first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-selling hits such as "Rock Around the Clock"... 33 KB (4,130 words) - 02:39, 3 May 2024 |
Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band formed in 1947 and continuing until Haley's death in 1981. The band was also known as Bill... 50 KB (6,477 words) - 16:37, 28 April 2024 |
primaries. Originally from Ohio, Haley entered a foster home when he was two and was adopted by Bill and Carole Haley when he was four. His new father... 14 KB (1,125 words) - 05:13, 3 May 2024 |
Bill Haley (1925–1981) was a pioneering American rock and roll musician. Bill Haley may also refer to: Bill Haley (Texas politician) (born 1943), Texan... 626 bytes (111 words) - 14:39, 9 March 2024 |
Nimarata Nikki Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from... 221 KB (17,298 words) - 19:09, 13 May 2024 |
Bill Haley & His Comets recorded many singles and albums. The following list references only their original release and generally does not include compilation... 28 KB (2,465 words) - 17:38, 10 February 2024 |
by Wild Bill Moore, and many others. His discussion of the topic is as follows: For most lovers of the genre, rock sprang up with Bill Haley and Elvis... 81 KB (9,355 words) - 12:35, 12 May 2024 |
Rock Around the Clock (category Bill Haley songs) in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca. It was a number one single for... 39 KB (4,490 words) - 22:54, 18 April 2024 |
Don't Knock the Rock (category Bill Haley) Fred F. Sears, the film also features performances by Bill Haley & His Comets (who were top-billed), Little Richard, The Treniers, and Dave Appell and the... 10 KB (1,151 words) - 14:04, 31 January 2024 |
See You Later, Alligator (category Bill Haley songs) American singer-songwriter Bobby Charles. The song was a Top Ten hit for Bill Haley and His Comets in 1956 in the United States, reaching no. 6 on Billboard... 12 KB (1,337 words) - 17:36, 19 December 2023 |
acquired vocal backup via the Jordanaires. Bill Haley and His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock" (1954) Bill Haley and His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock"... 69 KB (8,369 words) - 15:41, 10 May 2024 |
Appell & the Applejacks Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes The Bell Notes Bill Haley & His Comets The Belmonts Dion & The Belmonts The Bobbettes The Bonnie... 12 KB (1,163 words) - 15:30, 2 February 2024 |
Rock with Bill Haley and the Comets is the title of an early rock and roll music compilation album issued by Essex Records (ESLP 202) in December 1955... 4 KB (419 words) - 19:07, 15 May 2023 |
When the Saints Go Marching In (category Bill Haley songs) played at funerals. Bill Haley & His Comets recorded a rock and roll version of the song titled "The Saints Rock 'N' Roll". Bill Haley started the song,... 22 KB (2,569 words) - 23:31, 4 May 2024 |
"Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets was the number two song of 1955, and a breakthrough hit for rock and roll.... 3 KB (36 words) - 04:21, 26 April 2024 |
and Teddy Boys started listening to artists including Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and Eddie Cochran. Although not as big as the Americans, British rock... 26 KB (2,563 words) - 06:26, 8 May 2024 |
Bill Haley (? – ?) was an English footballer who played as a half-back. He made 101 appearances in all competitions and scored 54 times for Fulham. v t... 1 KB (28 words) - 08:16, 10 May 2024 |
to entirely rock and roll. In October that year, when Holly opened for Bill Haley & His Comets, he was spotted by Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, who helped... 68 KB (8,660 words) - 16:37, 8 May 2024 |
Danny Cedrone (category Bill Haley & His Comets members) 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. Cedrone... 12 KB (1,572 words) - 15:27, 8 January 2024 |
Billy Williamson (guitarist) (category Bill Haley & His Comets members) 1996) was the American steel guitar player for Bill Haley and His Saddlemen, and its successor group Bill Haley & His Comets, from 1949 to 1963. A founding... 4 KB (502 words) - 12:25, 14 March 2024 |
it was recorded three years later in 1952 by Bill Haley in the same hard rocking style. Although Haley first recorded in 1946, his early recordings,... 114 KB (14,209 words) - 12:36, 12 May 2024 |
Bill Haley's Chicks was the eighth album of rock and roll recordings by Bill Haley & His Comets for Decca Records, Decca 8821. Released in January 1959... 4 KB (331 words) - 16:40, 3 September 2023 |
Crazy Man, Crazy (category Bill Haley songs) title of an early rock and roll song written by, and first recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in April 1953. It is notable as the first recognized rock... 16 KB (2,178 words) - 22:23, 12 April 2024 |
Shake, Rattle and Roll (category Bill Haley songs) S. Billboard R&B chart and number 22 on the Billboard singles chart. Bill Haley & His Comets recorded a cover version of the song on June 7, 1954, the... 7 KB (602 words) - 18:37, 28 February 2024 |
Bill Gustoff (born 1968), American politician and attorney Bill Hader (born 1978), American comedian Bill Haley (1929–1981), American musician Bill Hanson... 8 KB (1,092 words) - 23:59, 8 May 2024 |
yodeler Bill Haley, who repurposed his Four Aces of Western Swing into a rockabilly band in the early 1950s and renamed it the Comets. Bill Haley & His... 191 KB (20,847 words) - 20:20, 12 May 2024 |
Johnny Grande (category Bill Haley & His Comets members) was a member of Bill Haley's backing band, The Comets. Born in South Philadelphia, Grande played piano and accordion with Bill Haley and the Saddlemen... 6 KB (525 words) - 09:47, 19 March 2023 |