# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-freed
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:56:28.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-freed"
name: "Alan Freed"
slug: "alan-freed"
description: "Albert James \"Alan\" Freed was an American disc jockey. He also produced and promoted large traveling concerts with various acts, helping to spread the importance of rock and roll music throughout North America, including popularizing the term \"rock and roll\"."
tagline: "American disc jockey, songwriter (1921–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Freed_disk_jockey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1921-12-15"
deathDate: "1965-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.38335866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293097/"
    handle:    "nm0293097"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alanfreed.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الان فريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الن فرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
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    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "アラン・フリード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "앨런 프리드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фрид, Алан"
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    title: "Alan Freed"
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    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Алан Фрід"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1167198"
    title: "Alan Freed"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump