ALAN FREED'S
CAMEL ROCK 'N' ROLL DANCE PARTY
LIVE ON CBS RADIO - 1956

Information obtained principally from a list of 25-minute long AFRTS rebroadcast transcriptions, which deleted all commercials, and, to the extent possible, all mentions of "Camels" cigarettes. This listing enables us to "date" many of the performances which have appeared on various records, cassettes, and CDs; but without the actual transcriptions, performances by LaVerne Baker, The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra (Sam "The Man" Taylor), Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, The Moonglows, The Robins, The Rover Boys and Joe Williams cannot be precisely identified because they appeared on two or more broadcasts.

NOTE - Programs #1 through #4 and #12 through #23 were originally broadcast from WCBS (AM), New York; Dick Noel & Bern Bennett, announcers.
Programs # 5 through # 11 were originally broadcast from KCBS (AM), Hollywood, while Freed was filming Rock Rock Rock and/or Don't Knock The Rock; Roy Rowan, announcer.

Program #1. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Sam The Man Taylor, The Bonnie Sisters.
Original broadcast date 7 April.

Program #2. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Sunny Gale, The Rover Boys.
Original broadcast date 14 April.

Program #3. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, The Chordettes, Tony Bennett.
Original broadcast date 21 April.

Program #4. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, LaVerne Baker.
Original broadcast date 28 April.

Program #5. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Faye Adams, The Robins.
Original broadcast date 5 May.

Program #6. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Oscar McLollie, The Jacks.
Original broadcast date 12 May.

Program #7. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, The Nilsson Twins, The Flairs.
Original broadcast date 19 May.

Program #8. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Kitty White, The Robins.
Original broadcast date 26 May.

Program #9. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Bertice Goodin.
Original broadcast date 2 June.

Program #10. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, The Treniers.
Original broadcast date 9 June.

Program #11. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Al Sears, The Rover Boys.
Original broadcast date 16 June.

Program #12. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Dorrie Ann Grey, The Penguins.
Original broadcast date 23 June.

Program #13. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Etta James, The Clovers.
Original broadcast date 30 June.

Program #14. The last show with Count Basie & his Orchestra. Joe Williams, LaVerne Baker, The Cadillacs.
Original broadcast date 7 July.

Program #15. The first show with Sam "The Man" Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra. Clyde McPhatter, Della Reese, Sugar & Spice, The Platters.
Original broadcast date 14 July.

Program #16. Sam The Man Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra, The Drifters, The Moonglows, The Valentines.
Original broadcast date 21 July.

Program #17. Sam The Man Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra, Chuck Willis, Ivory Joe Hunter, The Five Keys.
Original broadcast date 28 July.

Program #18. Sam The Man Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra, Count Basie, Gloria Mann, The Three Chuckles.
Original broadcast date 4 August.

Program #19. Sam The Man Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra, Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps, Johnny Burnette Trio, Otis Williams & The Charms.
Original broadcast date 11 August.

Program #20. Sam The Man Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra, Ann Cole, The Cleftones, The Four Fellows.
Original broadcast date 18 August.

Program #21. Sam The Man Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, The Flamingos.
Original broadcast date 25 August.

Program #22. Sam The Man Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra, Big Maybelle, Jimmy Cavallo & The House Rockers, The Moonglows.
Original broadcast date 1 September.

Program #23. Sam The Man Taylor & The Alan Freed Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra, Bill Haley & His Comets, Mabel King.
Original broadcast date 8 September.

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