Bill Haley & His Comets

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musical group rock and roll band

Bill Haley & His Comets was a pioneering American rock and roll band best known for hits like "Rock Around the Clock" that helped popularize the genre in the 1950s.

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instanceOf musical group →
rock and roll band →
activeYearsEnd 1981 →
activeYearsStart 1952 →
alsoKnownAs Bill Haley and His Comets →
Bill Haley and the Comets →
associatedAct Bill Haley →
The Saddlemen →
chartAchievement Rock Around the Clock reached number one on the Billboard pop chart in 1955 →
countryOfOrigin United States →
formedIn 1952 →
founder Bill Haley →
genre country →
rhythm and blues →
rock and roll →
rockabilly →
hasInstrument double bass →
drums →
electric guitar →
piano →
saxophone →
influenced British rock and roll bands →
early rock and roll musicians →
member Al Rex →
Bill Haley →
Billy Williamson →
Franny Beecher →
Joey Ambrose →
Johnny Grande →
Marshall Lytle NERFINISHED →
Ralph Jones →
Rudy Pompilli NERFINISHED →
notableWork Burn That Candle →
Crazy Man, Crazy →
Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) →
R-O-C-K →
Razzle Dazzle →
Rock Around the Clock →
Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie →
See You Later, Alligator →
Shake, Rattle and Roll →
Skinny Minnie →
The Saints Rock 'n Roll →
origin Chester, Pennsylvania →
precededBy Bill Haley and the Saddlemen →
recordLabel Atlantic Records NERFINISHED →
Decca Records →
Essex Records →
Sonet Records →
Warner Bros. Records →
significantEvent Rock Around the Clock used in the film Blackboard Jungle →
helped popularize rock and roll music internationally in the 1950s →
Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bill Haley & His Comets ("Bill Haley and the Comets") →
Bill Haley & His Comets ("Bill Haley and His Comets") →
alsoKnownAs
American Graffiti →
musicBy
Rock Around the Clock (early seasons) →
performer
Bill Haley & His Comets ("Bill Haley and the Saddlemen") →
precededBy
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