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• July 6, 1925 - February 9, 1981
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" (1955)
• ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: 1987

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• April 12: Bill Haley recorded "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."

• November 27: Billy Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)."
  from the LP Shake Rattle And Roll
  Billboard chart run: 24 - 20 - 18 - 16 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 15 - 20 - 20 - 23 - 29 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 56

# 1 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Group/Duo of the Year)

• March 5: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Mambo Rock."
  from the LP Shake Rattle And Roll
  Billboard chart run: 24 - 23 - 18 - 25 - 25 - 27 - 22 - 27 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 93
• March 19: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Birth Of The Boogie."
  from the LP Shake Rattle And Roll
  Billboard chart run: 27 - 26 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 140

• May 14:Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 chart with "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."
  from the LP Shake Rattle And Roll
  Billboard chart run: 22 - 14 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1- 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 13 - 18 - 25 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 2
  Rolling Stone: '500 Greatest Songs of All-Time': # 158
  VH1: '100 Greatest Rock Songs': # 37

• July 9: Bill Haley & His Comets topped the Billboard Best Sellers In Stores chart for 8 weeks with "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."
• July 16: Bill Haley & His Comets topped the Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart for 6 weeks with "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."
• July 23: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Razzle-Dazzle / Two Hound Dogs."
  Billboard chart run: 15 - 21 - 24 - 17 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 111
• July 30: Bill Haley & His Comets topped the Billboard Most Played In Jukeboxes chart for 7 weeks with "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."

• November 19: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Burn That Candle."
  from the LP Rock Around The Clock
  Billboard chart run: 39 - 38 - 28 - 31 - 27 - 29 - 20 - 26 - 20 - 30 - 29 - 35 - 38 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 74

• January 28: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "See You Later, Alligator."
  Billboard chart run: 20 - 13 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 8 - 8 - 12 - 17 - 25 - 35 - 37 - off

• April 14: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "R-O-C-K."
  Billboard chart run: 40 - 29 - off - 31 - 35 - 39 - off

• July 9: Bill Haley & His Comets were not allowed to play at the Roosevelt Stadium in New Jersey due to an ordnance reading "Rock and roll music encouraged juvenile delingquency and inspired young females in lewd bathing suits to perform obscene dances on the city's beaches."

• September 1: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Rip It Up."
  Billboard chart run: 32 - 31 - 30 - 40 - off

• November 24: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Rudy's Rock."
  Billboard chart run: 34 - 38 - 36 - off

• April 21: Bill Haley & His Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Skinny Minnie."
  Billboard chart run: 39 - off - 26 - 22 - 31 - 37 - off

• May 25: Bill Haley & His Comets returned to the Billboard Top 40 chart with "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."
  from the LP Shake Rattle And Roll
  Billboard chart run: 39 - off

Top Pop Singles:

1. "We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" 1(10) / 26 (1955 and 1974)
2. "See You Later, Alligator" 6 / 15 (1956)
3. "Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)" 11 / 15 (1955)
4. "Burn That Candle" 20 / 13 (1955)
5. "Mambo Rock" 18 / 8 (1955)
6. "R-O-C-K" 29 / 5 (1956)
7. "Rip It Up" 30 / 4 (1956)
8. "Razzle-Dazzle / Two Hound Dogs" 15 / 4 (1955)
9. "Skinny Minnie" 22 / 5 (1958)
10. "Rudy's Rock" 34 / 3 (1956)
11. "Birth Of The Boogie" 26 2 (1955)

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• "Shake, Rattle And Roll" (1954)
• "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" (1955)
• "The Saints Rock 'N Roll" (1956)
• "Teenager's Mother (Are You Right" (1956)
• "Rockin' Through The Rye" (1956)
• "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy" (1956)
• "Forty Cups Of Coffee" (1957)
• "(You Hit The Wrong Note) Billy Goat" (1957)
• "Lean Jean" (1958)