The series ran from 1974 to 1984 with a grand total of 255 episodes.Īs already stated Bill Haley & the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" was the opening theme in 1974 & 1975. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 15th 1974, the 30-minute sitcom 'Happy Days' debut on the ABC-TV network.In 2012 he was elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Comets. He didn't play on the recording of "Rock Around the Clock" but appeared and played in the movie of the same name. Barry from Sauquoit, NySadly, Francis "Franny" Beecher, lead guitarist for Bill Haley & his Comets, passed away on February 24th, 2014 at the age of 92.Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 10th 1974, Bill Haley & the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" re-entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #99 and nine weeks later on May 19th, 1974 it peaked at #39 and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100 combined with its 24 weeks on the chart in 1956, it spent a grand total 39 weeks on the chart. * And of course it’s available on You Tube. in Philadelphia, a quartet named Sonny Dae & his Knights recorded the first original recorded version* of "Rock Around the Clock".ĭae & the Knights' version was on the Arcade Record label and never made the national charts, and we all know what happen to Haley & the Comets' version. Twenty three days earlier on March 20th, 1954 and roughly 96 miles south of N.Y.C. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 12th 1954, at the Pythian Temple studios in New York City Bill Haley and the Comets recorded "Thirteen Women" and "Rock Around the Clock"….Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 14th 1958, the Kingsmen performed "Week End" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'.Ī little under three weeks later on September 1st, 1958 it entered Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #96 it stayed on the chart for three weeks and peaked at #35.Īt the time of this appearance on 'Bandstand' they were on the Top 100 chart, as the Comets with Bill Haley, at position #67 with "Lean Jean", and that was also its peak position on the Top 100. The reason: Haley and most of the Comets had a fear of flying.Īt the time the group's "(We Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" was at #3 on Billboard's Most Played on Jukeboxes chart, #4 on the Best Seller in Stores chart, and #5 on Most Played by Jockeys chart.
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