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Bill Haley and the Comets recorded a cover of a famous R&B hit called "Shake,Rattle,and Roll." The song was originally recorded earlier by Big Joe Turner. However Bill Haley and His Comets were able to top the charts with their version of "Shake,Rattle, and Roll" making it one of Decca record companies best sellers of the year. This frustrates me more than anything. I still don't understand how people can take credit for someone else's work. Even though back then no law, or policy was put in place to protect a songwriters original piece of work, it still does not make it write to make money off of someone else's music. How would Bill Haley feel if I took rock around the clock and mad a rap song out of it back in the day? Would he like that? I don't think so. Did Bill Haley take into consideration that Big Joe Turners work long hard hours to produce such an original and well thought out song? No he didn't. That is just wrong. I wish Bill Haley was still around so I could meet him and give him a piece of my mind.