Alan Freed Quotes

United States, Disc Jockey
December 15, 1921 – January, 20, 1965.

Albert James "Alan" Freed was an American disc jockey. He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country, rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll. His career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s.

Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues and rhythm. It’s the rhythm that gets to the kids – they’re starved of music they can dance to, after all those years of crooners.

Alan Freed
- Dance
- Rhythm
- Gets
Hey, look. If they took it all away tomorrow, we’d be even. No we wouldn’t. We’d be way ahead.

Alan Freed
- Tomorrow
- Ahead
- Took Away

You can stop me, but you’re never gonna stop rock & roll!

Alan Freed
- Stop
- Never
- Rock & Roll
Anyone who says rock ‘n’ roll is a passing fad or a flash-in-the-pan trend along the music road has rocks in the head.

Alan Freed
- Music
- Road
- Rock N Roll
Let’s face it. Rock and Roll is bigger than all of us.

Alan Freed