Bill Haley - Hey then there now

* William Albert Haley was his father. He could play mandolin and banjo. William came from Kentucky. Maude Green was his mother. She got classical training and was a keyboardist. The Haley had to move to Boothwyn, Pennsylvania due to the great depression. At that time, the young Haley was only seven years old.

* His parents gave him a real guitar after they saw him making a stimulated guitar from a cardboard.

* When Haley was famous as a rock and roll musician, there were various hits that he created. Some of them included “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, “Rock Around the Clock”, “Razzle Dazzle”, “Rocket 88″,”See You Later, Alligator”, and “Skinny Minnie”.

* Bill Haley struggled to become a famous musician. It was described in his 1956 Decca album Rock Around The Clock which had an anonymous sleeve notes. It stated that when Bill was thirteen years old, he had his first professional job. Moreover, he was only paid $1 per night.

* Before his band was called Bill Haley with Haley’s Comets, it was named Bill Haley with the Saddlemen. The name of the band was changed after Bob Johnson, the WPWA radio station program director who suggested the name Bill Haley with Haley’s Comets. At that time, Bill was having a live radio program with Johnson.

* “Crazy Man, Crazy” was the first rock and roll which sat on the American chairs. It was ranked no.11 on Cash Box and ranked no.15 on Billboard. Haley recorded the song in 1953. Marshall Lytle and Haley wrote the song even though Lytle got the credit for the song in 2001.

* “Rock Around the Clock” was another song written in 1953. It was made specifically for Bill Haley. On 12 April 1954, he recorded the song. It was a failed song for Haley. On the Billboard charts, it sat at no.23.