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Bill Haley

American rock and roll music pioneer

Died when: 55 years 218 days (667 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Bill Haley

William John Clifton Haley (/'he?li/;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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