American Hot Wax
Directors
Floyd Mutrux
Actors
- Tim McIntire
- Fran Drescher
- Jay Leno
Summary
The story of the rise and fall of Alan Freed, the pioneering New York City radio disc jockey who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll music in the 1950s.
More about this movie
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.
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