- Aliases
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Jim Ayre
Jimmy DeKnight
Willis Meyers and His Bar X Ranch Boys
- Real name
- James E. Myers
- Born
- October 26, 1919
- Died
- May 9, 2001
- Country
- United States
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IPI
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00001692415
1 work
00049593932
3 works
00049594047
4 works
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Affiliation
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ASCAP
- Comments
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James Meyers was a music publisher, record label owner, musician, promoter, songwriter and movie extra from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1940s he owned Cowboy Records, a label that issued early Bill Haley records. Under the pseudonym, Jimmy DeKnight, he co-wrote "Rock Around the Clock" in 1953. Using the pseudonym, Jim Ayre, he co-wrote "Mambo Rock."
