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Original name: William John Clifton Haley
A Rock 'n' Roll singer from the 1950s to the early 1980s, he was considered a pioneer of the rock music genre. In the 1950s with his group, 'The Comets,' he recorded several hits including, "Rocket 88" (1951), "Rock The Joint" (1952), "Crazy Man Crazy" (1953), "Dim Dim The Lights" (1954), "Shake Rattle And Roll" (1954) and "Rock Around The Clock" (1955). He also appeared in many films as well including, "Blue Suede Shoes" (1980), "The London Rock And Roll Show" (1973), "Let The Good Times Roll" (1973), "The Blackboard Jungle" (1955), "Don't Knock The Rock" (1956), "Rock Around The Clock" (1956), "Round Up Of Rhythm" (1954). During the 1950s and the 1960s he appeared on many variety music shows, "American Bandstand," Thank Your Lucky Stars," "The Midnight Special," "Washington Square" and "Toast Of The Town." He was known as the 'Original King of Rock And Roll" and the "Father of Rock And Roll.' In 1974 his hit "Rock Around The Clock" was used as the theme song for the hit television series, "Happy Days." In 1987 he was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. He died in Harlingen, Texas, in 1981, after complications of a brain tumor.