Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Alan Freed Biography and Timeline

Follow Alan Freed through 1 dated historical records for United States of America.

Alan Freed, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1951–1951Years on this page

1951

Rock n Roll

Arts / Popular Music

The term "Rock n Roll" is first used by Alan Freed, Cleveland disc jockey, taken from the song "My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll"

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.