Archives: Payola (1959-1962) – Wages & Depositions
Wages & Depositions:
- 1954 – 1958: Grand Jury Exhibit 153A – Alan Freed, Gross Salaries Earned for Years 1954 through March 1958 (yellow graph paper, $70,679.95)
- 9-28-1954: Letter from Gotham Freed, Inc. to Mr. Alan Freed (4525 Henry Hudson Parkway West Riverdale 71 New York City, network rights, ten years)
- 1956 – 1959: Payola History (27 pages, 1-7-radio disc jockeys and stations, Billboard)
- 11-1-1958: Accounting Ledger (3 pages)
- 1959: Beverly Ross Notary Public Document (Arnold Shaw, Columbia Records, Marks Music, Stamford Prod)
- 1959: U.S Information Return For Calendar Year 1959 ($2000, Allan Freed, Cosnat Distributing Corp. 315 W 47th St New York 36 New York)
- 1959: U.S. Information Return For Calendar Year Form 1099 ($2000, Allan Freed, Cosnat Distributing Corp. 315 W 47th St New York 36 New York, different serial # )
- 4-7-1959: Ledgers (5 pages, Transportation, Room & Board, Union, Rental, Jack Hooke, Milton Richman, M. Warren Troob, Jo Ann Cambell, The Crests, Little Anthony Imperials, Dion and The Belmonts, Isley Bros, Gary States, Jackie Wilson, Scott Miller, Bobby Lewis)
- 8-6-1959: Aftra Pension And Welfare Funds (American Broadcasting Company, 7 West 66th Street New York 23 New York)
- 8-26-1959: Statement of Joe Mulhall and John Restivo (2 pages, RCA Victor Records, Pat Kelleher, Big Beat Tv program, Stamford Prodcutions, AFTRA, Rate The Record, Hy Litt, clear his name, notary public)
- 8-31-1959: Stamford Productions Charges Ledger (3 pages, 82 Sea Beach Drive Stamford Conn, $13,762.75)
- 11-24-1959: List of Payees (12 pages, 200 names)
- 11-27-1959: Investigation Bureau Report from Inv. H Israel to A.D.A Hammer (T.V. Stamford Productions, Figure Music, Charlton Records, Allen Freed Associates, Frances Reganesto, Howard Gottfried, John Gold)
- 12-11-1959: Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT from R.J. Rosthal to M.R. Wilkey, Subject Payola (Investigation in Payola equivocated, FBI, Morris Levy, Freed alone in view of the rackateer influence)
- 1960s: Telephone Message District Attorney New York County (WNEW-TV Clearance Sheet, April 4, 1958, last show)
- 1-19-1960: Grand Jury Exhibit 2 – Letter from Elio Bosco to Foreman – Grand Jury (6th Floor, U-A-11 Tombs, 125 White St. N. York)
- 1-27-1960: Legal Notes
- 5-6-1960: Bonaire Music, Inc., notes (Trade Bank & Trust Co. 8 W. 48th St.)
- 5-12-1960: Memo from Davidowitz to Thomas Fay, Subject Background Investigation of Alan Freed (Peter Tripp)
- 10-28-1960: Memorandum from Inv. E. Johannsen to Joseph Stone (Disc Jockey Investigation, Thomas M. Fay Jr., NY Public Library Theatre Collection Room 315, Variety August 25 1954, Art Freeman, Bonart Distributing)
- 1-10-1961: Memo from J. Philip Smith to John C. Harrington, Subject Interview with Arthur Freeman (620 Chief, Complaints and Compliance Division, Roth, Concord Distributing)
- 5-22-1962: Superior Record Sales Co., Inc. letter from Sam Weiss to District Attorney (Mr. Kurtzuk, special agent U.S. Internal Revenue)
- 6-28-1961: Inter-Office Memorandum from Joseph N. Nelson to FCC, Subject Payola Investigation of WINS, 37 pages
- 8-7-1961: Letter and Legal Document from Haley, Wollenberg & Baker to Mr. Ben F. Waple at FCC, Subject WINS Renewal Application, 44 pages
- 11-16-1962: ABC Interdepartment Correspondence, Subject Alan Freed (Margaret Michaud, Ogden Bradley, New York State Disability Law, June 2 1958 December 19 1959, workmens compensation)
- 11-21-1962: Letter from Richard Allan to M. Guy Isnard Ministry of the Interior General Direction of Nation Security Paris France (trial commercial bribery, vital information, Stewart Barthelmess)
- 11-29-1962: Letter from State of NY Department of Labor to ABC (Alice Panko, Paramount Theatres, Unemployment Insurance Benefits, Section 537.1, G.E. Murphy)
- 8-14-1965: Letter from David A. Noebel to Joseph Stone (Waple, Time Magazine May 21 1965, Challenge Records 1946, Neenah Wisconsin)
- 9-14-1965: Letter from Assistant D.A. Joseph Stone to David A. Noebel Accused of Crimes of Requesting and Accepting Gifts and Gratuities (Action Records, Inc., Alpha Distributing Co., Superior Sales, United Artists Records Inc., Cosnat Distributing Corp. of Cleveland, Roulette Records)