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Early life and career Haley was born July 6, 1925, in Highland Park, Michigan. In 1929, the four-year-old Haley underwent an inner-ear mastoid operation which accidentally severed an optic nerve, leaving him blind in his left eye for the rest of his life.
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 Haley and the Comets and Bill Haley's Comets. From late 1954 to late 1956, the group recorded nine Top 20 singles, one of which was number one and three that were Top Ten.
Mixing rhythm & blues with country and rockabilly as well as a heavy and fast backbeat, Bill Haley and the Comets are the archetypical 1950’s rock n’ roll band. Bill Haley and the Comets influenced groups as diverse as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd and the Sex Pistols and have continued to tour in various incarnations to this day.
Feb 10, 1981 · Bill Haley, the singer, guitarist and band leader whose original recording of ''Rock Around the Clock'' has sold 22.5 million copies since 1955, died yesterday of natural causes at his home in...
As frontman for the iconic group Bill Haley & His Comets, Haley became a bona fide music superstar in the 1950s after releasing chart-topping hits including “ (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock,” “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” “See You Later, Alligator,” and many others.
Jul 2, 2024 · Bill Haley (born July 6, 1925, Highland Park, Michigan, U.S.—died February 9, 1981, Harlingen, Texas) was an American singer and songwriter considered by many to be the father of rock and roll, thanks to his 1955 hit “Rock Around the Clock.”
Bill Haley & His Comets was one of the earliest acts to be called Rock & Roll, a term used for boogie-woogie bands marketed to white teenagers directly. Their first hit was in 1953 with Crazy...
Bill Haley was there from the beginning—he was blending sounds from country, Dixieland and R&B before the term “rock and roll” was even invented. He is best known for his hit single “Rock Around the Clock,” an anthem for rebellious teenagers.
With some regrets and more than a little apprehension, the four young musicians turned their backs on their beloved Country And Western music and bravely faced an unknown future as Bill Haley And His Comets.
William John Clifton Haley - better known as Bill Haley, leader of the first-ever rock & roll band The Comets - is probably the greatest musical pioneer of the 20th century.
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