Payola it promoted cultural diversity and disc jockeys were less inclined to indulge their own personal and racial biases. Alan Freed, a disc jockey and early supporter of rock and roll (and also widely credited for actually coining the term), had his career and reputation greatly harmed by a payola scandal. Dick Clark's early career was nearly derailed by a payola scandal, but he avoided trouble by selling his stake in a record company and cooperating with authorities. Attempts were made to link all payola with rock and roll music. In 1976, inner-city urban soul DJ Frankie Crocker was indicted in
Rock and Roll Queen Hoople's work: ""Rock and Roll Queen" ... omits 'Sweet Angeline' [from Mott's fourth album "Brain Capers"] and includes 'Keep A Knockin' but is otherwise a fair sampler of the band's Atlantic era." Vocals on all tracks by Ian Hunter, except as noted. Rock and Roll Queen Rock and Roll Queen is a compilation album by the British rock band Mott the Hoople. The album predominantly features selections from the four albums Mott recorded for Island Records in the UK, which were subsequently issued in the US by Atlantic Records. In Canada, the first three were released by Polydor, while "Brain