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    From DianeE@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 9 19:13:02 2025
    100 years ago Bill Haley was born (July 6, 1925).

    70 years ago, July 1955, "Rock Around The Clock" reached #1 on the
    Billboard Pop chart.

    I didn't realize Haley was 30 years old when he became a rock star.

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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to Mark on Wed Jul 9 22:09:31 2025
    On 7/9/2025 9:47 PM, Mark wrote:
    On Jul 9, 2025 at 6:13:02 PM CDT, "DianeE" <DianeE@NoSpam.net> wrote:

    100 years ago Bill Haley was born (July 6, 1925).

    70 years ago, July 1955, "Rock Around The Clock" reached #1 on the
    Billboard Pop chart.

    I didn't realize Haley was 30 years old when he became a rock star.

    Well, he had a minor hit with "Crazy Man, Crazy" a few years earlier, and had put in a few years as a minor country star, and "Rock Around the Clock" went to #1 only as a re-release. It had been a minor hit the year before, and became a blockbuster because of it's appearence at the beginning of "The Blackboard Jungle."

    --md
    --------------
    All true, but I still love this record after 70 years since I first
    heard it in the summer of 1955.

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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to DianeE on Thu Jul 10 01:47:12 2025
    On Jul 9, 2025 at 6:13:02 PM CDT, "DianeE" <DianeE@NoSpam.net> wrote:

    100 years ago Bill Haley was born (July 6, 1925).

    70 years ago, July 1955, "Rock Around The Clock" reached #1 on the
    Billboard Pop chart.

    I didn't realize Haley was 30 years old when he became a rock star.

    Well, he had a minor hit with "Crazy Man, Crazy" a few years earlier, and had put in a few years as a minor country star, and "Rock Around the Clock" went
    to #1 only as a re-release. It had been a minor hit the year before, and
    became a blockbuster because of it's appearence at the beginning of "The Blackboard Jungle."

    --md

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Mark on Thu Jul 10 02:14:17 2025
    On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 1:47:12 +0000, Mark wrote:

    On Jul 9, 2025 at 6:13:02 PM CDT, "DianeE" <DianeE@NoSpam.net> wrote:

    100 years ago Bill Haley was born (July 6, 1925).

    70 years ago, July 1955, "Rock Around The Clock" reached #1 on the
    Billboard Pop chart.

    I didn't realize Haley was 30 years old when he became a rock star.

    Well, he had a minor hit with "Crazy Man, Crazy" a few years earlier,
    and had
    put in a few years as a minor country star, and "Rock Around the Clock"
    went
    to #1 only as a re-release. It had been a minor hit the year before, and became a blockbuster because of it's appearence at the beginning of "The Blackboard Jungle."

    --md

    "Crazy, Man, Crazy" was more than a minor hit. It got to #12 in a 10
    week run. And "Shake, Rattle And Roll" got to #7 in a 27 week run on a
    chart that was at the most 30 items at that time. The he had 3 other top
    20 hits before "Clock" got to #1. He was a rock star already by the time "Clock" was re-released.

    I thought it was well known that Haley was older than most of the other
    rock and rollers in that time frame. Chuck Berry was almost 29 already
    when "Maybellene" hit.

    --

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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to Bruce on Thu Jul 10 09:46:38 2025
    On 7/9/2025 10:14 PM, Bruce wrote:
    On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 1:47:12 +0000, Mark wrote:

    On Jul 9, 2025 at 6:13:02 PM CDT, "DianeE" <DianeE@NoSpam.net> wrote:

    100 years ago Bill Haley was born (July 6, 1925).

    70 years ago, July 1955, "Rock Around The Clock" reached #1 on the
    Billboard Pop chart.

    I didn't realize Haley was 30 years old when he became a rock star.

    Well, he had a minor hit with "Crazy Man, Crazy" a few years earlier,
    and had
    put in a few years as a minor country star, and "Rock Around the Clock"
    went
    to #1 only as a re-release. It had been a minor hit the year before, and
    became a blockbuster because of it's appearence at the beginning of "The
    Blackboard Jungle."

    --md

    "Crazy, Man, Crazy" was more than a minor hit. It got to #12 in a 10
    week run. And "Shake, Rattle And Roll" got to #7 in a 27 week run on a
    chart that was at the most 30 items at that time. The he had 3 other top
    20 hits before "Clock" got to #1. He was a rock star already by the time "Clock" was re-released.

    I thought it was well known that Haley was older than most of the other
    rock and rollers in that time frame. Chuck Berry was almost 29 already
    when "Maybellene" hit.

    --
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    So next year will be the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of
    Independence and the 100th anniversary of Chuck Berry's birth. That
    seems to fit. America and Chuck Berry, both great achievements and
    hideous crimes. With the hamburgers frying on an open grill night and day.

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to DianeE on Thu Jul 10 07:19:03 2025
    On 7/10/2025 6:46 AM, DianeE wrote:
    So next year will be the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of
    Independence and the 100th anniversary of Chuck Berry's birth. That
    seems to fit.  America and Chuck Berry, both great achievements and
    hideous crimes.  With the hamburgers frying on an open grill night and
    day.

    Great ending quote.

    --
    Steve Mc

    DNA to SBC to respond

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