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and more than 100 others. 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.
The music and the lyrics were written by Bill Haley. The song was recorded at Redo Art Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was released by Essex Records as an A side single in October, 1953. The personnel on the recording included Haley's core Comets members Marshall Lytle (bass), Billy Williamson (steel guitar), Johnny Grande (piano), and Joey D'Ambrosio (tenor or baritone saxophone ...
The John Lane version of Bill Haley's Comets recorded a live album in the early 2000s, along with a Christmas single. Al Rappa's version of Bill Haley's Comets have recorded tracks with Joey Welz, including the 2011 album Rock and Roll Survivors released on the Canadian-American label. The 1954–55 Comets (a.k.a.
Haley's Juke Box. (1960) Bill Haley and His Comets is the title of the tenth album of rock and roll recordings by Bill Haley & His Comets. Released in April 1960, it was the band's first album release for Warner Bros. Records, following their departure from Decca Records at the end of 1959. The recordings were produced by George Avakian, who ...
United Artists. Roulette. Sonet. Buddah. Formerly of. Bill Haley & His Comets. The Down Homers. William John Clifton Haley ( / ˈheɪli /; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and ...
"Crazy Man, Crazy" was the 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 and roll recording to appear on the national American musical charts, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Juke Box chart for the week ending June 20, 1953, and #11 for two weeks on the Cash Box chart beginning for the ...
Bill Haley's Chicks. (1959) Rockin' the Joint is a compilation album of rock and roll music by Bill Haley & His Comets. Released on Decca Records in August 1958, it was the group's seventh album. The album consisted of recordings that, for the most part, had only been released previously as singles or on EPs; all of the recordings were produced ...
Sheldon Leonard's The Andy Griffith Show may have broadcasted 4x as many seasons in the 1960s as David Levy's TV adaptation of The Addams Family cartoons, but the brooding-yet-bouncy theme song of ...