Bill Haley (156 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm vinyl compilation rock 'n roll record album on the discount Pickwick label, Pickwick/33 SPC-3512, "electronically enhanced for stereo," compiled "By arrangement with Mercury Record Productions," very-good-plus vinyl in a very-good cardboard jacket with some edge wear. Chuck Berry offers "Johnny B. Goode" and "Reelin' and Rockin'"; The Platters perform "Only You" and "The Great Pretender"; Bill Haley and his Comets offer "Rock Around the Clock" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (which was of course written in 1954 by Jesse Stone -- usually credited as Charles Calhoun -- and initially recorded in that year by Big Joe Turner.) Jerry Lee Lewis here covering "Drinkin' Wine, Spo Dee O'Dee" is perhaps even more interesting, as this jump blues, written by Stick McGhee and J. Mayo Williams in 1949 and originally recorded for Atlantic by Sticks McGhee & His Buddies -- is credited as one of the first rock 'n roll songs, five years before Elvis, though Atlantic executives insisted McGhee replace the term of address in the title refrain, which originally began "Mother--" with the four now-familiar nonsense syllables. Fats Domino here also contributes two of his best-known hits. Reduced from $14.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm "stereo" (?) vinyl disc, a compilation on the Pickwick label, Pickwick SPC-3256, near-mint vinyl in a near-mint jacket, featuring "Rock the Joint," "Rock Around the Clock," "See You Later Alligator," Charles Calhoun's "Shake, Rattle & Roll" and "Flip Flop and Fly" (on which Calhoun shared songwriting credit with Lou Willie Turner), etc. Let us briefly consider the significance of Bill Haley and His Comets (or, as here, "the Comets.") Their early publicity and jacket notes showed no reticence about the fact that the band originally dubbed "Bill Haley and the Saddlemen" (1949-1952) introduced the new sound of "rock" (from Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, et al.) to their repertoire not out of any organic musical evolution, but simply because they found it got them more airplay than their original barn-dance playlist -- starting with their 1951 cover of Ike Turner's "Rocket 88," which then led to their 1952 release of "Rock the Joint." Switching to the Decca label, they had follow-up hits with Big Joe Turner's "Shake Rattle and Roll," and of course with "Rock Around the Clock," which was re-released to take advantage of the opening of the 1955 film "Blackboard Jungle." But this was not primarily a studio band, and Haley (1925-1981) -- once considered America's top cowboy yodeler -- long retained numbers like "Dance With the Dolly With the Hole in Her Stocking" in their stage show, surely confirming rock historian Nick Tosches' insistence that rock was NOT merely black music being played by white performers (though the Comets, like Elvis, certainly did cover their share of hits from the "Race Records" chart) but rather retained strong element of Western Swing. Lawrence Welk reported that when he first took his act to New York, the local promoter told him to drop his goofy onstage horseplay -- the bass player climbing up on his instrument and riding it like a pony, etc. But Welk found he got only a cool reception till he restored the stage antics, at which point his popularity boomed. Similarly, Haley's Comets -- especially acrobatic sax player Joey Ambrose and Marshall Lyle literally riding his string bass -- created a stage show that stayed popular in Europe long after America turned to the likes of Elvis Presley and Little Richard. Poorly researched jacket notes here by Robert Angus, editor, "Modern Hi Fi," begin with the claim that Haley wrote "Rock Around the Clock" -- actually properly credited on disc label here to M.C. Freedman-J. De Knight -- featured in the film Blackboard Jungle "that used Haley's recording as its theme." (The Richard Brooks film -- Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow -- was in fact based on the novel of the same name by Evan Hunter -- also known as Ed McBain -- who'd quit teaching in disgust after two months at a vocational high school in the Bronx.) Said jacket notes spiral down from there, insisting rock and roll songs contain "coded messages . . . secret from the adult world." Whoa, dude! Reduced from $14.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Not a book but a near-mint, 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm vinyl "high fidelity" (mono) long-playing record, Somerset P-46700, in a near-mint jacket with no interruption to the surface gloss. Jacket copy explains the name of the group ("Bill Haley and the Saddlemen") was changed to "open the door to the 'pop' radio shows that heretofore had frowned on programming Bill's efforts." Then, "a careful selection of material led to one success after another. . . . We are certain you will agree that these are some of the finest 'rock and roll' sides ever produced." Whether "Dance With a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stockin')" became a rock anthem and staple we will leave to the critics, though this disc does offer "Rock the Joint," "Crazy, Man, Crazy," "Real Rock Drive," etc. Catalogs $150; here reduced from $85.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Name on the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Kevin Berg (illustrator). Minor wear along the DJ edges. Minor rubbing wear to DJ covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. George Underwood; (illustrator). 1st Edition.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Not a book but a 7-inch, 45 rpm "single" rock 'n roll record, Essex 399, near-mint vinyl; but with a tidemark to orange label where it was once wet. Catalogs $75; here reduced from $30.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Kevin Berg (illustrator). 1st Edition. PSI Publishing, Naperville, IL. 1991. Hardcover. Stated 1st Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; bumping to tail; light soiling to several pages; one dogeared page. DJ: Very Good +; bumping to head and tail; rubbing and superficial scratches on rear panel. Blue / Green cloth boards and spine with bright white lettering on the spine. 105 pp 8vo. Psychological Claims Investigation combines the professional talents of a well known private investigator and a psychologist. This book provides guidelines to evaluate the authenticity of psychological claims. This is a defense guide in combating psychological injury claims. A clean very presentable copy.

Paperback. Condition: New.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

Pictorial Paper Covers. Condition: Good +. First Edition. 16pp. Contains music (no lyrics) to 12 early rock 'n' roll songs. 10.5" x 6.75" Includes: A-B-C Boogie; Crazy Man, Crazy; Dim, Dim The Lights; Happy Baby; I'm Gonna Dry Every Tear With A Kiss; Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie; Rock Around The Clock; Shake, Rattle and Roll; Sundown Boogie; Ten Gallon Stetson; Thirteen Women; Why Do I Cry Over You?

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 16pp. Contains music for Bb instruments to 12 songs as arranged and recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets, including: Dim, Dim The Lights; Crazy Man, Crazy; Thirteen Women; Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie; A-B-C Boogie; Happy Baby; and six more. 10.5" x 6.75" The back cover contains biographical sketches of each musician in the aggregation.

Soft Cover/Stapled. Condition: New. Lin Haley (Illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW Copy. 1989 First Edition, First Thus. One of 16 of a series of Learning Power Books written by the History of Science Dept of the Univ of Wisconsin-Madison. This monograph is on the gene & DNA. 30 pgs w/line drawings. Text in 2 parts: Part 1,: Monsters to Mendel to DNA; and 2, What is Gene and How Does It Work? Glossary and study guide to rear.

Large Paperback. Condition: Very Good. With Sheet Music (illustrator). Very Good+. Large paperback. New enlarged edition. 288 pages with 122 songs. Sheet music. Moderate edgewear and soiling Nice solid copy.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 94 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.22 inches. In Stock.

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DVD. Condition: Sehr gut. Standard Version. B1102-60 5033107912094 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Trade Paperback. 217p., illus. in text, wraps lightly edgeworn, else very good condition.

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Hardback. Condition: New. Bill Haley ä the man who brought rock 'n' roll into the mainstream. His song Crazy Man Crazy was the first rock 'n' roll song to break the ÊBillboardÊ Top 20 in 1953 and was followed by his evergreen We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock the first song of its kind to hit #1. His success made him an idol not only in the US but throughout the world from Canada to the UK Europe Australia Japan New Zealand and beyond. Yet Haley is often overlooked in the story of rock 'n' roll overshadowed by others who followed him from sex symbol Elvis Presley to wild man Jerry Lee Lewis and forever-young Buddy Holly.ÞBut Haley's lack of visibility was in part his own doing: he had conflicted feelings about fame was extremely private suffered chronic alcoholism and troubled relationships with multiple wives which yielded ten children who he struggled to support. Though he managed to carry on a successful touring career his demons eventually eroded his health and in 1981 at the age of only 55 he passed away.ÞThis book is written by esteemed biographer Peter Benjaminson and Bill Haley Jr. Haley's son a musician himself who tours the world paying tribute to his father's music. Culled from interviews with insiders ä from ex-wives to the Comets recorded conversations with Haley Sr. official documents diaries and more this book not only charts the happenings of Haley's career but gives insight into the Haley behind the curtain and some of the other trials he faced from the dark side of the music business to ties with Mafia. Featuring a collection of rare photographs this book is a must-have for any serious rock 'n' roll fan.