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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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2013
My Father And The Man In Black
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1999
Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1984
Rock and Roll: The Early Days
Movie Himself
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1983
When the Music's Over
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1980
Blue Suede Shoes
Movie Self
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1973
The London Rock and Roll Show
Movie Self
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1961
Besito a papá
Movie
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1958
Music of Always
Movie
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1957
Venga a bailar el rock
Movie Music
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1957
American Bandstand
TV show Self
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1956
Don't Knock The Rock
Movie Himself
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1956
Rock Around the Clock
Movie Himself
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self