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| − | One of the artifacts of the 70's fad for the 50's was the 1978 flick, [http://us.imdb.com/Details?0077158 American Hot Wax], which dramatized real-life Cleveland DJ Alan Freed's championing of rock and roll. Real rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins appeared as themselves, but for some reason, fictionalized versions of other real groups were created like this one. Played by Charles Greene. See also [[Chesterfields]], [[The Delights]], [[Professor LaPlano and the Planotones]], [[Timmy and the Tulips]]. | + | One of the artifacts of the 70's fad for the 50's was the 1978 flick, [http://us.imdb.com/Details?0077158 American Hot Wax], which dramatized real-life Cleveland DJ Alan Freed's championing of rock and roll. Real rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins appeared as themselves, but for some reason, fictionalized versions of other real groups were created like this one. Played by Charles Greene. See also [[The Chesterfields]], [[The Delights]], [[Professor LaPlano and the Planotones]], [[Timmy and the Tulips]]. |
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One of the artifacts of the 70's fad for the 50's was the 1978 flick, American Hot Wax, which dramatized real-life Cleveland DJ Alan Freed's championing of rock and roll. Real rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins appeared as themselves, but for some reason, fictionalized versions of other real groups were created like this one. Played by Charles Greene. See also The Chesterfields, The Delights, Professor LaPlano and the Planotones, Timmy and the Tulips.
