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One of the artifacts of the 70's fad for the 50's was the 1978 flick, [http://us.imdb.com/Details?0077158 American Hot Wax], which dramatized real-life Cleveland DJ Alan Freed's championing of rock and roll. Real rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins appeared as themselves, but for some reason, fictionalized versions of other real groups were created like this one. See also [[The Chesterfields]], [[The Delights]], [[Clark Otis]], [[Professor LaPlano and the Planotones]]. | One of the artifacts of the 70's fad for the 50's was the 1978 flick, [http://us.imdb.com/Details?0077158 American Hot Wax], which dramatized real-life Cleveland DJ Alan Freed's championing of rock and roll. Real rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins appeared as themselves, but for some reason, fictionalized versions of other real groups were created like this one. See also [[The Chesterfields]], [[The Delights]], [[Clark Otis]], [[Professor LaPlano and the Planotones]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 10 June 2019
One of the artifacts of the 70's fad for the 50's was the 1978 flick, American Hot Wax, which dramatized real-life Cleveland DJ Alan Freed's championing of rock and roll. Real rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins appeared as themselves, but for some reason, fictionalized versions of other real groups were created like this one. See also The Chesterfields, The Delights, Clark Otis, Professor LaPlano and the Planotones.
