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NAME: Bill Haley
OCCUPATION: Singer
BIRTH DATE: July 06, 1925
DEATH DATE: February 09, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH: Highland Park, Michigan
PLACE OF DEATH: Harlingen, Texas
Full Name: William John Clifton Haley, Jr.

Best Known For

Bill Haley is best known for singing the one of the earliest rock and roll songs, "Rock Around the Clock".

Bill Haley biography

Profile

Bill Haley was an American singer and songwriter considered by some to be the father of rock and roll. Following time as a disc jockey, Haley realized the growing teen population would change popular music, so he moved his band towards a big beat. Bill Haley and His Comets signed with Decca Records and recorded "Rock Around the Clock", the first of many hits.

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