By what nickname was DJ Alan Freeman known?
"Pops"" host Paul Gambaccini, Dave Lee Travis, Nicky Campbell, and his Radio One Top 40 successors Wes Butters, Simon Bates and Richard Skinner. Alan Freeman Alan Leslie ""Fluff"" Freeman, MBE (6 July 1927 – 27 November 2006) was an Australian-born British disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years, best known for presenting ""Pick of the Pops ""from 1961 to 2000. Born and educated in New South Wales, Australia, Freeman worked as an assistant paymaster/accountant for one of Australia's largest timber companies after leaving school. Freeman originally wanted to be an opera singer but decided his"
"Alan Freed Albert James ""Alan"" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey. He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country, rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll. His career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s. Freed was born to a Russian Jewish immigrant father, Charles S. Freed, and Welsh-American mother, Maude Palmer, in Windber, Pennsylvania. In 1933, Freed's family moved to Salem, Ohio, where Freed attended Salem High School,"
"the 'Nixa' part and evolved into simply Pye Records. Clark was still recording for Pye, but with little success. Freeman found a song that was to relaunch her British career. The song was ""Sailor"", written by David West, aka Norman Newell. It made #1 in February 1961. Freeman also produced recordings of London performances by Marlene Dietrich and records featuring British comedian Tony Hancock; the re-enactments of ""The Blood Donor"" and ""The Radio Ham"" for an LP was a best seller in 1961. During the 1970s, Freeman was a frequent panellist on ATV's Saturday night talent programme, ""New Faces"". Alan"
"Alan A. Freeman Alan A. Freeman (27 September 1920 – 15 March 1985) was an English record producer, remembered for being Petula Clark's producer from 1949 until 1963, when his role was taken over by Tony Hatch. Freeman's ambition had always been to have a record label and make his own records with it. In 1949 he was working for the Ed Kassner music publishing company as a song plugger, when he inherited some money, and began to go ahead with his project. His friend Joe ""Mr Piano"" Henderson knew the young Clark whose father Leslie was keen to launch"
"Elle Morgan Ellisa Freeman (born 2000), better known by her stage name Elle Morgan, is an American DJ based in Houston, Texas. She gained recognition performing alongside Sultan + Ned Shepard, LA Riots and Steve Aoki at local clubs. At the age of nine, Freeman became inspired when her parents took her to her first concert to watch Tiësto perform. At the age of eleven, she 'begged' her parents to buy her DJ equipments needed for her to start learning. Her father, who owns a roofing and restoration business, taught her the equipment's basics via instruction manuals. She opened a"
"Freeman (band) Freeman is an American alternative rock band centered upon former Ween singer/guitarist Aaron Freeman. Aaron Freeman quit Ween in May 2012, citing his desire to stop his long-time drug and alcohol addiction. He played shows accompanied by Joe Young from 2012 until 2014, when he formed a new band, ""Freeman,"" featuring Chris Boerner on guitar, Brad Cook on bass, Dave Godowsky on keyboards and Kyle Keegan on drums. The band's self-titled debut was released July 22, 2014 on Partisan Records. The band spent the second half of 2014 on the road (although with Young on bass) with Arc"
"Fatman Scoop Isaac Freeman III (born August 6, 1971), also known as Big Colorado and better known by his stage name Fatman Scoop, is an American hype man, hip hop promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage rough, raw loud voice. He is known for the song ""Be Faithful"" which went to number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland in late 2003 and top 5 in Australia. The song had been a favorite in clubs around the world for years but it took two years to clear the samples from Jay-Z, Black Sheep, Queen Pen, The Beatnuts and"
"musician. Friedman spent his last five years in New York working as a guitarist with the busy show band City Limits, featuring Richard Lanham, former vocalist for The Drifters. Following his move to Dallas in 1987, Friedman began recording and performing as a solo artist in earnest. He also recorded and performed extensively with Sara Hickman, and produced Dallas' ""KERA 90.1 Sound Sessions"". Billed as ""Josh Alan,"" he barnstormed the state of Texas for 20 years, rocking whole arenas with his Guild D-40 and earning three ""Dallas Observer"" Music Awards for Best Acoustic Act. He was noted for his live"
"been bisexual. He was memorably described by Graham Chapman as being ""keen on motor bikes and leather and men"". In later years, Freeman suffered from arthritis and asthma (from a 60-a-day smoking habit) and used a Zimmer frame. He lived at Brinsworth House, a retirement home for actors and performers run by the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund in Twickenham, until his death. He died aged 79 on 27 November 2006 in Brinsworth House, after a short illness. His funeral took place on 7 December 2006, at South West Middlesex Crematorium and was attended by DJs including future ""Pick of the"
"Freeman (rapper) Malek Brahimi (also known as Abdelmalek Sultan), better known by his stage name Freeman, is a French hip hop artist and breakdancer. He is a member of the successful hip hop group IAM together with Akhenaton, Shurik'n, Khéops, Imhotep, and Kephren. He has also worked as a solo artist and an actor. Freeman lives in Marseille, but says that he is above all an Internationalist. Brahimi was born in Algiers, Algeria on 9 May 1972, and has lived most of his life in the district of Belsunce, in Marseille. At first, when IAM was formed in 1988, Brahimi"
"Ninjaman Desmond John Ballentine (born January 20, 1966), better known as Ninjaman, and sometimes as Don Gorgon is a popular Jamaican dancehall deejay and actor, known for his controversial and pro-gun lyrics and his stuttering and melodramatic style. In 2017, he received a life sentence for murder. Born in Annotto Bay, Jamaica, Ballentine moved to Kingston at the age of 12. He launched his deejay career with the Black Culture Sound System at age 14 as ""Double Ugly"". In 1980, he joined the Killamanjaro sound system, there got the chance to learn from established deejays Super Cat and Early B,"
"Arny Freeman Arny Freeman (August 28, 1908 —February 13, 1986) was a Chicago-born American character actor. He appeared in commercials, television series episodes, Broadway plays, and motion pictures; he was also credited as Arnie Freeman and as Arnold Freeman. He was interviewed in Studs Terkel’s ""Working"". Among the television series in which he appeared are ""Naked City"" (1958, 1959 and 1961 [two episodes]), ""NBC Friday Night Special Presentation"" (1959's ""Miracle on 34th Street""), ""Have Gun, Will Travel"" (1961), ""The Untouchables"" (1961, 1962), ""Kojak"" (1975), ""Maude"" (1976), ""The Jeffersons"" (1976), ""Barnaby Jones"" (1977), ""All in the Family"" (1977), ""The Incredible Hulk"""
"Allan Sherman Allan Sherman (born Allan Copelon; November 30, 1924 – November 20, 1973) was an American comedy writer, television producer, singer and actor who became famous as a song parodist in the early 1960s. His first album, ""My Son, the Folk Singer"" (1962), became the fastest-selling record album up to that time. His biggest hit single was ""Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"", a comic novelty in which a boy describes his summer camp experiences to the tune of Ponchielli's ""Dance of the Hours"". He is not to be confused with the songwriter Al Sherman, who, coincidentally, also died in the"
"Alan Oldham Alan Oldham (born 20 May 1963, Detroit, Michigan), is an American techno DJ, producer, label owner, graphic artist, and painter. Oldham's parallel art and music careers began in 1987 until 1992, when he was hired as an overnight program host on WDET-FM, Detroit's Public Radio (NPR) affiliate. His program, ""Fast Forward,"" was the first-ever radio program in Detroit devoted to electronic music. The show was described as the most avant-garde radio program on Detroit airwaves during that time, and is mentioned in such books as ""Techno Rebels"" and ""The Rough Guide to Techno."" That same year, Oldham, a"
"Harry Freeman (music hall performer) Harry Freeman (29 July 1858 – 30 July 1922) was an English music hall performer of the Victorian era and early twentieth century, and the first King Rat of the showbusiness charity the Grand Order of Water Rats. Among his popular songs were 'Leicester Square' and 'The Giddy little Girl said, ""No!""'. Freeman was born near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire in 1858. In his early teens he moved to Birmingham where he was mainly to be based as an entertainer until his death. His first public appearance was aged 19 in 1877 at a 'Free and"
"Gene Ween Aaron Freeman (born March 17, 1970) better known by his stage name Gene Ween, is an American musician and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween. Freeman, along with childhood friend Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo), started the group in the mid-1980s. Freeman announced his departure from Ween in 2012, shortly after releasing ""Marvelous Clouds"", his first solo album. After leaving Ween, he stopped using the name Gene Ween and performed under his birth name Aaron Freeman. In 2014 he formed a new five-piece band called Freeman. However, in 2015, Aaron brought back the Gene Ween"
"Matt Freeman Matthew ""McCall"" Freeman (born Roger Matthew Freeman; April 23, 1966) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his bass guitar work with the punk rock bands Operation Ivy, Rancid and as the frontman of Devil's Brigade. In an interview streamed from the Rancid website before the release of ""Rancid"" (2000), he revealed that his style was heavily influenced at an early age by John Entwistle, bassist for The Who. He typically uses a hard pick but sometimes will fingerpick. Freeman's playing style is considered atypical in the punk rock world due to his"
"He speaks openly and in detail about his personal life, drug use, and time spent in Ween on Marc Maron's W.T.F. podcast (episode 309). Gene Ween Aaron Freeman (born March 17, 1970) better known by his stage name Gene Ween, is an American musician and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween. Freeman, along with childhood friend Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo), started the group in the mid-1980s. Freeman announced his departure from Ween in 2012, shortly after releasing ""Marvelous Clouds"", his first solo album. After leaving Ween, he stopped using the name Gene Ween and performed under"
"Lesley Gore's ""It's My Party (And I'll Cry If I Want To)"" for eighteen consecutive hours. Freedman joined WFMU as a DJ in December 1983, and succeeded Bruce Longstreet as general manager in August 1985. At the time, WFMU was licensed to and owned by Upsala College, and based in East Orange, New Jersey. In February 1986, Freedman launched a program guide/zine called LCD (Lowest Common Denominator), featuring work by many internationally known writers and artists, including Nick Tosches, Jim Woodring, Drew Friedman, Gary Panter, Harvey Pekar, Dan Clowes, Tony Millionaire, and Chris Ware. In November 2007, ""The Best of"
"Purpleman Purpleman, aka Peter Yellow (born as Anthony Jones 4 January 1962, Waterhouse District, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican Dancehall deejay. Being one of three albino deejays in the 1980s (Yellowman, Purpleman, and King Mellow Yellow), he often called himself Yellowman, and even released an album as him. Purpleman deejayed with King Jammy's sound system, including performing at 'clashes' with other systems such as Youth Promotion, Arrows, Killamanjaro and Black Scorpio at the 'Shock of the Century' in 1985. Purpleman's first release was an album entitled ""Hot"" In 1982. He went on to record a series of albums shared with"
"Bobby Freeman Robert Thomas ""Bobby"" Freeman (June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017) was an African-American rock, soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer from San Francisco, best known for his two Top Ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called ""Do You Want to Dance"" and the second in 1964 for Autumn Records, ""C'mon and Swim"". Freeman was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and spent much of his youth in San Francisco, California. He attended Mission High School. He started singing in a doo-wop group, the Romancers, in his early teens, and first recorded"
"it sounds much like ""A-A-A-A-A-Alchemist""). The Alchemist (musician) Daniel Alan Maman (born October 25, 1977), professionally known as The Alchemist (or simply Alchemist), is an American record producer, disc jockey (DJ) and rapper. He began his music career in 1991 in the hip-hop duo The Whooliganz under the moniker Mudfoot, along with now-actor Scott Caan (whose moniker was ""Mad Skillz""). After rising to prominence in the late 1990s, as a close associate of Dilated Peoples and Mobb Deep, he went on to produce for many of hip hop's leading artists in the 2000s, and has been hailed as one of"
"A. Freeman died on 15 March 1985 in Carshalton, Surrey, survived by his sister Pat. Alan A. Freeman Alan A. Freeman (27 September 1920 – 15 March 1985) was an English record producer, remembered for being Petula Clark's producer from 1949 until 1963, when his role was taken over by Tony Hatch. Freeman's ambition had always been to have a record label and make his own records with it. In 1949 he was working for the Ed Kassner music publishing company as a song plugger, when he inherited some money, and began to go ahead with his project. His friend"
"Alan Goodman Alan Goodman is an American media executive, writer, and television producer. He has worked in media since 1981. Goodman began his media career while still in high school as a reporter at The Hunterdon County Democrat in Flemington, New Jersey. When entering Columbia University in 1970, he joined the college radio station, WKCR-FM where he first encountered his future collaborators, Albie Hecht and Fred Seibert. In 1980 Goodman was part of the team that launched MTV: Music Television, alongside his college radio colleague Fred Seibert. Goodman supervised hundreds of animations and their accompanying soundtracks depicting the MTV trademark"
"Kryoman Andrew Moore (born December 10, 1982; known by his stage name KRYOMAN), is a Miami-based electronic dance music DJ from London, England. He is best known for the development and use of robot suits equipped with high powered lights, smoke guns, Hi-Definition LED mapping, and pyrotechnic special FX systems. Kryoman appears worldwide, touring and performing with other EDM artists such as Steve Aoki, Fedde le Grand, DJ Tiësto, Afrojack, The Black Eyed Peas, and Nicki Minaj. Kryoman operates out of Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, and Ibiza, and has several other Kryoman groups stationed worldwide. In March 2016,"
"and transforming into a full live band. In May 2012, Freeman suddenly announced his departure from Ween, as an attempt to rehabilitate himself after years of drug and alcohol abuse, which peaked during Ween's 2011 tour. Even before his departure from Ween, Freeman had maintained a solo career. He has performed solo concerts with artists such as Jon Anderson of Yes. Around 2008, Freeman launched the Gene Ween Band, where he plays alongside Ween bassist Dave Dreiwitz, and with guitarist Scott Metzger and drummer Joe Russo. In 2012, he released ""Marvelous Clouds"", his first solo album under the name Aaron"
"Alan A. Freeman, well known as a record producer and for establishing Pye Records. Together, they created Spiral Records and later on, a music publishing company, Trekfarm. Jointly they discovered Red Box, who went on to have success with ""Lean on Me (Ah-li-ayo)"", a song which reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. The partnership also recorded Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, with Spiro writing the theme music for Ball's television show, ""Saturday Night at the Mill"". Spiro and Freeman also recorded Barbara Woodhouse, famous for her dog-training skills, ""Diddy"" David Hamilton and Les Dawson. After his success in"
"Toney Freeman Toney Freeman (born August 30, 1966) is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder and brand ambassador residing in Atlanta, Georgia. Freeman's nickname is The X-Man because his body characterizes the ""X-frame"" of classical bodybuilding: broad shoulders, narrow waist, and flaring thighs. He has been featured on the cover and pages of ""Flex"", ""Muscular Development"", and ""Musclemag"". Freeman did not become a competitive bodybuilder until his late 30s because, for many years, it was a hobby and the sport was dominated by his idols Lee Haney and Dorian Yates. It took Freeman many years to fill out his large frame"
"he has appeared and performed with a great number of other artists. The following list are artists he has either done a song with, or in which he has appeared together with in a song: Fatman Scoop Isaac Freeman III (born August 6, 1971), also known as Big Colorado and better known by his stage name Fatman Scoop, is an American hype man, hip hop promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage rough, raw loud voice. He is known for the song ""Be Faithful"" which went to number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland in late 2003 and"
"produced a middle-of-the-road verson of ""The Theme from M*A*S*H"", which was later released on Hickory Records just as the television series debuted. Eventually, Alan changed directions and returned to radio. Between 1972-1973, he served as a sidekick to Peter 'The Flying Dutchman' Berry of Baltimore's WFBR 1300 AM. Berry's morning show on ""Mad Radio 13""—as it was known at the time—consistently dominated ratings in the Baltimore market. In addition to working on-air with The Dutchman, White also provided marketing and consulting services for area restaurants and nightclubs. By 1974, he had also returned to DJ'ing in nightclubs and played and"
"Space in his honor. Al Freeman Jr. Albert Cornelius ""Al"" Freeman Jr. (March 21, 1934 – August 9, 2012) was an American actor, director, and educator. A life member of The Actors Studio, Freeman appeared in a wide variety of plays, ranging from Leroi Jones' ""Slave/Toilet"" to Joe Papp's revivals of ""Long Day's Journey Into Night"" and ""Troilus and Cressida"", and films, including ""My Sweet Charlie"", ""Finian's Rainbow"", and ""Malcolm X"", as well as television series and soap operas, such as ""One Life to Live"", ""The Cosby Show"", ""Law & Order"", """" and ""The Edge of Night"". Freeman was born"
"as the BBC's Brian Matthew and Alan Freeman, Radio London's John Peel, Radio Caroline's Tony Blackburn, and Radio Luxembourg's Jimmy Savile. Alan Freed is commonly referred to as the ""father of rock and roll"" due to his promotion of the music and his introduction of the term rock and roll on radio in the early 1950s. Freed also made a practice of presenting music by African-American artists rather than cover versions by white artists on his radio program. Freed's career ended when it was shown that he had accepted payola, a practice that was highly controversial at the time, resulting"
"identifying the station’s call letters and the station’s location in Mexico, was then repeated in that language. With the birth of rock and roll and its promotion by disc jockeys such as Alan Freed, a new interest was taken in the unrestricted superpower airwaves that were available in Mexico. Alan Freed had originally called himself the ""Moondog"" after hearing the name used by an experimental street musician in New York City. Freed not only adopted the name but used the recording of a howl to give his early broadcasts a unique character since he was featuring African-American music that was"