Bill Haley
Born: 1925-07-06 in Highland Park, Michigan, USA
Died: 1981-09-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2013
- My Father And The Man In Black as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody as Self (archive footage)
1999
- Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Rock and Roll: The Early Days as Himself
1983
- When the Music's Over as Self (archive footage)
1980
- Blue Suede Shoes as Self
1973
- The London Rock and Roll Show as Self
1961
1958
1957
- American Bandstand as Self
- Venga a bailar el rock ... (Music)
1956
- Don't Knock The Rock as Himself
- Rock Around the Clock as Himself
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self