People

James E. Myers

  • Name: James E. Myers
  • Birthday: 1919-10-26
  • Also known as: J.E. Meyers,Jimmy De Knight,James Myers
  • Place of birth: USA
  • Popularity: 0.6
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 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... Read More

Movies:

Title Release date
Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II 1978-11-25
Shaft in Africa   as  Williams 1973-06-14
Refinements in Love   as  Dr. Livingston 1971-07-16
Caught in the Can   as  Vice Cop (uncredited) 1970-01-01
Ride, Mister? 1970-01-01
Homer, the Late Comer   as  Homer (uncredited) 1970-01-01
The Hang Up 1969-11-26
The Divorcee   as  Dr. Carlton Wright 1969-09-12
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago   as  Carl 'Fats' Percelli 1969-06-01