Bill Haley

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Bill Haley

Acting July 6, 1925

Highland Park, Michigan, USA

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…

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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.

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  1. 2013
    My Father And The Man In Black

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2004
    Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1999
    Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 1984
  5. 1983
    When the Music's Over

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 1980
    Blue Suede Shoes

    Movie Self

  7. 1973
  8. 1961
  9. 1958
  10. 1957
    Venga a bailar el rock

    Movie Music

  11. 1957
    American Bandstand

    TV show Self

  12. 1956
    Don't Knock The Rock

    Movie Himself

  13. 1956
    Rock Around the Clock

    Movie Himself

  14. 1948
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    TV show Self