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On Bill Hayes’ 98th birthday, his wife of half a century reminded him that he was the first person to sing on daytime television, according to Deadline. That would come as no surprise to fans of Hayes, who know that what catapulted Hayes to fame was his No. 1 Billboard chart-topper, “The Ballad of Davy Crockett.” Per MPR News, the song was released in 1955 and was actually one of three versions that hit the top 10 charts that year.
Davy Crockett was particularly popular that year because Disney released a series about him, per MPR. Perhaps that’s why just two years later, in 1957, Hayes released an album entitled “Bill Hayes Sings the Best of Disney.” Interestingly, “Davy Crockett” was not one of the songs he recorded.
Likely because of his background as a singer, when Hayes joined “Days of Our Lives,” his character was a con man slash lounge singer, per Deadline, hence his singing on daytime TV. Plus, before he became a soap star, he was on Broadway in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Me and Juliet,” according to Variety.
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