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It’s 1959. It’s Brooklyn, New York. The battleground, Rock and Roll. It was the beginning of an era. You should have been there. American Hot Wax stars Tim McIntire as DJ Allan Freed a very young Jay Leno, young Fran Drescher & Laraine Newman of Sat. Night Live. The story of Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed. He introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950's. Freed was controversial, criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the "devil's music", hated by racists for promoting African American music for white consumption & persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the "payola" scandals. The greatest thing about this movie, of course, are the musical performances. The film makers actually brought back musicians and singers from the 1950s to sing their hits. Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Frankie Ford, Kenny Vance & The Planotones and others are on hand to show what made them great. Tim McIntire is fantastic playing DJ Alan Freed, a young Jay Leno as "Mookie" does a nice job as does an also young Fran Drescher as "Sheryl". Laraine Newman shines as a sort of Carole King character who writes songs. If you are a fan of Rock & Roll get this DVD now!