query: who made rock around the clock ( used in the tv show happy days ) popular in the 1950s

pos: Rock Around the Clock Rock Around the Clock "Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca. It was a number one single on both the United States and United Kingdom charts and also re-entered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s. It was not the first rock and roll record, nor was it the first successful

pos: Happy Days destroyed, the "Happy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion" requested that the reunion take place in Arnold's. The set was rebuilt by production designer James Yarnell based on the original floor plan. The reunion special was taped at CBS Television City's Bob Barker Studio in September 2004. Season one used a newly recorded version of "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets (recorded in the fall of 1973) as the opening theme song. This recording was not commercially released at the time, although the original 1954 recording returned to the American Billboard charts in 1974 as a result of

pos: Twist (dance) Twistin'", which referenced the objections many parents had to the pelvic motions of the dance. In Latin America, the twist caught fire in the early 1960s, fueled by Bill Haley & His Comets. Their recordings of "The Spanish Twist" and "Florida Twist" were successes, particularly in Mexico. Haley, in interviews, credited Checker and Ballard. Coincidentally, Checker appeared in two musicals that took their titles from films Haley made in the 1950s: "Twist Around the Clock" (after "Rock Around the Clock") and "Don't Knock the Twist" (after "Don't Knock the Rock"). In 1962 Dell Comics produced a comic called "The Twist"

pos: Music of Australia in the 1990s. Australian music experienced a rock renaissance in the 2000s with groups such as The Vines, Jet, Airbourne and Wolfmother charting internationally. Hilltop Hoods were the first Australian hip-hop group to reach the top of the ARIA chart. Channel 10's "Australian Idol" program was highly popular locally, as were the many "idols" produced. In the mid-1950s, American rock and roll spread across the world. Sydney's independent record label Festival Records was the first to get on the bandwagon in Australia, releasing Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" in 1956. It became the biggest-selling Australian single

pos: Tom Clay Tom Clay Tom Clay (August 20, 1929 – November 22, 1995) was an American radio personality and disc jockey. Clay was born Thomas Clague in New York, and in the 1950s he was popular in the Detroit area on WJBK-AM both as a DJ, and for his on-air comic characterizations; he became a local celebrity. In the early 1950s Clay, using the pseudonym "Guy King," worked for WWOL-AM/FM in Buffalo, New York; on July 3, 1955, he conducted a stunt in which he played "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets repeatedly from atop a billboard in

pos: The Coronet 1879, where a very young Charlie Chaplin performed. The Theater was converted to an ABC cinema in 1928, a 3,100 seat cinema designed by Frank Matcham with a revolving steam driven organ. During the World War II, when London was being destroyed by The Blitz, the building stood strong and was often used as a shelter. In the 1950s, the cinema made headlines when the manager exhibited the Bill Haley & His Comets movie "Rock Around the Clock" and the youthful audience ran riot. In 1966, with the onset of twinning, the Elephant and Castle Cinema was acquired by ABC

neg: Happy Days (TV theme) Happy Days (TV theme) "Happy Days" is a song written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox. It is the theme song of the 1970s television series "Happy Days". It can be heard during the TV show's opening and closing credits as it runs in perpetual rerun syndication. The song was first recorded in 1974 by Jim Haas with a group of other session singers for the first two seasons. These versions of the song were used only during the closing credits of Seasons 1 and 2, with an updated version of "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and His

neg: Happy Days the song's use on the show. The "Happy Days" recording had its first commercial release in 2005 by the German label Hydra Records. (When "Happy Days" entered syndication in 1979, the series was retitled "Happy Days Again" and used an edited version of the 1954 recording instead of the 1973 version). In some prints intended for reruns and overseas broadcasts, the original "Rock Around the Clock" opening theme is replaced by the more standard "Happy Days" theme. The show's closing theme song in seasons one and two was a fragment from "Happy Days" (although in a different recording with a

neg: Medieval Faire (Canada's Wonderland) segment included "The Rose", made famous by Bette Midler's 1979 film of the same name, and Academy Award-winning song "Fame", from the 1980 film of the same name. The finale included "All I Need Is The Girl" from stage musical "" and "Get Happy", a 1930 song most associated with Judy Garland in "Summer Stock" (1950). In all, there were 200 costumes. Entry to the show was a D ticket, or $1.50, and shows were performed by high school students. On some days, 1950s musical revue "Rock Around The Clock" would perform there, as opposed to Labatt's International Showplace. Later

neg: Pratt & McClain to replace its theme song, Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock", with a new song written especially for the show. The tune was written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, who also wrote themes for "Love, American Style", "Wonder Woman", "Laverne & Shirley", and "The Love Boat". Omartian was chosen to produce the song, and he recommended Pratt & McClain to record it. Multiple short arrangements were produced for the show and its promotional vehicles, and a full-length version was recorded for popular release. "Happy Days" went to No. 5 in the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in

neg: Happy Days different lyric from that which would become the standard version), whose music was composed by Charles Fox and whose lyric was written by Norman Gimbel. According to SAG, this version was performed by Jimmy Haas on lead vocals, Ron Hicklin of the Ron Hicklin Singers, Stan Farber, Jerry Whitman, and Gary Garrett on backing vocals, and studio musicians. From seasons three to ten inclusive, a longer version of "Happy Days" replaced "Rock Around the Clock" at the beginning of the show. Released as a single in 1976 by Pratt & McClain, "Happy Days" cracked the Top 5. The show itself

neg: Bob Brunner Notably, Brunner contributed to American popular culture by creating the nickname "Fonzie" for Henry Winkler's iconic character, Arthur Fonzarelli, who was originally just a minor player on the show. Brunner also created Fonzie's iconic phrase, "Sit on it," used by Fonzie as a comeback on the show. Fonzie, and his catchphrase, made Happy Days the number one show in the United States at the time. More infamously, Brunner also wrote the 1977 "Happy Days" season premiere script which led to the phrase "Jump the shark," now used by television critics to criticize a television series deemed to have been on

neg: Rock Around the Clock the song, at a November 1979 command performance for Queen Elizabeth II, was a complete version. Following Haley's death in February 1981, a number of major tributes involving "Rock Around the Clock" occurred. That fall, a TV special marking the 30th anniversary of "American Bandstand" saw an all-star "supergroup" perform the song (accompanied by 1950s-era footage of Haley and the Comets). In 1982, Haley's original recording was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award. An excerpt from the recording was included in "Haley's Golden Medley", a hastily compiled single in the "Stars on 45" mold which made the UK record

neg: Rock Around the Clock exception of the abbreviated version recorded for "Happy Days"). Versions of Haley's song that run longer than 2:10 will lack the electric guitar sound of Danny Cedrone and the double bass lines of Marshall Lytle. Any version recorded after the 1950s will also feature an electric bass player, such versions being included in most general rock compilations. In tribute to the influence of the song and the movie that launched its popularity, the March 29, 2005 50th anniversary of the opening of "Blackboard Jungle" was marked by several large celebrations in the United States organized by promoter Martin Lewis under

neg: That Happy Feeling used between children's programs during the early days of KBSC Corona/Los Angeles. It was played over the title card of the station's logo and not always to its conclusion, presumably because a master control technician was busy cueing the tape of whatever show was scheduled to air. The song was also used on another Los Angeles television station, KABC-TV Channel 7, when the station would sign on in the early morning to begin its broadcast day well before round-the-clock broadcasting became the norm much later. It is used in Adam Elliot's 2009 film, "Mary and Max". That Happy Feeling "That

neg: Happy Days Tom Bosley presented an introduction before each performance live on stage, and pop group Human Nature played a 1950s-style rock group. Another stage show, "Happy Days: A New Musical" began touring in 2008. Happy Days Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984 on ABC, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning eleven seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presented an idealized vision of life in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s Midwestern United States, and starred Ron Howard as teenager Richie Cunningham, Henry Winkler as his friend Arthur "Fonzie"/"The

neg: 1950s in music roll by Johnny Cooper's cover of "Rock Around the Clock". After Rock and roll had been introduced, the most famous of New Zealand's cover artists were: Johnny Devlin, Max Merit and the Meteors, Ray Columbus and the Invaders and Dinah Lee. 1950s in music This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 1950s. Various genre in the First World, rock and roll, doo-wop, pop, swing, rhythm and blues, blues, Country music, rockabilly, and jazz music dominated and defined the decade's music. Rock and roll dominated popular music in the mid 1950s and

neg: Happy Days finished the 1976–77 television season at #1, ending the five-year Nielsen reign of "All in the Family". On the Season 2 DVD set release and later re-releases of the Season 1 DVD set, the song "Rock Around the Clock" was replaced with a reconstructed version of "Happy Days" because of music rights issues. For the show's 11th and final season (1983–84), the theme was rerecorded in a more modern style. It featured Bobby Arvon on lead vocals, with several back-up vocalists. To accompany this new version, new opening credits were filmed, and the flashing "Happy Days" logo was reanimated to

neg: Rock Around the Clock "Happy Days" during its first two seasons. In the UK, the song again reached the top 20 and as of 2013 remains the only non-Christmas single to have done so on five separate occasions. The original version was also featured in the 1978 film "Superman", heard playing on a car radio just prior to Glenn Ford's final scene in the film; Ford, as noted earlier, had starred in "Blackboard Jungle". During the 1970s Haley shortened his performances of "Rock Around the Clock", dropping one verse and the second instrumental break from most performances. However, his last known recorded performance of

neg: Warren Williams (rock musician) 1960. Warren Williams and the Squares made their first television appearance on Six O'Clock Rock the Johnny O'Keefe-hosted television show in July 1959. He was voted the sixth most popular artist on Six O'Clock Rock. He starred on the popular music TV show Bandstand in the 1950s and 1960s. Williams signed with the Leedon label in 1961 and released several singles, e.g. "A Star Fell From Heaven". This song reached the lower top 20 in 1961 in several Australian states. He went on to form his own publishing company, Williams-Conde Music Pty Ltd., with Franz Conde. Williams joined the Courtmen

neg: Rock Around the Clock label in 1954 and 1955. Another notable album release entitled "Rock Around the Clock" was the 1970 Hallmark Records UK release "Rock Around the Clock" (SHM 668) which was the first British release of a 1968 album entitled "Bill Haley's Biggest Hits" which had been released in Sweden by Sonet Records. The album consisted of newly recorded renderings of Haley classics from the 1950s, along with some previously unrecorded songs. Rock Around the Clock "Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter

neg: Rockabilly Clearwater Revival, John Roman Jackson, Don McLean, Linda Ronstadt and the Everly Brothers, the film "American Graffiti" and the television show "Happy Days" created curiosity about the real music of the 1950s, particularly in England, where a rockabilly revival scene began to develop from the 1970s in record collecting and clubs. The most successful early product of the scene was Dave Edmunds, who joined up with songwriter Nick Lowe to form a band called Rockpile in 1975. They had a string of minor rockabilly-style hits like "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll)". The group became

neg: Space Patrol (1950 TV series) Lee Van Cleef, I. Stanford Jolley, Robert Shayne, William Schallert, Richard Devon, Carleton Young and Ed Nelson. The following cast members are some of those actors who appeared in multiple episodes: There were at least two records available in the early 1950s, featuring "prequel" situations involving Commander Corry and Cadet Happy, and starring the radio/TV cast, although the 'origin' story for Cadet Happy contradicted both the 15-minute and 30-minute TV show versions. Columbia Gramaphone (Aust) Pty. Ltd released a 78 record in the 1950s KO1015, "Space Patrol Adventures" No.1 of a series, "Cadet Happy Joins Commander Corry". Happy wins the

neg: Tell Him (Carlton Black song) recorded the song again and it soared, reaching 22 on the Billboard Top R&B Singles chart. The song also featured in the Australian stage show: "Happy Days: The Arena Mega Musical" in 1999, which showcased famous songs from the late 1950s and early 1960s (the era in which the TV show "Happy Days" was set). It was song #20 in the show and was performed by Laura & Joanie (actresses Jo Beth Taylor, Pippa Grandison) and also featured on the soundtrack CD. The song was covered by Dionne Bromfield on her 2009 album, "Introducing Dionne Bromfield". Tell Him (Carlton Black

neg: Jumping the shark Show" around the time he sold his website to Gemstar (owners of "TV Guide"). In a 2010 "Los Angeles Times" article, former "Happy Days" writer Fred Fox, Jr., who wrote the episode that later spawned the phrase, said, "Was the [shark jump] episode of "Happy Days" deserving of its fate? No, it wasn't. All successful shows eventually start to decline, but this was not "Happy Days" time." Fox also points not only to the success of that episode ("a huge hit" with over 30 million viewers), but also to the continued popularity of the series. Fonzie was not the first

neg: 3rd People's Choice Awards PROGRAM "Starsky & Hutch" FAVORITE TV COMEDY PROGRAM "Happy Days" FAVORITE TV SPECIAL "1976 Summer Olympics" FAVORITE FEMALE MUSICAL PERFORMER Olivia Newton-John FAVORITE MALE PERFORMER IN A NEW TV PROGRAM Robert Conrad, Dick Van Dyke FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE ACTOR John Wayne FAVORITE NEW SONG "Beth", "Disco Duck" 3rd People's Choice Awards The 3rd People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 1976, were held in 1977. They were broadcast on CBS. FAVORITE ALL-AROUND MALE ENTERTAINER Bob Hope FAVORITE FEMALE TV PERFORMER Mary Tyler Moore FAVORITE TV VARIETY PROGRAM "The Carol Burnett Show" FAVORITE MALE MUSICAL PERFORMER John Denver

neg: Happy TV TV series and movies airing, most because of Turkish drama series and Latin American telenovelas. Since it's beginning, Happy TV has been made several reality TV shows, with Parovi as most popular of them. Reality show "Parovi" got Happy TV huge success and big viewership, but also a big criticism. Happy TV has been shown many of foreign TV series and movies, mostly Turkish, American, Latin American, etc. Happy TV has shown many of international and domestic movies, which have been shown great result with big viewership not only in Serbia but alson in Serbian diaspora where Happy TV is

neg: Howdy Doody and are online for audiences to view. The 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia interest in an idealized representation of the 1950s, and with its films such as "American Graffiti" and the TV show "Happy Days". An episode of "Happy Days" was entitled "The Howdy Doody Show" (number 33 of the series; original airdate February 18, 1975), during the series' second season, having a Howdy Doody storyline featuring Smith as Buffalo Bob with actor Bob Brunner as Clarabell. Shortly thereafter, Nicholson-Muir Productions (owned by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir) acquired from NBC the rights to produce the New Howdy

neg: Festival Records was Bruce Gyngell, who was later hired to help found Australia's first commercial TV station, TCN-9 in Sydney and was the first person to appear on TV in Australia in 1956. The connection between Nine and Festival would reap great benefits for the label in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Festival was able to gain a foothold in the Australian music market mainly thanks to Welch, who cannily acquired the Australian rights to the epoch-making Bill Haley record "Rock Around The Clock". The single had originally been turned down by the Australian division of EMI in 1954, when it

neg: The Pleasure Seekers (band) lasting music career. She sold over 55 million records and is still active as a touring and recording artist. She also branched out as a TV actress, stage actress, radio D.J. and author. She is well known for her role as Leather Tuscadero in the popular TV show "Happy Days". The Pleasure Seekers (band) The Pleasure Seekers was a 1960s-era, all-female garage rock band from Detroit, Michigan. The band morphed into Cradle, changing direction musically. They are known due in large part to the later prominence of band member Suzi Quatro. According to Suzi Quatro in her memoir "Unzipped", the

neg: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz so in a similar manner to that shown on "Quantum Leap". Peter's stuttering while attempting to say "wrong" is a reference to a scene in which Fonzie was unable to say the word on "Happy Days". At one point a modified video of "Opposites Attract" with Paula Abdul is shown with Peter dressed like a cat. The music playing in the background during the end credits is "Rock Around the Clock", the original "Happy Days" opening theme; additionally, the credits themselves are shown in a similar style and font. "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz" finished 40th in

neg: Do the Dangle A Job") who sang 1958's "At The Hop" at the Woodstock music festival in 1969. Popular music had changed so drastically in the previous ten years that the Woodstock audience could laugh knowingly at the perceived naivete of the 1950s. The film "American Graffiti", first shown in 1973 (the same year of "Rigor Mortis Sets In") was the real instigation of the fad for the so-called "Fabulous '50s" which also inspired the hit TV series "Happy Days". Although "American Graffiti" was set in 1962, its soundtrack featured 1950s music, to emphasize that society was about to change drastically the following

neg: Andy Williams "Solitaire" (1973). Williams and Petula Clark recorded "Happy Heart" around the same time, just before his guest appearance on her second NBC-TV special. Unaware that she was releasing the song as a single, he asked to perform it on the show. The exposure ultimately led to his having the bigger hit with the song. The song "Happy Heart" was used for the final scene and end credits of Danny Boyle's award-winning directorial debut film, "Shallow Grave" (1994). Building on his experience with Allen and some short-term variety shows in the 1950s, he became the star of his own weekly television

neg: Casey Patterson accompanied by three hundred Imperial Stormtroopers from the "Star Wars" films. Scream also made news in 2010 when Bill Murray appeared onstage in full uniform from the Ghostbusters films, fueling speculation that he may have been ready to return to the role. The TV Land Awards is a two-hour prime time special celebrating the best of classic TV and popular culture, featuring all-star reunions of legendary television casts such as The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Freaks and Geeks, Ally McBeal, M.A.S.H., Happy Days, Mary Tyler Moore, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. In 2011, Patterson created and executive produced the

neg: K rock 95.5 Melbourne metropolitan area. 3GL gave Happy Hammond his start in broadcasting in 1948 as a breakfast announcer. While at 3GL, Hammond also made his first TV appearance in 1948, long before the Tarax Show, as part of an exhibition using closed-circuit TV equipment for trial purposes. 3GL was the home of many well-known announcers who formerly worked in Melbourne, including Gene Fisk, Don Lunn, David Coburn and Denis Scanlan. Other well-known announcers included John Vertigan, Gary Newton, Tim Hind, Rod Poynter, Ric Ditchburn and Don Crawford. Towards the end of its time as an AM station, 3GL used the ""3GL

neg: Delta and the Bannermen created by the show's incidental music composer Keff McCulloch. The songs featured in the serial were: "Rock Around the Clock"; "Singing the Blues"; "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"; "Mr. Sandman"; "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite"; "That'll Be the Day"; "Only You"; "Lollipop"; "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Happy Days Are Here Again". McCoy can be seen wearing his glasses in certain long shots of him riding a motorcycle. The motorbike itself a Vincent, made by British manufacturer Vincent Motorcycles. The guitar McCoy is seen hugging at the end of the story is a Squier Stratocaster by Fender, although the model is not

neg: Rock Around the Clock Sunday, August 7, 1955, the band performed the song on the Ed Sullivan Show or Toast of the Town hosted by Ed Sullivan. On the heels of the song breaking into the Top 20 in the UK in 1968, Decca began plugging the single in the US, where it briefly re-entered the Billboard charts in June 1968, peaking at #118. "Rock Around the Clock" became wildly popular with teenagers around the world. The single, released by independent label Festival Records in Australia, was the biggest-selling recording in the country at the time. Columbia Pictures cashed in on the new craze

neg: Franny Beecher to play a more basic style than I was used to, more country really, they called it rockabilly." At the time Beecher began working for Haley's group, Haley did not employ a full-time lead guitarist who would also play on live shows and TV appearances (such duties were usually handled by Haley himself or steel guitarist Billy Williamson). In August 1955, Beecher appeared for the first time on national TV with the Comets performing "Rock Around the Clock", and soon afterward was promoted to a full-time member of the band, appearing with the group in the films "Rock Around the

neg: Sonny Dae and His Knights M. Bennett. Bill Haley & The Comets then recorded its version of "Rock Around the Clock" on 12 April 1954, following which the song eventually became a worldwide hit. Sonny Dae & His Knights is not known to have made any other recordings. Sonny Dae and His Knights Sonny Dae and His Knights was an American vocal and instrumental group in the early 1950s. The group was the first to record the hit song "Rock Around the Clock". The group comprised Italian-American singer Sonny Dae (born Paschall Salvatore Vennitti, May 24, 1928 – February 1987), pianist Hal Hogan, guitarist Art

neg: Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson ZTV, the presenter Anders S. Nilsson forgot his name and instead called him Babsan and that name has been used ever since. Babsan's character is of a happy, outspoken middle aged woman who uses glitter and glamour to make her days less boring. Part of the joke is that Babsan's husband, a taxi driver called Gunnar which the audience never gets to meet, is a very ordinary and boring man. Babsan made her TV debut as a recurring figure in the 1992 show "Babbla med Babsan". The show also aired on TV3 during 1994 and 1996, giving her a total

neg: Happy Days (musical) of a television show, 'Happy Days' is not a bad choice. All that cheerful white-bread 1950s innocence. All those instant audience associations with beloved characters and the actors who played them. The show won’t ever win a Pulitzer Prize (or the musical-comedy equivalent), but the Goodspeed Opera House’s bouncy new production delivers a pleasant if not transporting evening, and – most important – the Fonz (Joey Sorge) is cool" and "Michele Lynch's choreography is one of the show's real assets". According to the show's official site, the "NY Daily News" wrote: "If you like GREASE you will LOVE Happy Days"

neg: Cunt 1992, and a notable use occurred in "Sex and the City". In the US, an episode of the NBC TV show "30 Rock", titled "The C Word", centred around a subordinate calling protagonist Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) a "cunt" and her subsequent efforts to regain her staff's favour. Characters in the popular TV series, "The Sopranos," often used the term. Jane Fonda uttered the word on a live airing of the "Today Show", a network broadcast-TV news program, in 2008 when being interviewed about "The Vagina Monologues". In 2018, controversy erupted when Canadian comedian Samantha Bee used the term as

neg: Lynda Goodfriend Lynda Goodfriend Lynda Goodfriend (born October 31, 1953) is an American actress who is best remembered as Lori Beth Cunningham (née Allen), Richie's girlfriend then wife on the TV sitcom, "Happy Days". Before "Happy Days", she played Ethel "Sunshine" Akalino on the short-lived series "Blansky's Beauties". After that show left the air, she and co-star, Scott Baio joined "Happy Days". She originally played a guest role in the fourth season of "Happy Days" as Kim in "Time Capsule" and "Graduation (Part 1)", before returning to the show as Lori Beth in season five. Goodfriend went on to play several parts

neg: Rock Around the Clock released for 25 years), and once more in Nashville, Tennessee for the Swedish Sonet Records label in 1970). Despite these efforts, the song was not a commercial success. Haley would re-record "Rock Around the Clock" many times over the years (even scoring a substantial hit with a version recorded for Sonet Records in 1968), but never recaptured the magic. In 1974, the original version of the song returned to the American charts when it was used as the theme for the movie "American Graffiti" and a re-recorded version by Haley was used as the opening theme for the TV series

neg: Mary Tyler Moore as "Happy Hotpoint", a tiny elf dancing on Hotpoint appliances in TV commercials during the 1950s series "Ozzie and Harriet". After appearing in 39 Hotpoint commercials in five days, she received approximately $6,000. She became pregnant while still working as "Happy" and Hotpoint ended her work when it was too difficult to conceal her pregnancy with the elf costume. Moore modeled anonymously on the covers of a number of record albums and auditioned for the role of the older daughter of Danny Thomas for his long-running TV show, but was turned down. Much later, Thomas explained that "she missed it

neg: Rock Around the Clock charts in 1982, reaching number 50. In 1989, Haley's original Decca recording was incorporated into the "dance mix" single "Swing The Mood", credited to Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, but legal considerations forced the album version to substitute a patchwork of re-recordings from the 1950s and 1960s (in Haley's case, a 1968 version of "Rock Around the Clock" recorded for Sonet Records). Since "Swing the Mood" was still on the sales charts going into 1990, it meant that Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", in one way or another, appeared on UK or US sales charts in five consecutive decades. "Rock

neg: Greg Dyke news programme. This became "The Six O'Clock Show", fronted by Michael Aspel, with co-hosts Danny Baker and Janet Street-Porter. The show is seen by many as the first example of British tabloid TV. After the success of "The Six O' Clock Show", Dyke was brought in by Jonathan Aitken to become programme director at ailing station TV-am in April 1983. The station was doing very badly in the ratings compared to the BBC's popular Breakfast Time magazine style programme. He was instrumental in reviving the breakfast show's fortunes by introducing a new schedule based around popular features including bingo, celebrity

neg: Happy Days in pre-production. Lucas immediately cast Howard in the film, which became one of the top-grossing films of 1973. With the movie's success generating a renewed interest in the 50's era, tv show creator Garry Marshall and ABC recast the unsold pilot to turn "Happy Days" into a series. According to Marshall in an interview, executive producer Tom Miller said while developing the sitcom, "If we do a TV series that takes place in another era, and when it goes into reruns, then it won't look old." This made sense to Marshall while on the set of the show. Gould had

neg: Bill Haley & His Comets the Comets between gigs and during Haley's retirement. This group rerecorded "Rock Around the Clock" for the television series "Happy Days". The Comets, featuring musicians who performed with Haley in 1954–1955, reunited in 1987 and are still touring the world as of 2007, playing showrooms in the United States and Europe. They have also recorded a half-dozen albums for small labels in Europe and the United States. This version of the group has also been credited as Bill Haley's Original Comets and, in circumstances in which the use of the Comets name is in dispute, A Tribute to Bill Haley

neg: An Honest Liar on TV shows such as "Happy Days" and in rock music artist Alice Cooper's 1973 "Billion Dollar Babies" tour, where Randi decapitates Cooper at the end of each performance. The film spotlights some of the more notable targets investigated and debunked by Randi. One is mentalist Uri Geller, who performed psychic feats on the talk show circuit, such as bending a spoon with minimal contact, and guessing the contents of sealed envelopes and other objects. Randi worked closely with the staff of "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" prior to a 1973 appearance on that program by Geller, who publicly

neg: Cursive (band) cello. Cursive's sixth album, "Mama, I'm Swollen" was released on March 10, 2009 on Saddle Creek Records. Three days later, the band made their network television debut on the "Late Show with David Letterman", playing "From The Hips""". The album was the first recorded without drummer Clint Schnase, who departed the band in October of 2007. Schnase was replaced on drums with Matt "Cornbread" Compton, who had previously been touring with the band. Retaining the horns used on "Happy Hollow, Mama, I'm Swollen" has a more straightforward rock sound mixed with shifts in keys and time signatures to break up

neg: 1950s in music released the initial rhythm and blues-influenced early rock and roll hits. Rock and roll forerunners in the popular music field included Johnnie Ray, The Crew-Cuts, The Fontane Sisters, and Les Paul and Mary Ford. The Rock and Roll Era is generally dated from 25 March 1955 premiere of the motion picture, "The Blackboard Jungle". This film’s use of Bill Haley and His Comets' "(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" over its opening credits, caused a national sensation when teenagers started dancing in the aisles. Pat Boone became one of the most successful artists of the 50s with his heavily Pop-influenced

neg: That '70s Show and Marion Ross ("Happy Days"), Monty Hall ("Let's Make A Deal"), Gavin MacLeod ("The Love Boat" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), Don Knotts, Richard Kline and Jenilee Harrison ("Three's Company"), and Danny Bonaduce and Shirley Jones ("The Partridge Family"). Series recurring cast member Tanya Roberts also starred in a popular show in the 1970s ("Charlie's Angels"). Beginning with season 5, each episode in the series is named after a song by a rock band that was famous in the 1970s: Led Zeppelin (season 5), The Who (Season 6), The Rolling Stones (season 7), and Queen (season 8, except for

neg: WXYZ-TV and magician Irv Romig and "The Johnny Ginger Show" was hosted by local comic Johnny Ginger. The "Auntie Dee Show" hosted by Dee Parker was a popular children's talent show. In 1974, WXYZ-TV launched and produced another successful children's show, the nationally syndicated "Hot Fudge." Former WXYZ-TV general manager John Pival is credited for launching several other popular innovative programs in the 1950s and 1960s including the "World Adventure Series" with host George Pierrot, an author on world travel and a speaker at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The program showed films about exotic locations around the world. "The Lady

neg: Hype Pressure Margaret Thatcher, which beats Tim into submission. 1950s nostalgia was an important trend in 1970s-era UK, featured in films like "American Graffiti" and "That'll Be The Day" and the TV series "Happy Days". This would go on until the 1980s with "Grease", "Animal House" and the TV programme "Hi-De-Hi" among others. Hype Pressure "Hype Pressure" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series "The Goodies". This episode is also known as "The Rock and Roll Revival". Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. Tim is the presenter and producer of "New Faeces", a TV

neg: Louis Jordan presaged many of the styles of black popular music of the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s and exerted a strong influence on many leading performers in these genres. Many of his records were produced by Milt Gabler, who went on to refine and develop the qualities of Jordan's recordings in his later production work with Bill Haley, including "Rock Around the Clock". Jordan was born on July 8, 1908, in Brinkley, Arkansas, where his father, James Aaron Jordan, was a music teacher and bandleader for the Brinkley Brass Band and for the Rabbit Foot Minstrels. His mother, Adell, died when

neg: 1950s in music hit songs. Besides Williams and Jones, the most popular honky tonk-styled singers included Lefty Frizzell, Carl Smith and Webb Pierce. In 1955, "Ozark Jubilee" nearly began a nearly six-year run on ABC-TV, the first national TV show to feature country's biggest stars. By the late 1950s, the Nashville sound became country music's response to continued encroachment of genre by rock artists. This new style emphasized string sections, background vocals and crooning lead vocals in the vein of mainstream popular music, but utilizing production styles and themes seen in country music. Artists like Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves, both whom had

neg: Happy Days create an overall "new" feel which incorporated 1980s sensibilities with 1950s nostalgia (although by this time the show was set in 1965). On April 19, 2011, "Happy Days" co-stars Erin Moran, Don Most, Marion Ross and Anson Williams, as well as the estate of Tom Bosley (who died in 2010), filed a $10 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS, which owns the show, claiming they had not been paid for merchandising revenues owed under their contracts. The cast members claimed they had not received revenues from show-related items, including comic books, T-shirts, scrapbooks, trading cards, games, lunch boxes, dolls, toy cars,

neg: Clock Strikes Ten Budokan". It is a fast-paced song that begins with guitar notes struck to sound like Big Ben's chimes (full hour). The song has similarities to the 1950s song "Rock Around the Clock". Bruce Meyer of UPI called "Clock Strikes Ten" a "nearly perfect rock construction, using established forms without a hint of cliche." Nielsen has described the theme of the song as "Simple fun and games. People are going out on a Saturday night, going completely nuts, people that live for the weekend, and who doesn't?" Dave Marsh of "Rolling Stone" said that the song "can only be compared to

neg: Happy Together (2001 TV series) Happy Together (2001 TV series) Happy Together () is a South Korean talk show which first ran on November 8, 2001 on KBS2. It was the most popular show on KBS from 2002–2003, and further continued its success in two more seasons. Currently, "Happy Together" is still placed as one of the most popular shows on Korean free-to-air networks which airs every Thursday at 23:05 (KST) regularly. The program celebrated its 200th episode during its third season on July 7, 2011. Season 1 of "Happy Together" lasted for 4 years from November 8, 2001 to April 28, 2005. It was

neg: Rock Around the Clock (Cedrone died in a fall down a stairway on June 17, 1954 and never lived to see his contribution become famous and legendary.) The second instrumental break recreates a popular rhythm and blues "out chorus" with tenor sax and guitar emulating the rhythm section. The version of "Rock Around the Clock" that was used in the movie "Blackboard Jungle" differs from the hit single version. The difference is in the two solo breaks. The record has the guitar solo taking the first break and the sax solo taking the second break. The movie version is just the opposite with the

neg: Happy Days (TV theme) on the Easy Listening chart, and No. 31 on the UK Singles Chart. In Canada, "Happy Days" reached No. 3. Australian band Silver Studs also recorded a version of the theme for their debut album. It became their biggest hit single in Australia, reaching No. 4 in June 1976. In 2014, a re-recorded version of the song was used in commercials for Target. Happy Days (TV theme) "Happy Days" is a song written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox. It is the theme song of the 1970s television series "Happy Days". It can be heard during the TV show's opening

neg: Blansky's Beauties Blansky's Beauties Blansky's Beauties is an American sitcom and ostensible spin-off of "Happy Days" that aired on ABC from February 12 to June 27, 1977. The main character of the series was introduced on an episode of "Happy Days", then set in the 1950s, but the show is set in the present-day of 1977. Nancy Walker played Howard Cunningham's visiting cousin Nancy Blansky from Las Vegas on the February 4, 1977, episode of "Happy Days". "Blansky's Beauties" premiered the following week, on February 12, 1977. Nancy Blansky (Walker) was a long-time Las Vegas showbiz vet (since the 1950s) and current

neg: Music history of the United States in the 1950s roll forerunners in the popular music field included Johnnie Ray, The Crew-Cuts, The Fontane Sisters, and Les Paul and Mary Ford. The Rock and Roll Era is generally dated from the March 25, 1955 premiere of the motion picture, "The Blackboard Jungle." This film's use of Bill Haley and His Comets' "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" over its opening credits, caused a national sensation when teenagers started dancing in the aisles. Pat Boone became the first rock and roll teen idol in 1955 with heavily Pop-influenced "covers" of R&B hits like "Two Hearts, Two Kisses (Make One Love)," "Ain't

neg: Rock Around the Clock Records issued Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle and Roll". In relation to "Rock Around The Clock", Gabler said: "I was aware that rock was starting. I knew what was happening in the Philadelphia area, and "Crazy Man, Crazy" had been a hit about a year before that. It already was starting and I wanted to take it from there." As Gabler intended, "Rock Around the Clock" was first issued in May 1954 as a B-side to "Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town)." While the song did make the American "Cashbox" music charts (contrary to popular opinion that it

neg: Danny Cedrone would later graduate to full Comets member. Eight months after Cedrone's death, "Rock Around the Clock" was included on the opening credits of the film "Blackboard Jungle" and became the first rock and roll recording to hit the top of the American charts. Subsequently the song was performed on TV many times by Haley and the Comets; on several occasions (depending upon the demands of the program) the band would lip-synch to the 1954 recording. As a result, footage exists of both Bill Haley (on "The Milton Berle Show") and Franny Beecher ("American Bandstand" and the 1956 film, "Rock Around

neg: Baha Men 4", recording their take on the song "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from "Lilo and Stitch" entitled "Bahaman Roller Coaster Ride". They also recorded the theme song to the Disney TV show, "Stanley". A number of their songs have been used in major motion pictures such as "Rugrats In Paris", "The Little Vampire", "Miss Congeniality", "Rat Race", "Around the World in 80 Days", and "". They also recorded a cover of Elton John's hit "Crocodile Rock" for the film "" starring Steve Irwin and family. The band has even made an appearance on the big screen, when they starred as themselves

neg: United States in the 1950s Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, and Groucho Marx who starred in his quiz show "You Bet Your Life". Dinah Shore, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Lawrence Welk as well as other stars had popular weekly musical variety shows. The Ed Sullivan Show showcased many famous acts during the decade. Westerns quickly became a staple of 1950s TV entertainment. The first, on June 24, 1949, was the Hopalong Cassidy show, at first edited from the 66 films made by William Boyd. A great many B-movie Westerns were

neg: The Men Who Loved Music original vinyl release of "Refreshments". Track 22 is listed in some music databases as 'Do the Fonzie'. The face of the CD is illustrated with a picture of the character Fonzie from the TV show Happy Days. All songs written by Scott McCaughey. The Men Who Loved Music The Men Who Loved Music was the third album by rock band Young Fresh Fellows. Their first for Frontier Records, it was released in 1987. Tracks 1-14 are from the original release of "The Men Who Loved Music" (spine title: "Chicago 19"). Tracks 16-21 on the CD reissue are from the EP

neg: El Monte, California to El Monte. El Monte is credited with being the birthplace of TV variety shows. "Hometown Jamboree", a KTLA-TV Los Angeles-based show, was actually produced at the American Legion Stadium in El Monte, California in the 1950s. The Saturday night stage show was hosted and produced by Cliffie Stone, who helped popularize country music in California. In the 1950s, as the unstable racial climate and the hostility toward rock & roll started to merge; rock & roll shows were forced from the City of Los Angeles by police pressure. The El Monte Legion Stadium, outside the city limits, became the

neg: Sha Na Na (TV series) Sha Na Na (TV series) Sha Na Na is a syndicated television variety series that ran from 1977 to 1981 for a total of 97 episodes, hosted by the popular rock & roll/comedy group of the same name. The show was produced by Pierre Cossette and originally distributed by the Lexington Broadcast Services Company. Each episode ran for 22 minutes. The show featured the group performing hits from the 1950s and 1960s along with comedy skits along the show's nostalgic theme but with a contemporary twist, with performances from that era's well-known acts as well as popular acts of the

neg: Rock Around the Clock Robert A. Borski of Pennsylvania, which was read into the Congressional Record on March 31, 1993. A band from Belgium named Telex covered it in 1978. They performed the song on "Top of the Pops". Haley's version appears in a 2017 TV commercial for Subway's Reuben sandwich promotion. As Bill Haley's best-known recording, there have been dozens of compilation album releases over the years entitled "Rock Around the Clock". The most notable of these compilations was the 1955 Decca Records album "Rock Around the Clock" (Decca DL 8225) which contained most of the tracks Haley recorded as singles for the

neg: Bronze Fonz Bronze Fonz The Bronze Fonz is a public artwork by American artist Gerald P. Sawyer, located on the Milwaukee Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The "Bronze Fonz" depicts Henry Winkler as "The Fonz," a character in the television series "Happy Days", which was set in Milwaukee. The sculpture, made of bronze, depicts actor Henry Winkler as he appeared in his role as Arthur Fonzarelli (also known as "Fonzie" or "The Fonz"). Fonzarelli was an iconic character in the 1970s television show "Happy Days", a sitcom about a family in 1950s–1960s Milwaukee. He stands in his usual attire, a leather jacket

neg: James Nelson (sound editor) sound editor were the 1956 release "Rock Around the Clock"—considered to be the first true rock and roll musical film—and its immediate follow-up, "Don't Knock the Rock". Over the next 10 years, Nelson served as supervising sound editor on such TV programs as "The Donna Reed Show", "Father Knows Best", "Naked City", "Dennis the Menace", "Hazel", "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Get Smart". Some of the films Nelson worked on during this period were "The Girl Most Likely", "Birdman of Alcatraz", "Bye Bye Birdie" and the first six of American International Pictures' (AIP) seven beach party films, from "Beach Party"

neg: Rock Around the Clock (film) debuted in the 1955 teen flick "Blackboard Jungle", and is considered the first major rock and roll musical film. Haley's 1954 recording was previously played over the opening credits of "Blackboard Jungle" and the same recording was used for the opening of "Rock Around the Clock", marking a rare occasion where the same recording opened films released in such a short interval (the recording would be used once again to open the 1973 film "American Graffiti"). "Rock Around the Clock" tells a highly fictionalized rendition of how rock and roll was discovered. As band manager Steve Hollis observes that big

neg: Ron Howard In 1976, Howard played Gillom Rogers in the movie "The Shootist", with John Wayne. Howard's last significant on-screen role was a reprise of his famous role as Opie Taylor in the 1986 TV movie "Return to Mayberry", an "Andy Griffith Show" reunion reuniting him with Griffith, Don Knotts, and most of the cast. He also appeared in two "Happy Days" TV reunions: 1992's "The Happy Days Reunion Special", a retrospective hosted by Winkler that aired on ABC; and 2005's "The Happy Days 30th Anniversary Reunion", where he was reunited with most of the surviving cast. Before leaving "Happy Days" in

neg: Jingle Bell Rock The song's title and some of its lyrics are an extension of the old Christmas standard, "Jingle Bells." It makes brief references to other popular songs of the 1950s, such as "Rock Around the Clock," and mentions going to a "Jingle hop." An electric guitar played by Hank Garland can be heard playing the first notes of the chorus of "Jingle Bells." Backup singers were the Anita Kerr Quartet. Helms' original version, on Decca 9-30513 from October 1957, was re-recorded by him on Kapp K-719 in 1965, and yet again in 1967 on Little Darlin' LD-0038. In 1970, Helms recorded

neg: Time-lapse photography purposes. One popular usage is for comic effect. A slapstick comic scene might be played in fast motion with accompanying music. (This form of special effect was often used in silent film comedies in the early days of the cinema; see also liquid electricity). Another use of fast motion is to speed up slow segments of a TV program that would otherwise take up too much of the time allotted a TV show. This allows, for example, a slow scene in a house redecorating show of furniture being moved around (or replaced with other furniture) to be compressed in a

neg: Cliff Richard was that influential TV producer Jack Good, who used the act for his TV show "Oh Boy!", wanted the only song on his show to be "Move It". Richard was quoted as saying: The single went to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. John Lennon credited "Move It" as being the first British rock record. In the early days, Richard was marketed as the British equivalent of Elvis. Like previous British rockers such as Tommy Steele and Marty Wilde, Richard adopted Elvis-like dress and hairstyle. In performance he struck a pose of rock attitude, rarely smiling or looking at

neg: The Modernaires Tune/Moonlight Serenade/Chattanooga Choo-Choo/String Of Pearls/Serenade In Blue/At Last/Perfidia, that reached number 29 on the Billboard charts in 1954. In the late 1950s they were featured vocalists with the Bob Crosby Orchestra on his daily TV show. In the 60s they recorded the theme song for the TV sitcom Hazel. Their style, harmonies and blend influenced later artists such as The Four Freshmen, who in turn were models for the Beach Boys, whom the Beatles later cited as a strong influence on their work. Thus, The Modernaires have affected generations of popular music, from swing to rock and roll. The Modernaires

neg: Happy Camp (TV series) She graduated from Dalian University of Foreign Language, where she majored in French Language. Happy Camp (TV series) Happy Camp is a Chinese variety show produced by Hunan Broadcasting System. The series debuted on 7 July 1997, and has remained in production since then due to its skyrocketing popularity. The show was hosted by the Happy Family: He Jiong, Li Weijia, Xie Na, Du Haitao, and Wu Xin. Happy Camp is one of China's most popular shows, consistently achieving record high ratings and viewership in its episodes, with a minimum active viewership of tens of millions. The show is broadcast

neg: Jukebox musical Examples are "Jam Session", "An American in Paris" (1951), "Rock, Rock, Rock" (1956); "Rock Around the Clock" (1956) and "Juke Box Rhythm" (1959). Jukebox musical A jukebox musical is a musical film or stage presentation featuring the songs of popular music acts. The term is used to describe films starring famous popular music acts showcasing their own recorded songs, not necessarily as part of a traditional musical score, though they are sometimes augmented with scored background music. Use of the term has also grown to encompass musical films and theatrical presentations that celebrate past or present music acts or personalities,

neg: Happy Camp (TV series) Happy Camp (TV series) Happy Camp is a Chinese variety show produced by Hunan Broadcasting System. The series debuted on 7 July 1997, and has remained in production since then due to its skyrocketing popularity. The show was hosted by the Happy Family: He Jiong, Li Weijia, Xie Na, Du Haitao, and Wu Xin. Happy Camp is one of China's most popular shows, consistently achieving record high ratings and viewership in its episodes, with a minimum active viewership of tens of millions. The show is broadcast every Saturday, with each of its episodes featuring celebrities and famous figures from all

neg: Baby Talk (TV series) of the show among critics, since she had never seen the show prior to replacing Julia Duffy. Scott Baio, who had watched the first season, agreed with some of the critics' views, but justified his joining the show by comparing it to "Happy Days", of which he starred on as a teenager. "I did a show for 11 years ("Happy Days") that never ever got a good review," said Baio. "So we hope you guys will love it, but we're just going to do the best we can, and it's what the people like that's going to stay on." When

neg: Rock Around the Clock on March 20, 1954, Myers claimed the song had been written specifically for Haley but, for various reasons, Haley was unable to record it himself until April 12, 1954. The original full title of the song was "We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight!". This was later shortened to "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock", though this form is generally only used on releases of the 1954 Bill Haley Decca Records recording; most other recordings of this song by Haley and others (including Sonny Dae) shorten this title further to "Rock Around the Clock". In 2018, it was selected for

neg: Robin Williams Mork's appearance proved so popular with viewers that it led to the spin-off television sitcom "Mork & Mindy", which co-starred Pam Dawber, and ran from 1978 to 1982; the show was written to accommodate his extreme improvisations in dialog and behavior. Although he portrayed the same character as in "Happy Days", the series was set in the present in Boulder, Colorado, instead of the late 1950s in Milwaukee. "Mork & Mindy" at its peak had a weekly audience of 60 million and was credited with turning Williams into a "superstar." According to critic James Poniewozik, the series was especially popular

neg: Radiotelevizija Slovenija white to red.) The current clock is used from April 23, 2012. The clock is white, on the bottom of the clock is the RTVSLO logo, an advert is next to the clock. The test card TV Slovenija is PM5544, introduced in the 1970s. Nowadays test cards are rarely broadcast. Dnevnik Televizije Slovenija is daily news show. Radiotelevizija Slovenija Radiotelevizija Slovenija () – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija (or simply RTV within Slovenia) – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe

neg: Harry Hepcat ten guest interviews and performances on The Joe Franklin Show WOR-TV (WWOR-TV) in New York City (1978–1984). Joe Franklin referred to Harry Hepcat as "the official archivist and historian of the 1950s rock and roll scene." Harry also developed comedy characters and was a regular on "Huntington Profiles" from 1983 to 1984 on Huntington Cable TV. Then it was on to "Depth in Focus," a comedy show that revolved around the local entertainment scene (1985). From 2005 to 2012, Hepcat had his own show on Cablevision that dealt with nostalgia, music and comedy. One of these was ""Antiques Roadkill"," which

neg: Sonny Dae and His Knights Sonny Dae and His Knights Sonny Dae and His Knights was an American vocal and instrumental group in the early 1950s. The group was the first to record the hit song "Rock Around the Clock". The group comprised Italian-American singer Sonny Dae (born Paschall Salvatore Vennitti, May 24, 1928 – February 1987), pianist Hal Hogan, guitarist Art Buono, and Mark Bennett (It is unknown which instrument he was playing). It was a novelty group that billed itself as "instrumental, vocal and fun makers", and had a regular slot on the Old Dominion Barn Dance radio show in Richmond, Virginia. "Rock

neg: Shekar Basha he took charge of the show "Big Sandadi" which was until then hosted by a very popular Telugu TV anchor and film actress Jhansi (TV anchor). On 27 May 2008 the same show was named the Best Radio Show of the Year by IRF. Shekar has a habit of saying "Happy mornings" instead of "Good morning", which caught on quickly with the listeners. As a result, in 2009 the program was renamed as "Happy Mornings". After the formation of the state of Telangana in 2015, the same show "Happy mornings" was renamed as "Sallaam Telangana" reflecting the pride of the

neg: The Lorenzo Show created other characters in speaking roles—Clarence the Country Boy (with his trademark "overbite" teeth, a sunflower corsage and a straw hat); Nevada Ned, (an Old West prospector type who sported a gray, handle-bar mustache with a blue bandanna tied around his neck); and Percy the Pirate. The Lorenzo Show The Lorenzo Show, also called Lorenzo and Friends and Lorenzo's Cartoon Festival, was a children's television program starring Gerry Wheeler (1926-2013) that ran in several different American markets from the 1950s until the mid-1970s. Wheeler, a native of Salado, Arkansas debuted the character of Lorenzo on KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas,

neg: Television on ITV on 22 September 1955, advertising Gibbs SR toothpaste. The first TV ad broadcast in Asia was on Nippon Television in Tokyo on 28 August 1953, advertising Seikosha (now Seiko), which also displayed a clock with the current time. Since inception in the US in 1941, television commercials have become one of the most effective, persuasive, and popular methods of selling products of many sorts, especially consumer goods. During the 1940s and into the 1950s, programs were hosted by single advertisers. This, in turn, gave great creative license to the advertisers over the content of the show. Perhaps due

neg: Ludmilla (singer) by DJ Will 22 and the song's introduction includes a sample of the gospel classic "Oh Happy Day" covered by the St. Francis Choir in the film "". Since her rise to fame, she has been touring around Brazil and has made numerous appearances on popular television shows. In an interview with SBT's TV show "Domingo Legal", Ludmilla revealed that her former stage name was given to her by her friends because she was such a huge Beyoncé fan. The stage name which Ludmila had came from a tribute to the singer, songwriter Beyonce Knowles, one of the greats of

neg: Happy Days replacements due to copyright issues, including the theme song "Rock Around the Clock". (The Complete First Season retains the original opening, as it was released before CBS was involved). Each DVD release after season 2 has contained the original music. (except for seasons 5 and 6) The Sixth Season was released on December 2, 2014. It is unknown if the remaining 5 seasons will be released. The season 7 premiere Shotgun Wedding: Part 1 was also released on the Laverne & Shirley season 5 DVD. To date, this is the last episode released on home media. Seasons 1 to 4

neg: Happy Days (season 1) in the 1950s, and Potsie convinces Richie to use that as an enticement to get a girl to agree to a date, which he does but in the end Richie gets crushed. His father uses his wisdom of experience to console him. Howard is so entranced by his new TV that he sits alone in the living room watching nothing but a test pattern and tone. The season aired Tuesdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST). <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Happy Days (season 1) This is a list of episodes from the first season of "Happy Days". The pilot for the series was aired on

neg: Jinsei×Boku= to begin recording a new album." Songs like "The Beginning" and "Clock Strikes", had been made long before "Zankyo Reference" was released. In mid-2012, they were asked to make a song for a new live adaption of the popular manga "Rurouni Kenshin". "The Beginning" single was used for the live adaption movie. ONE OK ROCK held their first national arena tour in 2013, engaged more than 100,000 audiences, 6 cities and 11 days, started from 11 May to 6 June 2013. They recorded 22 songs from their second day in Yokohama Arena and insert them into Blu-ray and DVD, entitled

neg: Bill Haley & His Comets country music flavor. In 1974, Haley's original Decca recording of "Rock Around the Clock" hit the American sales charts once again, thanks to its use in the film "American Graffiti" and the television program "Happy Days". In February 1976, Haley's saxophone player and best friend, Rudy Pompilli, died of cancer after a nearly 20-year career with the Comets. Haley continued to tour for the next year with a succession of new sax players, but his popularity was waning again, and his 1976 performance in London was critically lambasted in the music media, such as "Melody Maker". That year, the group

neg: Finland made each year. Finland's most internationally successful TV shows are the backpacking travel documentary series "Madventures" and the reality TV show "The Dudesons", about four childhood friends who perform stunts and play pranks on each other (in similar vein to the American TV show "Jackass"). Thanks to its emphasis on transparency and equal rights, Finland's press has been rated the freest in the world. Today, there are around 200 newspapers, 320 popular magazines, 2,100 professional magazines, 67 commercial radio stations, three digital radio channels and one nationwide and five national public service radio channels. Each year, around 12,000 book titles

neg: Wheel of Fortune (1952 game show) per network practices of the era. A photo of Russell and the wheel was used in the A&E Biography "TV Game Shows". The Australian version likely suffered the same fate, although clips of an episode were used in the 2006 special "50 Years: 50 Stars". An episode (missing the opening and closing titles) is held by National Film and Sound Archive as a kinescope recording. The survival rate of Australian game shows of the 1950s and 1960s is highly erratic: although around 13 episodes exist of the short-lived 1957 series "Give it a Go", no recordings exist of the popular

neg: Ted McGinley predator who lures a teenage girl into his house, where he holds her captive and tortures her. More recently, in 2011, McGinley again made fun of his "shark-jumping" abilities in "Mitefall", the final episode of the animated series "" on Cartoon Network. In the episode, Bat-Mite (voiced by Paul Reubens) wants the show to be cancelled to usher in a new TV show called "Beware the Batman". To that end, he starts replacing aspects of the show, including switching Aquaman's regular voice actor (John DiMaggio) with McGinley. Ambush Bug (voiced by McGinley's "Happy Days" co-star Henry Winkler) helps to reverse

neg: Happy Sunday try to complete missions (deemed to be of a quality required of a "qualifying man") given by the producer or sometimes thought of by the members. In the first episodes, the cast joked that their primary aim was not to disturb the ratings of "1 Night 2 Days". However, the show was an unexpected success and rivaled their sister corner "1N2D" in the 2009 KBS Entertainment Awards. The cast includes the main MC Lee Kyung-kyu, who made his comeback into the Korean TV industry with this show; Kim Gook-jin, a famous comedian who recently came back from attempting to become