Payola – Rock ’n’ Roll on Trial | 3

Payola – Rock ’n’ Roll on Trial | 3

The Congressional payola hearings of 1960 are out to expose corruption in the music industry. But they’re also out to discredit a dangerous new form of music called rock ‘n’ roll. To do that, they’ve set their sights on rock’s most famous champions: DJ Alan Freed and American Bandstand host Dick Clark. Will their testimony save them or disgrace them?

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