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 76-100 of 104 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 105119 6/9/1958 Ida, sweet as apple cider Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 105120 6/12/1958 Whoa Mabel! Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 105121 6/12/1958 Marie Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 105126 6/12/1958 Eloise Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 105127 6/12/1958 Corrine, Corrina-1 ; Corrine, Corrina-2 Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 105174 6/18/1958 B.B. Betty Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 105175 6/18/1958 Sweet Sue, just you Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 105176 6/18/1958 Charmaine Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 106322 1/7/1959 The dragon rock Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 106323 1/7/1959 A.B.C. rock-1 Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 106324 1/7/1959 The cat walk (Instrumental) Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 106416 1/29/1959 I got a woman Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 106417 1/29/1959 (Now and then) There's a fool such as I Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 106418 1/29/1959 Be by me Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 106419 1/29/1959 Where did you go last night? Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 107440 4/27/1959 Caldonia-1 Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 107441 4/27/1959 Shaky (instr. ) Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 107643 6/19/1959 Ooh! Look-a-there, ain't she pretty-1 Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 107644 6/19/1959 (Thanks for the) Summer souvenir Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 108122 9/17/1959 Puerto Rican peddler Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 108123 9/17/1959 (Put another nickel in the jukebox) Music, music, music! Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 108124 9/23/1959 Skokiaan Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 108125 9/23/1959 Drowsy waters Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 108126 9/24/1959 Two shadows Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
Decca 108127 9/24/1959 In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) Comets ; Bill Haley Musical group  
(Results 76-100 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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