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American Scandal
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Alan Freed's Story of a Singing Group
In April 1953, Alan Freed is driving home from WJW Studios in downtown Cleveland. He falls asleep at the wheel on a dark suburban road and drives head-on into a tree. It took nearly $12,000 worth of plastic surgery to repair his face. Now he fits the old music business saw, you've got a great face for radio.
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