Rock ‘n’ Roll (1954-1959) – BOSTON RIOT
Press Coverage:
- 5-5-1958:“After the Brawl Was Over,” Times, Woburn, Mass. (Boston, “Alan Freed barred n in Boston”, Paramount Theatre, “I guess the police here in Boston don’t want you kids to have a good time”, bedeviled into gangsterism”)
- 5-5-1958: “Boston Bans ‘Rock’ Rallies,” Ohio Press, Cleveland, Ohio: (Mayor John B. Hynes, rock and roll banned in public halls, “Big Beat”, sluggings, stabbings)
- 5-5-1958: “After the Brawl Was Over,” Times, Woburn, Mass. (Rock ‘n’ Roll Brawl, Boston, “Alan Freed barred from Boston”, Paramount Theatre, “I guess the police here in Boston don’t want you kids to have a good time” Bostonians, bedeviled into gangsterism”)
- 5-5-1958: “Boston Bans ‘Rock’ Rallies,” Ohio Press, Cleveland, Ohio: (Mayor John B. Hynes, rock and roll banned in public halls, “Big Beat”, sluggings, stabbings)
- 5-5-1958: Freed Caused Riot Here, Too (Chief Frank W. Story, no shenanigans)
- 5-5-1958: Rock N Roll Music Lovers Slug, Stab 15- Boston Youths Go Wild at Freed Show (Roxbury, Back Bay, I guess the Police don’t want you kids to have a good time)
- 5-6-1958: “Two New England Cities Ban Rock ‘N’ Roll Jam Sessions,” News & Courier, Charleston, S.C. by Dick Sinnott (Boston, New Haven, Negroes attack Whites, Police Lt. Arthur Quinn, racial violence, Mayor John B. Hynes, Paul Brown, “It looks like the police in Boston don’t want you kids to have any fun”, “Big Beat”, Providence R.I.)
- 5-6-1958: Sour-Note Parade (Boston, “It looks like the Police in Boston don’t want you kids to have a good time, hoodlums with jungle instincts)
- 5-6-1958: “Two New England Cities Ban Rock ‘N’ Roll Jam Sessions,” News & Courier, Charleston, S.C. by Dick Sinnott (Boston, New Haven, Riot, Negroes attack Whites, gangs, Police Lt. Arthur Quinn, racial violence, Mayor John B. Hynes, Paul Brown, “It looks like the police in Boston don’t want you kids to have any fun”, “Big Beat”, Providence R.I.)
- 5-7-1958: “Cities Ban Rock ‘n’ Roll as a Result of Boston” (New Haven Conn, “father of rock ‘n’ roll”, “world’s most popular music”, U.S. Supreme Court, anti-rock ‘n’ roll Legislation, Dist. Atty. Garrett H. Byrne, Freed, riot, “Big Beat”, Senator William D. Fleming)
- 5-7-1958: “Cities Ban Rock ‘n’ Roll as a Result of Boston” (New Haven Conn,  “father of rock ‘n’ roll”, “world’s most popular music”, U.S. Supreme Court, anti-rock ‘n’ roll Legislation, Dist. Atty. Garrett H. Byrne, “Big Beat”, Senator William D. Fleming)
- 5-8-1958: Indicted Freed Quits Job As N.Y. Disc Jockey (rockin’ and reelin’ letter of resignation, stand behind my policies and principles)
- 5-8-1958: “New Haven Shall Not Be Freed, Court Rules (canceled scheduled performance, Common Pleas, Judge Sidney A. Johnson)
- 5-9-1958: “Alan Freed Quits Radio Station in Rock N Roll Row Jamaica Press N.Y. (Indicted, quit WINS, hard thing to swallow, Jack Hooke, Jock Fearnhead)
- 5-9-1958: Good! (Boston Jam, yanked him up, offending public taste)
- 5-9-1958: Indicted Disc Jockey Quits N.Y. Station New Leader, Richmond VA. (failed to give him any support after a riot in Boston, hard thing to swallow, Jack Hooke, wishy-washy, Jock Fernehead)
- 5-10-1958: “Rock ‘n Rollers Behave in Hershey, Lock Haven P.A. Express (2500 persons, Hershey Arena)
- 5-10-1958: TV What’s On? by Ben Gross, TV Guide (Quit WINS, Jock Fearnhead veepee, deal expired, Art Ford’s WNTA)
- 5-15-1958: Trial Deferred (Suffolk County Superior Court)
- 5-16-1958: Alan Freed Out on Bail (pleading innocent Suffolk Superior Court, May 3, Boston Arena, Freed’s attorney Paul Smith)
- 5-18-1958: “Long Island,” L.I. Press Jamaica, N.Y. (Walter Kaner, Lido Beach’s Malibu Shore Club, indictment, WINS, Jack Lacey, Paul Sherman)
