Singer bill haley biography
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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. Garnering seven Top 20 singles in the USA alone, Haley’s appeal was universal; he amassed legions of fans and sold millions of records in markets around the world.
“We premiered it,” Haley told Rolling Stone in 1967. “We put country & western together with rhythm & blues, and that was rock. The first three years were ours, all ours, till [Elvis] Presley came along.”
Born William John Clifton Haley on July 6, 1925 in Highland Park, Michigan, Bill’s fascination with music came at a young age. His father, William Albert Haley played the mandolin and banjo, and his mother, Maude Green was a classically trained pianist and piano teacher.
One of Haley’s first m
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Bill Haley with Elvis Presley backstage at a concert in Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Background upplysning | |
| Birth name | William John Clifton Haley |
| Also known as | Jack Haley, Johnny Clifton, Scott Gregory |
| Born | July 6 1925(1925-07-06) |
| Origin | Highland Park, Michigan |
| Died | February 9 1981 (aged 55) |
| Genre(s) | Rock and roll, Country music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, bandleader |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, slap bass |
| Years active | 1946 – 1980 |
| Label(s) | Cowboy, Atlantic, Keystone, Center, Holiday, Essex, Decca, Warner Bros. Records, Orfeon, Dimsa, Newtown, Guest Star, Logo, APT, Gone, United Artists, Roulette, Sonet, Buddah, Antic |
| Associated acts | Bill Haley & His Comets, The Down Homers, The Jodimars |
Bill Haley (July 6, 1925 - February 9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians, brought this struktur of music into the American mainstream in the mid-1950s with the hit song, "Rock Around the Cl
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William John Clifton Haley was born 6th July 1925 at Highland Park, Michigan. His father, William Albert Haley was from Firebrick, Kentucky. His mother, Maude Green was English, she came from Ulverston in Lancashire and emigrated to the States during her teens. Later the family moved to Boothwyn, near the town of Chester, Pennsylvania.
At home, Bill was surrounded by music, his father played Banjo, his mother who had been classically trained, taught piano.
His first performances date from about 1938, when as a child he sang and played guitar at variety shows, put on by local children to raise money for local causes. Haley was a shy child, perhaps due to the fact that he had been blind in his left eye since infancy. This made him extremely self conscious about his appearance.
In his late teens, Bill found work playing the local amuse