Saturday, February 27, 2010
Alan Freed
I believe Freed is a real tragic figure in rock n roll. Here you have a true pioneer in his field of broadcasting and a guy who helped put the genre on the map. He is basically black listed for having a tv show in which frankie lymon is seen dancing with a white girl. Freed managed to work in radio here and there after the incident but never made it back to the top. He died of alcoholism when he was just forty four.
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I agree Vincent-he truly helped popularize rock 'n' roll and was so instrumental in its dissemination, and thus, popularization-his popularity lasted about 6-7 years and he died a tragic death-rife with personal and financial problems-we'll be talking about him tomorrow in class.
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