Thank God for TH-cam! Because this a reminder of how great Bill Haley was live. And this was in 1979 when he was in his fifties! Amazing! He sounds exactly the same as he did in the Fifties! Rock around the Clock was the first big Rock n Roll hit that sparked the fire that became a revolution in music. He got overlooked by Elvis because of his looks. Let’s face it, Elvis was the total package and was unstoppable then. So he’s been passed over but Haley’s music has lasted the test of time. There were plenty of other good songs that he sang like See you later Alligator and Shake, Rattle and Roll,etc! He wasn’t just a one hit wonder but Rock around the Clock was his biggest hit! RIP Bill Haley- A Rock n Roll Pioneer!
You are aware he was only 52 when this was recorded? His music wasn't vocally demanding. It's not like a selection from the Led Zeppelin or Yes catalog.
This guy was always smiling. Imagine doing the same song for decades? I think i would lose my mind but these singers do it over and over and over, and they smile. I guess that's the part of singing that isn't easy. They have to act happy and excited and repeat the same thing for like 30-60 years
Well, if they were THAT bored of doing this, they would have just Split up, I think that they were happy to do their works with the one and only Bill Haley 😊
This was the final recorded performance of Bill Haley doing Rock Around the Clock too (and his final appearance on TV). It was the final night of his fall 1979 European tour and he went out on top playing for the Queen (videos purporting to be the farewell concert were actually recorded in the spring of 1979, well before his true farewell). He went on to do one final set of performances in South Africa in the spring of 1980 but no footage is known to exist from that. So this was a milestone performance. Also, Haley tended to drop a verse and the second instrumental break of Clock in his later years, so it's a good thing he did the full version here! Trivia - the smiling guitar player with the beard is Chico Ryan, formerly of Sha Na Na! And the guitar player at the far right is Mal Gray who was the leader of a group called the Wild Angels. None of these Comets played with Haley before 1979 but I think they picked up the sound pretty well!
This is the command performance you get when you Don't fuck with the Formula , alot of performers were guilty of messing with their own songs up to the point where they weren't even recognizable . BILL knew to play what the people wanted to hear the way it was meant to be played !!!!😊
For many Rockabillies everything started with Elvis. But for me everything started with Bill Haley when he died in 1981.They played his songs in the radio up and down.
Elvis made rock n roll sexy, but bill wrote some of the 1st white rock and roll songs, elvis was more of a stylist taking blues tunes, country tunes from other artists and re arranged them along with a shot of gospel. That is why Bill is the main man in my eyes ,I also like the sound he gets with the brass instruments and drums which elvis only got later on.
Bill Haley always got a good reception touring the UK,as his mother was English, hailing from Ulverston, Lancashire (now Cumbria, the birthplace of Stan Laurel).
Many thanks, I never knew that! If I had, I would have used it in my radio shows as ‘Rock Around The Clock’ was the first record I bought, and it was a 78rpm. My Grandfather was in Fred Karno’s Army and understudied Charlie Chaplin at the time Stan Laurel was in it too. I met Stan Laurel once at Wood Green Empire where my father was Manager. What a small world!
@@JeremyHoare Cheers,it's perfectly possible that Stan and Bill"s families may have known each other as Stan was born in Ulverston in 1890, and Bill's mother was born there in 1895.
Dear Stephen Garai I have two productions for your buddy Rodney Lytle, named the house is rockin' 1997 and another title Mijn eerste grammofoonplaat. I hope you will like it. Greetings from Martin Barendse, the Netherlands.
Bill is rightly regarded as the King of RnR & Buddy has deffo influenced many of today's musicians. But for me I'd say the genre started back in the 40's; have a listen to 'Cab's Boogie' & 'Jumping Jive' by Cab Calloway then 'Numbers Boogie' & 'Caldonia' by Frank 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, you won't be disappointed.... 👍👍👍
@@del2591 Yeah, ive got those tunes, play them on a regular basis, they are killer tunes, I agree Bill is the instigator, Buddy was the Master and Pioneer
@@mattcollier5957great minds clearly think alike; I saw Bill at Caister '79, the performance was 1st class. But when it comes to Buddy, for me his best track is 'Down the Line'; pure raw energy unlike the more commercial efforts of 'Rave On' etc. Bill, Buddy, Cab etc will always be listened to in the future unlike the rubbish that's around now methinks. Keep on rockin' Matt! 👍👍👍
@@del2591Hey Caister, yeah the good days, Down the Line, awesome track, i love Rave On though, its the pinnicle of Rock N Roll, Yea love that raw energy that Buddy created with Changing all those Changes also Midnight Shift, thats music, yes unlike the rubbish today. 100% AGREE. Keep Rockin Man
Viejo bill nunca tuvist el reconocimiento que t merecias fuiste superado x otros artistas de rok pero fuiste el primero y eso como en el amor tiene su inportancia relativa.
Best years of my life were listening to this and I didn't even know it. Haley, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers. What we have now can't compare. No stand out stars anymore
Estsvs voando, cai aqui. Que raridades, reliquias. Da gosto ver esses verdadeiros Artistas cantarem dançarem., hoje, alguns, tentam imitalos com duas danças, plageanfo duas músicas. Que pro momento, é sucesso. Só que sempre foi sucesso, em.outro idioma. Fascinante bom de assistir, e ouvir. Parabéns s todos de Bom Gosto. 27 9 21 Fort.Ce. BR.
Wow, I didn't know until I was today old that Bill Haley performed so late in his life. A great man taken too soon, tormented by alcoholism and mental illness.
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He still had it in 1979! This is the music that kicked off the Rock n Roll Revolution!
Yup
Thank God for TH-cam! Because this a reminder of how great Bill Haley was live. And this was in 1979 when he was in his fifties! Amazing! He sounds exactly the same as he did in the Fifties!
Rock around the Clock was the first big Rock n Roll hit that sparked the fire that became a revolution in music.
He got overlooked by Elvis because of his looks. Let’s face it, Elvis was the total package and was unstoppable then. So he’s been passed over but Haley’s music has lasted the test of time. There were plenty of other good songs that he sang like See you later Alligator and Shake, Rattle and Roll,etc! He wasn’t just a one hit wonder but Rock around the Clock was his biggest hit!
RIP Bill Haley- A Rock n Roll Pioneer!
Totally agree!
Pongo a bill arriba de Haley por el componía y Elvis no lo hacía.
He sounds EXACTLY the same!
❤️
Yes,he does
You are aware he was only 52 when this was recorded? His music wasn't vocally demanding. It's not like a selection from the Led Zeppelin or Yes catalog.
The father of Rock and Roll.....the moves the comets we're doing while strumming the guitars are still used to this day
Toute ma jeunesse...merci
This guy was always smiling. Imagine doing the same song for decades? I think i would lose my mind but these singers do it over and over and over, and they smile. I guess that's the part of singing that isn't easy. They have to act happy and excited and repeat the same thing for like 30-60 years
Well, if they were THAT bored of doing this, they would have just Split up, I think that they were happy to do their works with the one and only Bill Haley 😊
Well, @maximem1033 maybe they still want to make the money.
This was the final recorded performance of Bill Haley doing Rock Around the Clock too (and his final appearance on TV). It was the final night of his fall 1979 European tour and he went out on top playing for the Queen (videos purporting to be the farewell concert were actually recorded in the spring of 1979, well before his true farewell). He went on to do one final set of performances in South Africa in the spring of 1980 but no footage is known to exist from that. So this was a milestone performance. Also, Haley tended to drop a verse and the second instrumental break of Clock in his later years, so it's a good thing he did the full version here! Trivia - the smiling guitar player with the beard is Chico Ryan, formerly of Sha Na Na! And the guitar player at the far right is Mal Gray who was the leader of a group called the Wild Angels. None of these Comets played with Haley before 1979 but I think they picked up the sound pretty well!
Many thanks for the great background info.
He never lost his ability as a singer
I was just reading about his late years, his alcohol relationship! and yet he looks sharp playing and singing...
Great voice..Instantly created great atmosphere.All dressed.No flashing lights.No smoke.All playing instruments.Just great👍🍺
Maybe, its too many guitars for simple song like this) Two guitars will be enough, probably)
Bill Haley was a true Rock 'n Roll Pioneer!
Good days
not 'a'...'the'.
Bill was always loved in the UK. What a great performance, those Comets were brilliant as well!
One of THE TRUE kings of rock along w/ Chuck & Elvis, Buddy, Eddie....
He had such a unique voice perfect for the era of rock and roll 50s rock and roll.
His guitar players were awesome. Way ahead of their time.
True. Really special and powerful voice.
He was still rippin' it up in 1979!
Yes,he was!!
A voice so haunting it’s from beyond the grave…..
Bill Haley was great !
He was the first to Fuze genres before their was such a thing as genres.
Bring that sound and music back!
@Finanz Ferdinand Nah that 50s era needs to come back into the world
This is the command performance you get when you Don't fuck with the Formula , alot of performers were guilty of messing with their own songs up to the point where they weren't even recognizable . BILL knew to play what the people wanted to hear the way it was meant to be played !!!!😊
Mi ricorda la mia infanzia. Grande ❤
Bill Haley is very good music!!!
Such a clean sound , text book , the zen Master
I was 12 when Rock Around The Clock came out. Seems like Yesterday. Always liked it. RIP Bill.
The King plays for the Queen!
Wow! You are Something Special!.
What a beautiful country was USA then
C'était le meilleur
Yeah. We let to many foreigners in.
@@jameshoagland9660 I agree, but some of them are nevesary, not to many. Politically Correct have been a big problem
Still is!!
@@jameshoagland9660 Yeah, starting with too many Europeans.
Good sounding band. Not many artists can do their signature songs 25 years after the fact and pull it off that good.
The Cowsills, (and half of them are dead) The Seekers, Little Peggy March.........still sound great 50 YEARS LATER!
Humble man at work. Thank you Mr Haley.
Bill Haley a legend as Elvis. Rest in Peace. 😁🎸🎸🎸
Bill Haley was great
Bill Haley Gone, But Not Forgotten. Forever Rockin' Around The Clock. Rest In Peace. From Smokey Binion, Jr.
Amazing he looked the same here as twenty five years earlier!
I saw Bill Haley and the Comets here in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1975 at an amusement park...What a performance! The King of Rock and Roll!
Lo mejor de lo mejor ❤❤
O que é bom dura para sempre, VIVA Bill Haley
What a voice!
Wow never saw this before....sounds great...no music like this anymore
Te conocí en Buenos Aires,cuando tenía 15 años y baile en el cine Rex....tan emocionada. ..vos y Elvis me enseñaron a amar el rock
For many Rockabillies everything started with Elvis. But for me everything started with Bill Haley when he died in 1981.They played his songs in the radio up and down.
I am a massive Elvis fan. This man started it all the grandfather of roll and roll legend.
Bill Haley started early with Rock & Roll but Fats Domino played even earlier Rock & Roll when Bill and his Saddlemen played still C&W
Elvis made rock n roll sexy, but bill wrote some of the 1st white rock and roll songs, elvis was more of a stylist taking blues tunes, country tunes from other artists and re arranged them along with a shot of gospel. That is why Bill is the main man in my eyes ,I also like the sound he gets with the brass instruments and drums which elvis only got later on.
@@neilfranklin5644 well said 👍
Me as Elvis too, but there a pics, Elvis and Bill together backstage 🆒
Bill ... beautiful!
2021- Brasil.
ALWAYS EXCELLENT A TRUE SHOWMAN !
Bill Haley never sounded better than he did here-I remember when he passed away RIP Bill you were one of the best Auckland New Zealand 2021
The reason I love this original rock and roll . Nothing beats this ..,👍
Great clip...from a time when entertainers dressed like entertainers, and performed!
I got to play with the original comets and oh boy !! What a night . This is the real deal . Bill was a great artist . America forgot about them
Icon of Rock and Roll.
Crazy Man, crazy...
Bill Haley and those great rock n roll shows!
No Question about it. Mr. Haley and his Comets definitely deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Judge an act by the performance reaction of the audience. Rock around the clock lifted the roof off.
Recorded in 1954 and still cutting it in 1979!!
All time Favourite
Great to hear the original guitar solo in Rock Around the Clock!
I saw Bill in London in 1956. Here the Comets lineup has changed, but Bill sounds as great as ever.
@@michaeljonn2397 Yes!
In this video he was 54, and his voice sounded exactly as in 1958. Great!
He really does sound fantastic
Great sound
El verdadero rey, y padre del rock and roll.El más grande.saludos desde Chile👍👍👍👏👏👏
Bill Haley always got a good reception touring the UK,as his mother was English, hailing from Ulverston, Lancashire (now Cumbria, the birthplace of Stan Laurel).
Many thanks, I never knew that! If I had, I would have used it in my radio shows as ‘Rock Around The Clock’ was the first record I bought, and it was a 78rpm.
My Grandfather was in Fred Karno’s Army and understudied Charlie Chaplin at the time Stan Laurel was in it too. I met Stan Laurel once at Wood Green Empire where my father was Manager.
What a small world!
@@JeremyHoare Cheers,it's perfectly possible that Stan and Bill"s families may have known each other as Stan was born in Ulverston in 1890, and Bill's mother was born there in 1895.
Crazy story towards the end of his life….lived in Harlingen Texas. Died at only 55. He was truly a pioneer.
Seine Urne wurde nie gefunden.
Brilliant! The Father of R'n'R...
Even H.M. The Queen congratulated Bill, afterwards..
God bless you, Bill!
Apparently one of the Queens favourite performers.
King Rockn ROLL BILL HALEY 🎤🎸🌟
Este cara é rock sempre será adoro suas canções 👍🤝👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷
Ritmo delicioso pra ouvir, relembrar momentos e sonhar!
Wonderful says, "America ...we do this"
I'm Dedicating this to my buddy Rodney Lytle who's father was a big part of the band ....
Dear Stephen Garai
I have two productions for your buddy Rodney Lytle, named the house is rockin' 1997 and another title Mijn eerste grammofoonplaat.
I hope you will like it.
Greetings from Martin Barendse, the Netherlands.
STUNNING !!!!!! 😃❤👍
To rock around the clock is always a good time to do it.
we had a lot of his 45's back when. this really takes you back.
cela fait vraiment plaisir d'écouter et de voir bill haley
The Original KING OF ROCK N ROLL, Although im a Buddy Holly fanatic 100% i have to say this is the INSTIGATOR of Rock N Roll
Bill is rightly regarded as the King of RnR & Buddy has deffo influenced many of today's musicians. But for me I'd say the genre started back in the 40's; have a listen to 'Cab's Boogie' & 'Jumping Jive' by Cab Calloway then 'Numbers Boogie' & 'Caldonia' by Frank 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, you won't be disappointed.... 👍👍👍
@@del2591 Yeah, ive got those tunes, play them on a regular basis, they are killer tunes, I agree Bill is the instigator, Buddy was the Master and Pioneer
@@mattcollier5957great minds clearly think alike; I saw Bill at Caister '79, the performance was 1st class. But when it comes to Buddy, for me his best track is 'Down the Line'; pure raw energy unlike the more commercial efforts of 'Rave On' etc. Bill, Buddy, Cab etc will always be listened to in the future unlike the rubbish that's around now methinks. Keep on rockin' Matt! 👍👍👍
@@del2591Hey Caister, yeah the good days, Down the Line, awesome track, i love Rave On though, its the pinnicle of Rock N Roll, Yea love that raw energy that Buddy created with Changing all those Changes also Midnight Shift, thats music, yes unlike the rubbish today. 100% AGREE. Keep Rockin Man
Si dopo Elvis!
Quando eu era criança minha irmã me chamava de bill halley, que honra de saber quem é essa lenda do rock in roll
Cool
Viejo bill nunca tuvist el reconocimiento que t merecias fuiste superado x otros artistas de rok pero fuiste el primero y eso como en el amor tiene su inportancia relativa.
"Rock around the clock"was the sound track for the classic"Black board jungle".Rock n'roll shot off like a sky rocket.🗽👍
A legend.
My first records ever were Haley's... those were some fun days.
Viva o Rock & Roll.
Viva os anos 50, 60, 70 e 80.
Longa vida ao Rock & Roll.
Elvis 4Ever 🎸🇧🇷
He still was great!
Fantastic document!!!
Best years of my life were listening to this and I didn't even know it. Haley, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers. What we have now can't compare. No stand out stars anymore
You need character and they isn't anyone with that.
bill haley fantastiko 2021,
Terrific performance.
Me encanta la música de esta época.
Dad would blast Bill Haley every weekend drinking his Lucky Larger Beer. RIP Dad and Bill.
Fenómeno sin igual
The beginning of rock and roll how things change
Estsvs voando, cai aqui. Que raridades, reliquias. Da gosto ver esses verdadeiros Artistas cantarem dançarem., hoje, alguns, tentam imitalos com duas danças, plageanfo duas músicas. Que pro momento, é sucesso. Só que sempre foi sucesso, em.outro idioma. Fascinante bom de assistir, e ouvir. Parabéns s todos de Bom Gosto. 27 9 21 Fort.Ce. BR.
That person singing would rock so heavily
Outstanding...
Thank you very much！
Perfecto, la gran estrella del rock
The founding father of rock and roll!
2021 bill haley i am still love to see you and your comet wowwwww
FANTASTIC, THANK YOU
1:00 ... what a perfect intro ... R.I.P. great master
The great man!
Bil, nos hacia, bailar, al ritmo,del relog,.que recuerdos..
1:02 who knew this innocent song became more that just rock around the clock
Hard to believe he died at only 55 years old just two years later.
His early death was largely due to many years of alcoholism which created a number of other health problems.
Merci Bill pour tout ce que tu nous a donné , c'était bien toi le meilleurs de tous .
Wow, I didn't know until I was today old that Bill Haley performed so late in his life. A great man taken too soon, tormented by alcoholism and mental illness.
mental illnes, alcoholism. fuck you. You don" t know shit about enything, you litttlle shit. Bill past away becouse of brain cancer.