Bill Haley

William John Clifton Haley (; 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 million-selling hits such as "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later, Alligator", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Rocket 88", "Skinny Minnie", and "Razzle Dazzle". Haley has sold over 60 million records worldwide. In 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 6, 1925 (Detroit), Died February 9, 1981 (Harlingen)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1954 - 1964

Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, guitar, vocalist, composer

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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 104 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 102890 7/15/1957 Rock the joint Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 103635 11/8/1957 Me rock-a-hula Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 103636 11/8/1957 Rockin' Rita Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 103637 11/8/1957 Jamaica D.J. Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 103652 11/12/1957 Piccadilly rock Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103653 11/12/1957 Pretty alouette Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103654 11/12/1957 Rockin' rollin' schnitzlebank Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103677 11/15/1957 Rockin' Matilda (Waltzing Matilda) Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103678 11/15/1957 Vive le rock and roll Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103725 11/19/1957 It's a sin Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103726 11/19/1957 Mary, Mary Lou Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103727 11/19/1957 El rocko Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103728 11/19/1957 Come rock with me Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 103733 11/21/1957 Oriental rock Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader  
Decca 103734 11/21/1957 Wooden shoe rock Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader  
Decca 103740 11/22/1957 Wee Willie Brown Comets ; Lou Graham leader  
Decca 103741 11/22/1957 You were mean baby Comets ; Lou Graham leader  
Decca 104284 2/6/1958 The walking beat Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 104285 2/6/1958 Skinny Minnie Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 104286 2/6/1958 Sway with me Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 104287 2/7/1958 Lean jean Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 104288 2/7/1958 Don't nobody move Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105063 6/3/1958 Joey's song (stereo) ; Joey's song (mono) Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105064 6/3/1958 Chiquita Linda (Un poquito de tu amor) Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105118 6/9/1958 Dinah Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
(Results 51-75 of 104 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Haley, Bill," accessed June 6, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204189.

Haley, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 6, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204189.

"Haley, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 June 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204189

External Sources

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Haley, Bill, 1925-1981 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82162699

Wikidata: Bill Haley - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q202319

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/100254327

MusicBrainz: Bill Haley - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c8ddf66-bca7-4ed5-8ef6-b5d55b3fd3ff

ISNI: 0000 0001 1478 6233 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000114786233

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1717753

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