Big Beat Heat: Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock and Roll by John A. Jackson
Big Beat Heat: Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock and Roll

John A. Jackson

Big Beat Heat: Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock and Roll

John A. Jackson

400 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative medium-paced
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This is the story of Alan Freed's life. He brought the sounds of rhythm and blues to an increasingly integrated audience starved for rock and roll, and in Cleveland he developed his distinctive style: shouting into the mike as the records played a...

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