Ferlin Husky

When amateur crooner Verne Brand (Ferlin Husky) returns home to Tennessee following a tour of duty in the Army, his buddies Al and Lou (Al Fisher and Lou Marks) convince Sonny Moon (Jesse White), the head honcho of a record label in New York, to sign him on as a country artist. At a nightclub, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor takes an interest in the rising star, much to the chagrin of Marietta (June Carter Cash), Verne's sweetheart back home.

Prolific disc jockey and concert producer Alan Freed is the guy they say discovered rock 'n' roll -- which has roots in jazz, blues and gospel -- and this is the saga behind his history-making mark on the world. Ex-boxer Rocky Graziano and Fisher & Marks, the nightclub comedy duo, add laughs. Watch for appearances by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Clyde McPhatter, Frankie Lymon, the Moonglows and Lionel Hampton.