* 1924 – Rudy Pompilli, American musician ( Bill Haley & His Comets ) ( d. 1976 )

* 1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

* Bill " Fonzie " Alfonso, former Wrestling referee & manager.

Holly's transition to rock continued when he opened for Bill Haley & His Comets at a local show organized by Eddie Crandall, the manager for Marty Robbins.

He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets ( inspired by Halley's Comet ) and million selling hits such as, " Rock Around the Clock ", " See You Later Alligator ", and " Shake Rattle and Roll ".

Soon after, the band's name was revised to Bill Haley & His Comets.

: See the discography section of Bill Haley & His Comets for a list of the singles and album releases made by Haley with the Saddlemen and the Comets from 1950 onwards.

* The Bill Haley & His Comets Story ( German )

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He had a recurring role as " Bill Church Jr ." based upon the character of Moxie Mannheim's son ( Bruno Mannheim ) from the Superman comics on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

In 1952, the upright bass was a standard instrument in rock and roll music, Marshall Lytle of Bill Haley & His Comets being but one example.

In some groups, the slap bass was utilized as band percussion in lieu of a drummer ; such was the case with Bill Haley & His Saddlemen ( the forerunner group to the Comets ), which did not use drummers on recordings and live performances until late 1952 ; prior to this the slap bass was relied on for percussion, including on recordings such as Haley's versions of Rock the Joint and Rocket 88.

Well-known rockabilly bassists include Bill Black, Marshall Lytle ( with Bill Haley & His Comets ) and Lee Rocker ( with 1980s-era rockabilly revivalists the Stray Cats ).

ELO's debut concert took place on 15 April 1972 at The Fox & Hounds Pub in Croydon, U. K. with a line-up of Wood, Lynne, Bevan, Bill Hunt ( horns, keyboards ), Wilfred Gibson ( violin ), Hugh McDowell ( cello ), Mike Edwards, Andy Craig ( cello ) and Richard Tandy on bass.

* 1981 – Bill Haley, American musician ( Bill Haley & His Comets ) ( b. 1925 )

That year, Brown also launched, under King auspices, Try Me Records, releasing records off singers such as Tammy Montgomery, Johnny & Bill and the Poets, the latter group confirmed to be that of Brown's backing band.

* 1925 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Bill Haley & His Comets ) ( d. 1981 )

Reeves is known for his roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as well as Speed, Point Break and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix.

* 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release " Rock Around the Clock ", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.

* 1996 – Billy Williamson, American musician ( Bill Haley & His Comets ) ( b. 1925 )

* Troy, Thomas F. Wild Bill & Intrepid ( New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996 )

* Paramount has TV and digital rights to some films in the Nelson Entertainment catalog, also as a result of the Viacom merger, including the Bill & Ted films – all other rights, including Nelson's later films and the copyright to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, reside with MGM ( several other Nelson films are owned by Paramount for TV and digital distribution through the Spelling merger, as Worldvision at one point had rights to some Nelson films as well );

Other popular films included About Last Night ..., Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, Footloose, Raging Bull and St. Elmo's Fire which also launched the careers of high profile celebrities like Demi Moore, Joe Pesci, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Bacon, Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze.

It augmented the slacker language of Generation X, much as Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure had done previously.

Scenes were also shot at the studio for Michaelangelo Antonioni's Zabriski Point ( back lot house explosion ), Paul Newman in Pocket Money, Bill Cosby's feature debut, Man and Boy ( western street ), and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure ( western street ).

In 1991, the band contributed a track for the motion picture soundtrack to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey with the song " The Perfect Crime ".

" The Perfect Crime " was used in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, which also featured a cameo for Jim Martin, who was brought from the past to a future day classroom in order to educate the students.

Also within Bill and Ted's room, there is a Faith No More poster.

The band appeared as contestants for the Battle of the Bands in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and made music for a Beavis & Butthead tribute album with a song entitled " Poetry and Prose ".

It was prominently featured in several episodes of the television series Highlander and was referenced in the film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

A pay phone booth was used as a time machine in the 1989 film " Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure "

Wiedlin also took acting roles in movies such as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Clue, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, as well as doing cartoon voiceovers and a 2005 appearance on the VH1 show Surreal Life.

The protagonists of the 1991 science-fiction comedy Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey return to life by defeating Death ( played by William Sadler ) at Battleship, Clue, electric football and Twister.

* Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureWhile rampaging through a mall, Genghis Khan rides up to a trampoline, does a somersault off of it, and lands back on his skateboard.

* Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a 1991 American science fiction comedy film, and the directing debut of Peter Hewitt.

It is the second film in the Bill & Ted franchise, and a sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure ( 1989 ).

In the present, Wyld Stallyns is preparing for the contest ; though Bill and Ted's current fiancées and former 15th-century princesses Elizabeth ( Annette Azcuy ) and Joanna ( Sarah Trigger ) have become skilled musicans, Bill and Ted are still inept.

Bill and Ted's souls are met by Death ( William Sadler ) who challenges them in a game for their souls.

* " You can be a king or a street sweeper but everyone dances with the grim reaper ", a quote paraphrased from Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, was the final statement of convicted murderer Robert Alton Harris, who died in California's gas chamber April 21, 1992.

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* In Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey the antagonist, unhappy with the future, sends evil robots back in time to kill Bill and Ted.

* In both Bill & Ted movies ( Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey ), the " future scenes " take place in 2688 and 2691, respectively.

It was also the same voice that Frank Welker used for Darkseid on Super Friends, Emperor Krulos in Dino-Riders, Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat, The Cave of Wonders in Disney's Aladdin and the voice of The Devil in both The Golden Child and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.

* Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey ( 1991 )

A Battle of the Bands event forms the climax of a number of films, including Bandslam, Blues Brothers 2000, School of Rock, Freaky Friday, and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.

The film was directed by Pete Hewitt, whose previous work included Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey ( 1991 ) and The Borrowers ( 1997 ).

Harris ' execution is specifically remembered for his peculiar choice of final words ( recorded by Warden Daniel Vasquez ): " You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper ," a misquote from the film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, released in 1991.

During this time, they were signed by Orion Pictures to record a song for the film Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

* ( 1991 ) Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture