‘n’ Roll: 1954-1959
    • Payola: 1959-1962
    • Finale: 1962-1965
    • Legacy: 1965-Present
  • Audio
    • Audio: WINS – 1955
    • Audio: WABC – 1959
    • Moondog: 1950 – 1954
    • Audio: Interviews
    • Audio: In Person
    • Audio: Warren Troob Interview
  • Video
  • Judith Fisher Freed
  • Contact
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