Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alan Freed introduced the term to mainstream US audiences in the early Fifties - Donaldson Collection The name Alan Freed may be ...

(L to R) Constantine Maroulis, former American Idol contestant stars as Alan Freed; Joe Pantoliano, plays Leo Mintz and Morris Levy; Skeery Jones, Elvis Duran Show cast member; David Katz, partner and ...

A rock ‘n’ roll trailblazer is the subject of a new off-Broadway musical that features some of the biggest hits of the genre’s early years. "Rock & Roll Man” takes audiences back to the 1950s when ...

On this day, Jan. 20, in 1965, Alan Freed, commonly referred to as “The Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” died of alcoholism while facing federal charges in the radio payola scandal. He was 43. Freed, ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The ashes of Alan Freed, a seminal figure in the history of modern music, have found a permanent home in Cleveland, where Freed coined the term rock ‘n’ roll and organized what is ...