Jump to content

The Big Beat (TV program)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jfr26 (talk | contribs) at 14:14, 29 November 2015 (local version). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The Big Beat is a television show broadcast on the ABC Network in the 1950s[1] hosted by Alan Freed and subsequently Richard Hayes. The show was cancelled in 1957 when it showed Frankie Lymon, a black man, dancing with a white woman.[1] A local version continued on WNEW-TV New York.

References

  1. ^ a b Altman, Billy. Brooklyn: A State of Mind. Workman Publishing Company. p. 160. ISBN 978-0761116356.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Big_Beat_(TV_program)&oldid=692960128"