Alan Freed was the best. His NY Channel 5 "Big Beat" TV show had the original artists perform their songs in their original R&B format.
I believe that he was sold out by Dick Clark who had to be doing the same thing (payola) as he was, but Clark managed to "whiten-up" the same music replacing the likes of Little Richard with Pat Boone, etc.
I'm sorry I never got to got to his live shows at the Brooklyn Paramount.
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Dan about Freed, Alan
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