American Hot Wax

85 minutes

2007

United States Drama

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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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2007

United States Drama

Creators

Floyd Mutrux, Alejandro Chomski, Albert Leon, Kenny Vance, John Kaye

Cast

Jennifer Lopez, Victor Rasuk, Fran Drescher, Zulay Henao, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman, Ira Newborn, Larry Hankin, Garry Goodrow, Cameron Crowe, Charles Irwin, Nancy Locke, Omarion Grandberry, Meredith Ostrom, Keene Curtis, Melonie Diaz, Howard Storm, Marc Anthony, Tim McIntire, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Stephen Pearlman, Johnny Haymer, Norman Howell, Giancarlo Esposito, Charles Duckworth, Joe Esposito, Kellita Smith, Americus Abesamis, Bobby Johnson, Andrea Robinson, Rosa Arredondo, Stewart Steinberg, Arnold McCuller, Moosie Drier, Luis Cruz, Carlos Flores, Shydel James, Vico C., John Hawker, William 'Wee Willie' Davis, Olivia Barash, Chuck Berry, Kenny Vance, Richard Roat, John Lehne, David Pollock, Tom Baker, Nora Denney, Hamilton Camp, Christopher Koefoed, Arnold Johnson, Pat McNamara, Matthew Tobin, Jeff Altman, Stephanie Spruill, Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz, Mark Diamond, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pras, Carl Weaver, Al Chalk, Sam Harkness, Jack Edward Ellis, Richard Forbes, Will Thornbury, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Charles Greene, Bruce Sudano, Eddie Hokenson, Joyce King, Yolande Howard, Brenda Russell, Marion Perkins, Harold 'Red' Keller, Elmer Valentine, Jeanne Sheffield, Gail Kantor, Patricia Clinger, Al Maines, Artie Ripp, Omarion, Alexis Isaac García