The story of Alan Freed, the pioneering disc jockey who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.
Director: Floyd Mutrux
Stars: Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077158/
Watched online, mediocre print, fs.
33 songs in the Soundtracks, mostly on records, probably more partials than full airings.
No, this is not about car washes. Hot wax is how they recorded or duplicated vinyl records (I'm too lazy to look up which.)
If you like this kind of music, this is a very good sampling, better probably than all 5 of the rocksploitation movies ('56-9) headed by Alan Freed himself. Of course, back then, R'n'R was raw; this has the luxury of hindsight. Plus this has $$ behind it, so they could get actual stars like Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, and rights to plenty of other hits.
This film begins with Freed as radio DJ playing RnR over the objections of his station. Right away he announces a 1st anniversary concert, which is where the film ends. Then we get a narrative scroll saying Freed was hauled away and never was on the air again, and dead 5 years later. Well, that's doesn't fit with the fact he made 5 RnR movies over 4 years. The Freed Wikipedia page mentions the film and the creative chronology.
Also among IMDb trivia is mentioned the film American Graffiti (1973) (which made $$, but this one did not), which has a LOT of 50's music, but is not tagged music/al; apparently that film is not ABOUT music, just oversaturated with it in the score.
I didn't get very involved in the characters or the story. Hence the shrug-indicating vote.
Paramount, dir. Mutrux; 6-
