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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Tim McIntire as Alan Freed
Fran Drescher as Sheryl
Jay Leno as Mookie
Laraine Newman as Teenage Louise
Carl Weaver as Member of The Chesterfields
Al Chalk as Member of The Chesterfields
Sam Harkness as Member of The Chesterfields
Arnold McCuller as Member of The Chesterfields
Jeff Altman as Lennie Richfield
Moosie Drier as Artie Moress
John Lehne as D.A. Coleman
Stewart Steinberg as Stone
Jack Edward Ellis as Phillips
Richard Forbes as Donahue
Stephen Pearlman as Peter Overmyer
Keene Curtis as Mr. Leonard
Pat McNamara as Gordie
Will Thornbury as Sid
Hamilton Camp as Louie Morgan
Chuck Berry as Self
Jerry Lee Lewis as Self
Screamin' Jay Hawkins as Self
Charles Greene as Chuck Otis
Kenny Vance as Prof. La Plano
Joe Esposito as Member of The Planotones
Bruce Sudano as Member of The Planotones
Eddie Hokenson as Member of The Planotones
Stephanie Spruill as Member of The Delights
Joyce King as Member of The Delights
Yolande Howard as Member of The Delights
Brenda Russell as Member of The Delights
Marion Perkins as Artie's Mom
Matthew Tobin as Artie's Dad
Bobby Johnson as Tap Dancer
Harold 'Red' Keller as Stage Manager
Elmer Valentine as Union Man
Charles Irwin as Member of Timmy and The Tangerines
Jeanne Sheffield as Member of Timmy and The Tangerines
Andrea Robinson as Girl Backstage
Gail Kantor as Girl Backstage
Patricia Clinger as Girl Backstage
Mark Diamond as Stagehand
Al Maines as Tap Dancer
Artie Ripp as Artie
Mary Peters as Big Red
Nora Denney as Louise's Mom
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