Early Pioneers Of Rock and Roll Radio
"Rock & Roll" a phrase credited to Alan Freed, a phrase used
to make the predominantly black rhythm and blues,
more acceptable to white America.
Up until the mid 50’s, mainstream radio played
only what is called a “cover”,a white singer performing
a song that was originally recorded by a black performer,
but there were a few brave souls out there
that loved the music enough, to risk ridicule and bodily harm
to play the original recordings
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Listed here are a few of those early DJ's, click on the names to go to a short bio.
and some airchecks from the dawn of Rock ‘N’ Roll
The Disc Jockeys
Featuring
Gene Nobles - John “R” Richbourg - Bill “Hoss” Allen - Herman Grizzard
This website is primarily Canadian content but these personalities helped
pave the way for all those who followed.
