Crazy Man, Crazy av Bill Haley, Peter Benjaminson

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Bill Haley ¿he man who brought rock ''n'' roll into the mainstream. His song Crazy Man Crazy was the first rock ''n'' roll song to break the ¿illboard¿Top 20 in 1953 and was followed by his evergreen We''re Gonna Rock Around the Clock the first song of its kind to hit #1. His success made him an idol not only in the US but throughout the world from Canada to the UK Europe Australia Japan New Zealand and beyond. Yet Haley is often overlooked in the story of rock ''n'' roll overshadowed by others who followed him from sex symbol Elvis Presley to wild man Jerry Lee Lewis and forever-young Buddy Holly.¿ut Haley''s lack of visibility was in part his own doing: he had conflicted feelings about fame was extremely private suffered chronic alcoholism and troubled relationships with multiple wives which yielded ten children who he struggled to support. Though he managed to carry on a successful touring career his demons eventually eroded his health and in 1981 at the age of only 55 he passed awa