Archives: Payola (1959-1962) – District Attorney – People vs. Alan Freed
District Attorney: PEOPLE VS. ALAN FREED
- 1960: DA legal notes (Jack Hooke, Freed Associates & Figure Music, Adriane Lawner, Michael DiLomenzo, End Music, George Goldner)
- 1960: DA legal notes (Bill Gallagher, Don Otis, KLAC, Ted Traverse)
- 1960: DA legal notes (Dictate to Marion)
- 1960: DA legal notes – Record Firms (Action Records, Alpha Distributing, Superior Records Sales, Co., United Artists Records, Cosnat Distributing Corporation)
- 1960: DA Memo – United Artists (office rushgram)
- 1960: DA legal notes, Stanford – Broadcasting Expenses (56-57 invoice, date, amount)
- 1960: DA legal notes – ABC (Fox Theatre)
- 1960: DA legal notes – WABC Radio
- 1960: DA legal notes – Warren Troob (2 Fifth Ave, Gone Records 250 W. 57th St. PL. 7-2655)
- 1960: DA legal notes – Mitch Miller (was A&R man at Columbia, quote)
- 1960: DA legal notes – Merle Bradwell (WNEW TV, supervised prod people on Freed show)
- 1960: DA legal notes – John Brantley invaluable (4 pages, employed as Ds aka Alan Freeds assistant from Sept. 7 1954 until Nov. 1959)
- 1960: DA legal notes – John Brantley Grand Jury Testimony (4 pages, over 20 items, 618 W. 142 St. WA 6-8386, worked exclusively for AF April 1955, work every day 1 broadcast at Freeds home in Stanford)
- 1960: DA legal notes – Jerry Blaine (2 pages, Cosnat Distributing Co.)
- TRIAL:
- 3/18/1960: Court notes Witness: Jerry Blaine, typed (Cosnat Distributing Corporation, Jay-Gee Record Co. Inc., Coliseum Apts. West 57th Street, Hooke, $500 a month for playing records, 3 checks, total $6000)
- 1960: People V. Alan Freed Admissions as to Defendants Dealings: Bernard Friedlander – United Artists typed ($750, Luttman)
- 2/4/1960: People V. Alan Freed, Bernard Friedlander, typed (Promotion manager United Artists, $750 a month in cash to expose records, total $2250)
- 2/4/1960 Witness: Louis Klayman, typed (Action Records Inc., annual volume a million dollars, Jack Hook, Al & Dicks, $500 a month cash, Collisiuem Apts. West 57th Street, Pick of the Week, Spotlight of the Week, Sleeper of the Week, Morris Weisman)
- 1960: People V. Freed Admissions as to Defendants Dealings Louis Klayman Action Records ($500 a month, never for pick of the week)
- 1960: People V. Freed Admissions as to Defendants Dealings: John Halonka Alpah Records (All the checks that are made out to Inga Boling)
- 1960: People V. Alan Freed Witness: Margaret M. Michaud (Business Manager WABC)
- 1960: People V. Freed Witness: Margaret M. Michaud (Business Mangager WABC)
- 1960: People V. Freed Witness: Ben Hoberman (Station Manager WABC Radio, May 1958-Nov. 21 1959)
- 1960: People V. Freed Witness: Ben Hoberman (Station Manager WABC Radio, June 1958 – Nov 21 1959
- 1960: DA legal notes – Admissions as to Defendants Dealings: Louis Klayman
- 1960: DA legal notes – Trial Brief, John Halonka (Alpha Records)
- 1960: DA legal notes – Admissions as to Defendants Dealings: John Halouka (Alpha Records, checks made out to Inga Boling)
- DA legal notes – Margaret M. Michaud (business manager WABC)
- DA legal – Margaret Michaud Supplemental (questions)
- 1960: DA legal notes Ben Hobermen (Station Manager WABC-Radio)
- 1960: DA legal notes – Witness: Ben Hoberman
- 1960: DA legal notes – Trial Brief, Samuel Weiss ($700 per month)
- 1960:DA typed legal notes – Samuel Weiss (Superior Record Sales Co. Inc.)
- 1960:DA legal notes – Samuel Weiss – Pied Piper to Kids ($1000 checks)
- 1960: DA typed legal notes Witness: Samuel Weiss (President of Superior Record Sales Co. Inc. Testified February 2nd, 10th, 16th, March 21st, April 4th)
- 1960: People V. Freed Witness: Samuel Weiss, typed
- 10/20/1962: DA typed legal notes Witness: Richard Allan, Criminal Law Investigator (Office A.D.A. Gerald Harris, Alan Freed, Michael Direnzo, Warren Troob, Mr. Stone, voluntarily submitting for questioning, Cosnat Records, admitted received $6000)
- 1960: Typed interview Mr. J. J. Madden WNEW TV (Alan Freed worked from June 30, 1958 to December 6, 1959, Stamford Productions, $450 per week, WINS, Soupios, $70,679.95, 309 Desert Holly Circle Palm Springs, KDAY)
- 1960: DA legal notes Freed (Employee Number, earnings, Federal Withholding, F.I.C.A., NY Disability, Gross Year to Date Earnings, Net check, Payroll Number, Check Number)
- 1960: DA legal notes Alan Freed Congressional Testimony (obligated him to purchase airtime to advertise theatre, refused to sign affidavit for WABC stating that he had never accepted payments and did not want to perjure himself, accepted cash and other articles of value for plugging records, grossing for station $250,000 to $300,000
- 1960: Freed Income Information
- 1960: Alan Freed Income for June
- 1960: Alan Freed WINS ledger
- 1960: Dates of Employment
- 1960: Outline of AF K w/ WQAM Miami
- 8-10-1954: WINS Contract with Alan Freed
- 11-27-1954: John Brantley
- 1-9-56: WINS Financial information
- 1959: Summary of Payments
- 1-27-1959: WABC notes
- 11-9-1959: WSF notes
- 11-27-1959: John Brantley
- 11-27-1959: John Brantley
- 11-29-1959: Jack Hooke
- 12-1-1959: Ben Hoberman
- 12-3-1959: Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp.
- 12-8-1959: Frederic A. Johnson
- 1-27-1960: Paul Kassandra at WABC
- 1-27-1960: Paul Kassandra at WABC
- 2-3-1960: WABC
- 2-3-1960: WABC
- 2-3-1960: WABC
- 2-3-1960: WABC
- 2-11-1960: Jack Fearnhead
- 2-23-60: Midtown
- 3-3-1960: WABC
- 3-9-1960: Jerry Kirway, CPA
- 3-11-1960: DA notes
- 3-24-1960: John Brantley
- 3-24-1960: John Brantley
- 3-24-1960: John Brantley
- 5-4-1960: Debare
- 5-8-1960: Bonaire Music, Inc., Barracuda Music, Inc.
- 5-13-1960: Edwin Kliegman
- 6-5-1961: Ronnie Granger Interview notes, typed
- 11-2-1961: Witness: Sam Clark
- 11-14-1961: Ben Hoberman, Margaret Michaud, Kenneth Luttman, and various other notes
- 2-15-1962: DA notes
- 10-30-1962: John Halonka
- 11-1-1962: Morris Levy
- 11-1-1962: Witness: Morris Levy
- 11-7-1962: Louis Klayman
- 11-9-1962: Bernard Friedlander
- 11-9-1962: Michaud, Friedlander, Luttman, Weiss, Pare
- 12-6-1962: John Brantley