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BILL HALEY and HIS COMETS

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In a second floor apartment in a blue-collar section of Detroit, Michigan, William John Clifton Haley was born to William and Maude Haley in 1925. This boy, who would be known later as Bill Haley, was the second child in the Haley family. Bill had an older sister, Margaret, who was two years old at his birth. The Haley's were a working class family with William Haley Sr., a Kentucky native, working as a mechanic, and Maude Haley working for 25 cents an hour giving piano lessons.

Despite the Haley's humble means, both of Bill's parents were musically talented. His mother was an immigrant from Lancashire, England, where she had studied classical piano and often played the organ in church. His father, who was part Cherokee Indian, had quit school as a child in order to earn money for his family, and did not know how to read music but could pick out tunes on a guitar by ear. Most of the music that William Sr. chose to listen to was Country and young Bill soon became interested in this style as well. Bill had se

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Bill Haley

American rock and roll music pioneer (1925–1981)

For other people named Bill Haley, see Bill Haley (disambiguation).

Musical artist

William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) 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.^[1]^[2] In 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Biography

Early life and career

Haley was born July 6, 1925, in Highland Park, Michigan. In 1929, the four-year-old Haley underwent an inner-ear mastoid operation which accidentally severed an optic nerve, leaving him blind in his left eye for the rest of his life. It is said that he adopted his trademark kiss curl over his right eye to draw attention from his left, but it also

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William John Clifton Haley Jr. was born in Highland Park, Michigan, on July 6, 1925. He was the son of Maude and William Haley and the youngest child with an older sister, Margaret. Shortly after Haley was born, the family decided to move to Boothwyn, Pennsylvania where his father worked as a mechanic and his mother gave piano lessons at home. Music was a significant part of Haley's life from the time he was an infant to the time he died; Haley's mother taught him how to sing properly and his father taught him how to play the guitar. At the age of seven when Haley first started to become involved with music, hillbilly and cowboy songs were among his favorite genres. The cowboy style clothing and music would be a significant part of Haley's image until the early 1950s.

Although Haley stopped attending school after the eighth grade, his determination for success never ceased. Instead of going to school, Haley worked at a water bottling company at Bethel Springs Water Company and then worked at Baldwin Locomotive Works. These jobs were just temporary fillers until he became serious