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Bill Haley
Bill Haley belongs to the handful of performers who turned the musical world upside down. Born on 6 July 1925 in Highland Park, Michigan, and died on 9 February 1981 in Harlingen, Texas, the rock'n'roll pioneer came out of the country and western-swing scene. An operation at the age of four left him blind in his left eye, an affliction that made him a loner at an early age.
In 1953 Haley formed the Comets, later featuring, among others, the superb saxophonist Rudi Pompilli (died 5 February 1976); the following year he signed with Decca. His first hit was 'Crazy Man Crazy' (1953), but the worldwide milestone was 'Rock Around The Clock', which topped the American charts in July 1955.
By 1960 Bill Haley & His Comets had recorded more than a dozen U.S. hits, among them 'See You Later Alligator', 'Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie', 'R-O-C-K' and 'Rip It Up', and appeared in many of the music films of the era. In 1958 the old master turned towards the German language: for the LP 'Rockin' Around The World' he cut titles such as 'Vive la Rock'n'Roll' and 'Wooden Shoe Rock', even working the word 'Schnitzelbank' into the lyric for his German excursion.
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