 Befriending Alan Freed, the disc jockey eventually put him in his "rock and roll" movies such as "Don't Knock the Rock" and "Mister Rock and Roll".In 1957, Penniman was given a larger singing role in the film, "The Girl Can't Help It".That year, he scored more hit success with songs such as "Jenny, Jenny" and "Keep A-Knockin'" the latter becoming his first top ten single on the Billboard Top 100.