CLEVELAND OHIO IS HOME TO THE ROCK N ROLL  HALL OF FAME AND WE ALL KNOW THAT CLEVELAND ROCKS…BUT WHY? IT’S ALL THANKS TO A RADIO DJ THAT WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1921…ALAN FREED…HE STEPPED OUTSIDE THE STALE MIDWESTERN BOX AND PLAYED UPBEAT RHYTHM AND BLUES RECORDS NORTH OF THE MASON DIXON LINE IN THE 1950’S AND FREED CALLED IT “ROCK AND ROLL”…AND IT STUCK…I WONDER HOW HE WOULD HAVE LIKED THE PROGRESSION AND EVOLUTION OF ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC…LIKE THE SINGLE THAT WAS DROPPED ON THIS DATE BACK IN 2008 FROM THE ROCK METAL MASTERS METALLICA….ALL NIGHTMARE LONG….IT’S TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X