Comets

Bill Haley's New Comets is a rock and roll band founded in 1987 by singer Joe "Bill" Clifton. As only legal successors of the original performers this band keeps Bill Haley's music alive in its original 1950s style with original instrumentation, stage outfits and stage acrobatics.

In 2004, the group was awarded 'Artists of the Year' by the German Artists Magazine appreciating their artistic merits for classic rock and roll.

In 2007, original Comet, Pete Davenport, joined the band with his steel guitar. In 2011, original Haley guitarist Bill Turner, will join the band for their international tours.

In 2011, Bill Haley's daughter, Gina Haley, will start working with the New Comets on the remembrance of her father's work, touring with them for the first time internationally.

The band's most important event remains November 5, 1989, when the original 1954 Comets went back on stage in Bristol, England, inviting the New Comets to perform together. Impressed by the high musical standard and the authentic presentation of their 'fostersons' (Marshall Lytle: "I saw Bill and myself on stage 40 years ago!"), the American musicians officially gave symbolic validation to use their name and deemed them worthy successors of their work. This honor had never before been granted to any other succession-band by their originals.

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1954 - 1964

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 104 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 89614 3/30/1956 A rockin' little tune Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 89615 3/30/1956 Hot dog buddy buddy Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 89616 3/30/1956 Rockin' through the rye Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 100316 7/12/1956 Teenager's mother Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 100317 7/12/1956 Rip it up-1 ; Rip it up-2 Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 100702 10/4/1956 Don't knock the rock Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 100703 10/4/1956 Forty cups of coffee Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102039 3/22/1957 Miss you Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102040 3/22/1957 (You hit the wrong note) Billy goat Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102041 3/22/1957 Rockin' rollin' rover Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102042 3/25/1957 Please don't talk about me when I'm gone Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102043 3/25/1957 You can't stop me from dreaming Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102044 3/25/1957 I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102045 3/25/1957 Rock Lomond Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102046 3/29/1957 Is it true what they say about Dixie? Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102047 3/29/1957 Carolina in the morning Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102048 3/29/1957 The dipsy doodle Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102049 3/29/1957 Ain't misbehavin' (I'm savin' my love for you) Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102050 3/29/1957 The beak 'speaks' Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102160 4/3/1957 Moon over Miami Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102161 4/3/1957 One sweet letter from you Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102162 4/3/1957 (I' ll be with you in) Apple blossom time Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102163 4/3/1957 Somebody else is taking my place Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102888 7/15/1957 How many? Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 102889 7/15/1957 Move it on over Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
(Results 26-50 of 104 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Comets," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/309301.

Comets. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/309301.

"Comets." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/309301

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