1959. New York City. The battleground was Rock and Roll. It was the beginning of an era. You shoulda been there.
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This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Freed was a source of great controversy: criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the "devil's music"; hated by racists for promoting African American music for white consumption; persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the "payola" scandals.
Tim McIntire
Fran Drescher
Jay Leno
Laraine Newman
Carl Weaver
Al Chalk
Sam Harkness
Arnold McCuller
Jeff Altman
Moosie Drier
John Lehne
Stewart Steinberg
Jack Edward Ellis
Richard Forbes
Stephen Pearlman
Keene Curtis
Pat McNamara
Will Thornbury
Hamilton Camp
Chuck Berry
Jerry Lee Lewis
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Charles Greene
Kenny Vance
Joe Esposito
Bruce Sudano
Eddie Hokenson
Stephanie Spruill
Joyce King
Yolande Howard
Brenda Russell
Marion Perkins
Matthew Tobin
Bobby Johnson
Harold 'Red' Keller
Elmer Valentine
Charles Irwin
Jeanne Sheffield
Andrea Robinson
Gail Kantor
Patricia Clinger
Mark Diamond
Al Maines
Artie Ripp
Mary Peters
Nora Denney
Dina Ousley
