Bill Haley
Birthday
1925/07/06
Day of death
1981/09/02 (56 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Highland Park, Michigan, USA
Also know as
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Biography
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.
Acting
(2004) Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) Rock Around the Clock
as Himself
(1980) Blue Suede Shoes
as Self
(1956) Don't Knock The Rock
as Himself
(1983) When the Music's Over
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) Besito a papá
as ---
(2013) My Father And The Man In Black
as Self (archive footage)
(1958) Music of Always
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(2021) The Sparks Brothers
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1973) The London Rock and Roll Show
as Self
(1999) Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s
as Self (archive footage)
(1957) American Bandstand
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self