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Bill Haley
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 56
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn06/07/1925Born inHighland Park, Michigan, USADied02/09/1981 (aged 56)Died inHarlingenCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ202319 ↗TMDb#22866 ↗

William John Clifton Haley 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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Filmography10 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2013My Father And The Man In BlackMovieSelf (archive footage)88
2004Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon EverybodyMovieSelf (archive footage)79
1999Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50sMovieSelf (archive footage)74
1984Rock and Roll: The Early DaysMovieHimself59
1983When the Music's OverMovieSelf (archive footage)58
1980Blue Suede ShoesMovieSelf55
1973The London Rock and Roll ShowMovieSelf48
1961Besito a papáMovie—36
1957American BandstandSeriesSelf32
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf23