Jimmy Clanton at Alan Freed memorial event

The ashes of legendary disc jockey and creator of the term Rock and Roll Alan Freed were laid to rest in a ceremony at Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland. A ceremony was held and a monument was unveiled. Legendary disc jockey and rock historian Norm N. Nite introduced the 1950’s teen idol Jimmy Clanton who told stories about early rock and roll, Alan Freed and the music business. Clanton starred in a rock and roll movie produced by Alan Freed called Go Johnny Go.

[JukeboxJoeB]

I miss hearing Norm N. Nite on the radio! Never had the opportunity to hear Alan Freed live on the radio but I do enjoy hearing his old recordings.

[ABfromWindsor]

Nice to hear a great story from a famous singer about a very famous singer and a famous friend, enjoyed hearing it.

[whitneydevlin]

This was an amazing memory, and I’m so appreciative of the share. I was a dancer on Alan’s TV DANCE SHOW. At that time I had a brief introduction to Jimmy Clinton, because as a dancer we were allowed to go backstage to all the shows. Alan, was an amazing man who treated us all with such love and respect.

[katieherring]

I absolutely loved Jimmy Clanton when he starred in the movie Go Johnny Go. I watched it on my IPad.

[katieherring]

Jimmy Clanton looks so good at his age. I have some of his songs from the 50s and 60s on Spotify.

[genek]

Jimmy looks great. I would love, even today, to see him. I loved every one of his records, including the B-sides. Some of those songs had a little more of a blues feeling that the hits.