Who was/is Bill Hayes ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
Bill Hayes
Shortly before ABC-PARAMOUNT RECORDS was launched, Bill Hayes scored a #1 hit with a song from the three Davy Crockett episodes of ABC-TV's 'Disneyland.' Hayes' Ballad Of Davy Crockett was on CADENCE, but as soon as ABC-PARAMOUNT RECORDS was formed, he was moved over. Truthfully, Hayes wasn't much of a singer, and, coming from Harvey, Illinois (where he was born on June 5, 1926), he wasn't much of a hillbilly either. He burst onto the early national television scene in Olsen & Johnson's madcap series 'Fire-Ball Run-For-All,' and from there he was tapped by producer Max Liebmann to be a featured singer on 'Your Show Of Shows' starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Hayes made his Broadway debut in Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Me And Juliet' shortly before he broke through with Davy Crockett. Bop Boy was one of the follow-ups to his second and last hit, Wringle Wrangle/Westward Ho The Wagons. It was essentially a New York take on rockabilly. After it flopped, ABC cut him loose and he returned to television. He starred in the daytime soap opera 'The Days Of Our Lives,' and in the '90s he was in 'Matlock,' 'Hooperman,' and 'Cop Rock,' as well as a movie, 'Wrestling With God.' His recent stints at the Dunes in Vegas and in New York proved that he can still tapdance and sing as well as he ever did... or didn't.
His German single on LONDON RECORDS can be found on BEAR FAMILY's '1000 Nadelstiche (Country), Volume 7' (BCD 16567) – Die Ballade von Davy Crockett / Leb wohl, meine Heimat – and his High Noon recording on the 'High Noon' CD (BCD 16395).
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