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    • Nov 21, 1959
    WABC radio in New York fires Alan Freed after the disc jockey refused to sign an affidavit saying he never received payola. Thus begins the undoing of a rock & roll legend, credited as a co-writer of the future Forester Sisters hit "Sincerely"
    Feb 8, 1960
    Congress begins hearings to investigate payola in music and radio. Future Academy of Country Music awards producer Dick Clark survives the scandal. Rock deejay Alan Freed, credited as a co-writer on "Sincerely," is destroyed
    Dec 8, 1962
    Disc jockey Alan Freed pleads guilty in New York to taking $2,000 in 1958 in exchange for airplay. He receives a $300 fine and six months probation for violating payola laws. His name is among the credits on The Forester Sisters' hit "Sincerely"
    Mar 16, 1964
    Rock & roll deejay Alan Freed is charged in New York with evading more than $37,000 in income tax. He earned co-writing credit on the '50s pop hit "Sincerely," eventually remade for the country charts by The Forester Sisters
    Jan 20, 1965
    Defamed disc jockey Alan Freed, nabbed in a payola scandal, dies in Palm Springs, California. Later named to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he received co-writer credit for The McGuire Sisters' hit "Sincerely," later covered by The Forester Sisters
    Mar 17, 1978
    "American Hot Wax," based on the life of disc jockey Alan Freed, debuts in theaters. Jerry Lee Lewis performs "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" and "Great Balls Of Fire." Elsewhere in the soundtrack are Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, The Everly Brothers and Little Richard
    Jan 23, 1986
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds The Everly Brothers, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmie Rodgers, Buddy Holly, Alan Freed, Sam Cooke, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Sam Phillips in its inaugural ceremony
    Dec 10, 1991
    Late rock & roll deejay Alan Freed receives a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His name appears among the co-writers on The Forester Sisters' hit "Sincerely"
    Oct 17, 1999
    "Mr. Rock 'N' Roll: The Alan Freed Story" airs during a two-hour window on NBC-TV, with Judd Nelson portraying the legendary disc jockey, who received credit as a co-writer of The Forester Sisters' hit "Sincerely"
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