Bill Haley and His Comets' performance of "Rock Around The Clock" caught the attention of people in living rooms throughout the country, introducing them to the growing rock and roll revolution 🎸 As we celebrate The Ed Sullivan Show's 75th anniversary, we remember the profound impact Bill Haley had on rock and roll in the 1950s! #EdSullivan75 | The Ed Sullivan Show

Un 9 de febrero de 1981 muere Bill Haley. Tenía 55 años de edad y falleció en Harlingen, Texas, Estados Unidos. Fue uno de los artistas más importantes del nacimiento del rock and roll, con temas como Rock Around The Clock, See you later, entre otros... | Aquellos Locos Recuerdos

A day like today In 1981, 55-year-old Bill Haley was found dead in his Harlingen, TX home. Known as the first rock‘n’roll star, Haley and his band, The Comets, rose to fame in the early 50s and topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with 1955’s “Rock Around the Clock.” Haley, who sold over 60 million records worldwide, was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. | Maxima Distorzion

#remember Bill Haley William John Clifton Haley (/ˈheɪli/; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was a pioneering 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". His recordings have sold over 60 million records worldwide wikipedia #r