<P> Because of his importance in that pre-rock music era, the staff of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland has included him in a display about the most influential disc jockeys in history . </P> <Ul> <Li> "He is probably the greatest middleman jazz has ever known . A broadcaster for 35 years, once billed as' the all - night, all - frantic one', he was the man to listen to in the forties, fifties and sixties if you wanted to know what was happening in jazz ."--Leslie Gourse, The New York Times </Li> <Li> It was a frequent on - air description he made about himself: "This is your all - night, all - frantic one ..." </Li> <Li> "Dean took the wheel and drove clear the rest of the way to New York, and we began to hear the Symphony Sid show on the radio with all the latest bop, and now we were entering the great and final city of America ." (Jack Kerouac, On the Road, pt. 3, ch. 11) </Li> </Ul> <Li> "He is probably the greatest middleman jazz has ever known . A broadcaster for 35 years, once billed as' the all - night, all - frantic one', he was the man to listen to in the forties, fifties and sixties if you wanted to know what was happening in jazz ."--Leslie Gourse, The New York Times </Li> <Li> It was a frequent on - air description he made about himself: "This is your all - night, all - frantic one ..." </Li>

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