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Eyewitness: March 1952 — The First Rock'n'Roll Concert

Johnny Black, Q, February 1999

10,000 people smashed down the doors to get in, none of the bands were paid and one man was stabbed in the arse. After the Moondog Coronation Ball, Cleveland's outraged local papers decided organiser Alan Freed had to go...

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