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 101-104 of 104 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 108128 9/24/1959 Strictly instrumental Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 108129 9/24/1959 Mack the knife Comets ; Bill Haley leader, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 114940 6/16/1964 The green door Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Decca 114941 6/16/1964 Yeah, she's evil! Comets ; Bill Haley vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
(Results 101-104 of 104 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Haley, Bill," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204189.

Haley, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204189.

"Haley, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 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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