Word: haleys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...announcing a stage show or "record hop," the stampede is on. The theater is jammed with adolescents from the 9 a.m. curtain to closing, and it rings and shrieks like the jungle-bird house at the zoo. If one of the current heroes is announced-groups such as Bill Haley and His Comets or The Platters, or a soloist such as Elvis Presley-the shrieks become deafening. The tumult completely drowns the sound of the spastically gyrating performers despite fully powered amplification. Only the obsessive beat pounds through, stimulating the crowd to such rhythmical movements as clapping in tempo...
...Later, Alligator (Bill Haley; Decca). Rock 'n' roll rhythm in full cry, primitive to the point of idiocy. The title is warmed-over jive talk; the response: "After a while, Crocodile...
...that. But they should wake up to the fact that they are living in a civilized world, and they should possess a bit of common sense and have some respect for the rights of others who are trying their hardest to get along peacefully in this city. Thomas C. Haley...
...this time, however, Rock n Roll needed little encouragement. Americans took to it as they had to Davy Crockett. When the movie called Blackboard Jungle appeared with music by Bill Haley and his comets, teenagers all over the country had begun to "Rock Around the Clock." Another film with Sheree North's controversial interpretation of Rock n Roll was followed by a sharp rise in the "juvenile delinquency" rate, and subsequent protests from law enforcement agencies. To no avail. Rock n Roll shows signs of lasting...
...that lies beneath the whole action of the play. As her bewildered father, Layton Zimmer gives the weakest of the major performances, and fails adequately to show the importance of his growing awareness toward the close of the play. Supporting performances of note include those of John Hezlitt, Whitney Haley as the magistrate, Joseph Mitchell as the man from Boston, and Jack Rogers and Ed Finnegan in unusually credible comic portrayals...