Fact #20277
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The trial of Alan Freed on payola charges begins. He testifies to receiving $2,000 in 1958 from Cognat Distributors for a promise to play their records on his New York City, USA, radio show. He also worked a similar deal with Superior Records for $700. A few days later, pleading guilty to payola, he will be fined $300 and given sixmonths probation.
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