2 CD set, 64 tracks with 48 page booklet - contains 31 different versions by Bill Haley 1954-2000 plus 33 cover versions by different artists - booklet with discographical files and rare photos! An amazing history of Rock Around The Clock.
Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band, also known by the names Bill Haley and The Comets and Bill Haley's Comets (and variations thereof), was the earliest group of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of white America and the rest of the world. From the end of 1954 until the end of 1956 the group would place nine singles into the Top 20, one of those a number one and three more in the Top Ten. [1]
Bandleader Bill Haley had previously been a country performer; after recording a country and western-styled version of "Rocket 88", a rhythm and blues song, he changed musical direction to a new sound which came to be called rock and roll.
Although several members of the Comets became famous, Bill Haley remained the star. With his spit curl and the band's matching plaid dinner jackets and energetic stage behaviour, many fans consider them to be as revolutionary in their time as The Beatles or the Rolling Stones were in theirs.
Following Haley's death, no fewer than six different groups have existed under the Comets name, all claiming (with varying degrees of authority) to be the official continuation of the group led by Haley. As of early 2008, three such groups are still actively performing in the United States and internationally.
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CD-1
contains 31 different recordings (1954-2000) of BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS from the song 'Rock Around The clock'
CD-2
contains versions of 'Rock Around The Clock' by the following artists:
01. CLARK, Dick
02. ASSMUSSEN, Sven
03. BOONE, Pat
04. Bubblerock Is Here To Stay
05. CANNON, Freddy
06. CELENTANO, Adriano
07. CHECKER, Chucbby
08. COCHRAN, Eddie & GARY LAMBERT
09. DAE, Sonny
10. DEEP RIVER BOYS
11. FLOWERS, Phil
12. NIELSSON & JOHN LENNON
13. GARY'S GANG
14. HEROLD, Ted
15. JACKSON, Lee
16. OEDNER, Goeran & M.V. SEPTETTI
17. KATZ, Mickey
18. KNIGHT, Jimmy de
19. KNOX, Buddy
20. LEE, Dinah
21. SEX PISTOLS
22. LOS HISPANOS
23. CAROSONE, Renato
24. NELSON, Sandy
25. OPTIMISTEN
26. PERKINS, Carl
27. PIRRON & KNAPP
28. PLATTERS, The
29. SIMMONS, Gene
30. TELEX
31. ISLEY BROS
32. WEST, Mae
33. WUERGERS, Paul
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