Person
Bill Haley
Acting · 1925–1981 · Highland Park, Michigan, USA
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.
Known for
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
American Bandstand
Self
Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody
Self (archive footage)
Rock Around the Clock
Himself
Don't Knock The Rock
Himself
Rock and Roll: The Early Days
Himself
The London Rock and Roll Show
Self
My Father And The Man In Black
Self (archive footage)
When the Music's Over
Self (archive footage)
Blue Suede Shoes
Self
Filmography
- 2013My Father And The Man In BlackSelf (archive footage)
- 2004Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon EverybodySelf (archive footage)
- 1999Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50sSelf (archive footage)
- 1984Rock and Roll: The Early DaysHimself
- 1983When the Music's OverSelf (archive footage)
- 1980Blue Suede ShoesSelf
- 1973The London Rock and Roll ShowSelf
- 1961Besito a papá
- 1958Music of Always
- 1957Venga a bailar el rockMusic
- 1957American BandstandSelf
- 1956Don't Knock The RockHimself
- 1956Rock Around the ClockHimself
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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