The Alan Freed star commemorates Windber-born resident famed DJ Alan Freed!  Namer of Rock and Roll!  We placed the star in the sidewalk after the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Robert Spinelli had the State sign put in.  They both stand just outside the Midway.

A photo from the March 21, 1959 Moondog Coronation Ball, considered today as history’s first rock and roll concert.  Legendary disk jockey Alan Freed was the “Moondog,” screamingly popular host of the Moondog Show on WJW Cleveland.  It sold out in a day and was a pure madhouse.

The Alan Freed sign and Alan Freed Sidewalk Star, a worthy Rock and Roll destination point for any fan, are park central.  The Beatles give credit to Freed as an influence.  Freed died at age 43.  His ashes were in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, now removed.  For portrayals of Freed, see Rock, Rock, Rock (1956), Go, Johnny Go! (1959), Rock Around the Clock (1956), Don’t Knock the Rock (1957), Mr. Rock’n’Roll (1957), American Hot Wax (1978), The Idolmaker (1980), La Bamba (1987), Great Balls of Fire (1989), Mr. Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999), Ray (2004), Who Do you Love (2008), and Cadillac Records (2008).  For great mood films of the period, see American Graffiti (1973), with Wolfman Jack, or Rebel Without A Cause (1955), with James Dean, or The Wild One (1953), with Marlon Brando.