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    • Dec 15, 1922
    Pioneering disc jockey Alan Freed is born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Destined for membership in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he is credited as a co-writer on The McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely," covered for country in the 1980s by The Forester Sisters
    Mar 22, 1955
    Coral Records hires disc jockey Alan Freed to run the label's A&R department. At the time, The McGuire Sisters have a #1 pop hit for the label with a song that lists Freed as a co-writer, "Sincerely," also a future country hit for The Forester Sisters
    Jul 12, 1957
    ABC-TV introduces the short-lived Alan Freed music series "The Big Beat." The Everly Brothers, Ferlin Husky and Connie Francis all appear on the inaugural episode
    Aug 2, 1957
    The fourth episode of ABC-TV's "The Big Beat" is also the last for the half-hour music series. The show is hosted by New York deejay Alan Freed, credited as a co-writer on "Sincerely," a future country hit for The Forester Sisters
    Sep 24, 1957
    The Alan Freed biopic "Mister Rock & Roll" premieres at the Paramount Theater in New York City. Listed as a co-writer of the future Forester Sisters hit "Sincerely," Freed appears on-screen, as do Little Richard, Clyde McPhatter and Frankie Lymon
    Mar 28, 1958
    Angry that Chuck Berry was selected to close the show, Jerry Lee Lewis sets his piano on fire during "Great Balls Of Fire" at Alan Freed's Big Beat Show at the Brooklyn Paramount. Also appearing: Buddy Holly, Frankie Lymon and The Chantels
    May 3, 1958
    Police turn the house lights on before the end of a Jerry Lee Lewis concert at the Boston Arena. When a riot erupts, mayor John Hynes bans rock & roll shows from the city. Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly are also on the Alan Freed-promoted bill
    Sep 21, 1958
    A check for $76.11 is issued to future country producer Jimmy Bowen by Stamford Productions for a television appearance. The document is later used as evidence in the payola trial of rock & roll disc jockey Alan Freed
    Dec 25, 1958
    The Everly Brothers begin a 10-day appearance at Manhattan's Loew's Theater in "Alan Freed's Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular," joined on the bill by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Jackie Wilson
    Sep 30, 1959
    Stamford Productions issues a $100 payment to Conway Twitty for a TV appearance. The check, returned because of insufficient funds, is entered as evidence in the payola trial of rock & roll disc jockey Alan Freed
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