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 76-100 of 104 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 105119 6/9/1958 Ida, sweet as apple cider Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105120 6/12/1958 Whoa Mabel! Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105121 6/12/1958 Marie Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105126 6/12/1958 Eloise Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105127 6/12/1958 Corrine, Corrina-1 ; Corrine, Corrina-2 Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105174 6/18/1958 B.B. Betty Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105175 6/18/1958 Sweet Sue, just you Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 105176 6/18/1958 Charmaine Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 106322 1/7/1959 The dragon rock Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 106323 1/7/1959 A.B.C. rock-1 Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 106324 1/7/1959 The cat walk (Instrumental) Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 106416 1/29/1959 I got a woman Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 106417 1/29/1959 (Now and then) There's a fool such as I Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 106418 1/29/1959 Be by me Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 106419 1/29/1959 Where did you go last night? Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 107440 4/27/1959 Caldonia-1 Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 107441 4/27/1959 Shaky (instr. ) Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 107643 6/19/1959 Ooh! Look-a-there, ain't she pretty-1 Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 107644 6/19/1959 (Thanks for the) Summer souvenir Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 108122 9/17/1959 Puerto Rican peddler Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 108123 9/17/1959 (Put another nickel in the jukebox) Music, music, music! Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 108124 9/23/1959 Skokiaan Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 108125 9/23/1959 Drowsy waters Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 108126 9/24/1959 Two shadows Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 108127 9/24/1959 In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
(Results 76-100 of 104 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Haley, Bill," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204189.

Haley, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204189.

"Haley, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

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

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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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