Bill Haley the Comets (17 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.…

Vinyl. Condition: Sehr gut. 1 LP. LP ohne Kratzer. Hülle ist minimal berieben, mit leichten Knicken und etwas angeschmutzt (Durch Abrieb). Ggf. ist Hüllenkante nicht mehr verklebt/gilbig und/oder ein Name auf dem Artikel. Für Info: 038847/414105 anrufen. Bei Mehrfachbestellungen ab der 3. LP keine zusätzlichen Versandkosten (außer bei amazon, dort jeweils + 1,- ¤ statt 3,- ¤ Versandkosten). Versand im speziellen LP-Versandkarton. Der Versand ins Ausland ist gegen Zahlung der Portokosten möglich. Bitte nehmen Sie Kontakt mit uns auf. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1005.…

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A lot of five VG or better original release 8 x 10 stills. Size: 8" x 10". Poster.

Condition: Gut. (1975). Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren, Nummer in Filz am Cover oben. Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: Gut. Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren. Sprache: Englisch.

CD. Condition: Very Good. Number of discs: 1.

CD. Condition: Very Good. Number of discs: 1.

Condition: Gut. Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren, Nummer in Filz am Cover oben. Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: Gut. um 1970. Vinyl (Zustand: VG) Cover: VG). Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: Gut. Platte gut, Cover leichte Gebr.spuren, Nummer in Filz am Cover oben. Sprache: Englisch.

Vinyl. Gatefold. Condition: Sehr gut. 12 tracks. Cover etw. berieben/leicht bestoßen, LP sehr gut erh.!! Minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.

audio-CD. Condition: Gut. 1 CD Hülle mit Gebrauchsspuren OM211F5 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 505.

Condition: Good. 14 x 36 inches. Rolled, full-color movie poster. Very Good. Columbia Pictures; Bill Haley and the Comets, Fats Domino, the Shirelles, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry.

vinyl_bound. Condition: Sehr gut. Wir verkaufen nur, was wir auch selbst lesen würden. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2200.

Audio CD. Condition: Sehr gut. HC1-1150-3 /8-01383290 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 100.

Vintage studio still photograph of the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers from the 1956 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures Corp. stamp on verso. Rock and Roll star Arnie Haines (Alan Dale) returns home to the town of Melondale, which banned Rock and Roll music, and with the help of disc Jockey Alan Freed (as himself), tries to convince the town that the music won't turn their children into delinquents. With notable, lip-syncing performances from Bill Haley and His Comets, Little Richard, and The Treniers. A follow-up to the 1956 Rock and Roll film "Rock Around the Clock," also directed by Fred F. Sears and written by Robert E. Kent, and also featuring Alan Freed and Bill Haley and His Comets. Set in the fictitious town of Melondale, shot on location in Los Angeles, California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…