Alan Freed: Mr Rock'n'Roll
Bill Millar, The History of Rock, 1982
ALAN FREED, the man responsible for giving rock'n'roll its name, was many things to many people. To some, he was the original Mr Clean, an innocent 'good guy', who opened up hitherto-segregated airwaves and made an unparalleled contribution to the advancement of black popular music.
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