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Freed was born to a Russian-Jewish immigrant father, Charles S. Freed, and Welsh-American mother, Maude Palmer, in Windber, Pennsylvania.
Bio alan freed biography
In , Freed’s family moved to Salem, Ohio where Freed attended Salem High School, graduating in While Freed was in high school, he formed a band called the Sultans of Swing in which he played the trombone. Freed’s initial ambition was to be a bandleader; however, an ear infection put an end to this dream.
While attending the Ohio State University, Freed became interested in radio.
Freed served in the Army during World War II and worked as a DJ on Armed Forces Radio. Soon after World War II, Freed landed broadcasting jobs at smaller radio stations, including WKST (New Castle, PA); WKBN (Youngstown, OH); and WAKR(Akron, OH), where, in , he became a local favorite for playing hot jazz and pop recordings.
Freed enjoyed listening to these new styles because he liked the rhythms and tunes.
Freed is commonly referred to as the “father of rock ‘n’ roll”