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  1. On the 12th of April 1954: #BillHaley & His Comets record "Rock Around the Clock".

  2. 45 years ago today, #BillHaley, American rock guitarist and vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll (...& his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"; "See You Later, Alligator"), died of a #heartattack probably caused by alcoholism at 55.
    #RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

  3. On the 21st of January 1987: Second Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Coasters; Eddie Cochran; #BoDiddley; #ArethaFranklin; #MarvinGaye; #BillHaley; #BBKing; Clyde McPhatter; #RickyNelson; #RoyOrbison; #CarlPerkins; #SmokeyRobinson; Joe Turner; #MuddyWaters; #JackieWilson; #LouisJordan; #TBoneWalker; #HankWilliams; Leonard Chess; Ahmet Ertegun; Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; and Jerry Wexler.

  4. Die #MusicHall #Worpswede hat noch volles, hochkarätiges Programm bis Jahresende (und auch im nächsten Jahr):

    17.10.2025 #SanGlaser
    18.10.2025 Wille and the Bandits
    19.10.2025 Bertram Engel
    24.10.2025 Jaimi Faulkner & Band
    25.10.2025 Alin Coen
    30.10.2025 #WorpswederSession
    31.10.2025 Sari Schorr
    01.11.2025 Echoes
    07.11.2025 Red Hot Chilli Pipers
    08.11.2025 #BillHaley´s New Comets
    14.11.2025 #RayWilson
    21. und 22.11.2025 #Torfrock
    28.11.2025 Wladimir Kaminer… (1/2)

  5. #OnThisDay in 1970, #BillHaley & His Comets reject $30,000 for a 15-date tour of Australia.

  6. #OnThisDay in 1955, #BillHaley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops the Billboard chart as one of the best-selling singles ever.

  7. #OnThisDay in 1925, #BillHaley, American rock guitarist and vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll (...& his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"; "See You Later, Alligator"), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 1981).
    #RIP 🕊️

  8. #OnThisDay in 1954, #BillHaley & His Comets release the hit single "Rock Around the Clock".

  9. Remembering Bill Haley

    (July 6, 1925-February 9, 1981)

    #Music, #BillHaley

  10. #OnThisDay in 1981, #BillHaley, American rock guitarist and vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll (...& his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"; "See You Later, Alligator"), died of a #heartattack probably caused by alcoholism at 55. 💐
    #RIP

  11. Jugendliche stehen auf den Stühlen und bewegen sich schüttelartig zur Musik, während die Polizei den Vorplatz räumt: Bill Haley and his Comets treten 1958 in Stuttgart auf.

    👉 archiv0711.hypotheses.org/1604

    Beitrag von Alexander Morlock im Blog ➡ Archiv0711.

    #BillHaley #BRD #Nachkriegszeit #Stuttgart #Musikgeschichte #RocknRoll

  12. 68 years ago today, Buddy Holley opens for Bill Haley & His Comets in Lubbock, Texas, and impresses Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, leading to a recording contract with a misspelling that creates "Buddy Holly"
    #BillHaley