James E. Myers
Born
26 October 1919 (106)
Place of Birth
USA
Also known as
J.E. Meyers, Jimmy De Knight
Biography
James E. Myers was a larger-than-life figure who wore many hats during a long career in showbiz: composer, producer, musician and actor. Myers, under his nom de plume Jimmy DeKnight, will forever be remembered as the co-writer of "Rock Around the Clock," which gave Bill Haley and the Comets their 25 million-copy-selling hit and kickstarting the rock and roll era. There is debate over whether Myers actually wrote "Rock Around the Clock," or whether most of the work was actually done by co-writer ...
James E. Myers was a larger-than-life figure who wore many hats during a long career in showbiz: composer, producer, musician and actor. Myers, under his nom de plume Jimmy DeKnight, will forever be remembered as the co-writer of "Rock Around the Clock," which gave Bill Haley and the Comets their 25 million-copy-selling hit and kickstarting the rock and roll era. There is debate over whether Myers actually wrote "Rock Around the Clock," or whether most of the work was actually done by co-writer Max Freedman. But Myers deserves credit for promoting the song and helping to make it the hit it became. In later years, Myers operated a Rock Around the Clock Museum out of his home and wrote an autobiography about his time serving in the Second World War, called Hell in a Foxhole.
Filmography (10)
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II
1978
Shaft in Africa
1973
Rendezvous in Hell
1971
Refinements in Love
1971
Homer, the Late Comer
1970
Ride, Mister?
1970
Caught in the Can
1970
The Hang Up
1969
The Divorcee
1969
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
1969