<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1940s - 1954 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Associated acts </Th> <Td> Bill Haley & His Comets, The Esquire Boys </Td> </Tr> <P> Donato Joseph "Danny" Cedrone (June 20, 1920--June 17, 1954) was an American guitarist and bandleader, best known for his work with Bill Haley & His Comets on their epochal "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954 . </P> <P> Cedrone was born in Jamesville, New York . Cedrone's musical career began in the 1940s, but he came into his own in the early 1950s, first as a session guitarist hired by what was then a country and western musical group based out of Chester, Pennsylvania called Bill Haley and His Saddlemen . In 1951, Cedrone played lead on their recording of "Rocket 88" which is considered one of the first acknowledged rock and roll recordings . </P>

Who played the guitar in rock around the clock