I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.
See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.
She was so small she could make mamba in a telephone booth.
The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.
The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful.
We steer completely clear of anything suggestive.
We take a lot of care with lyrics because we don't want to offend anybody.
Bill Haley attempted an autobiography in 1989, called The Life and Times of Bill Haley. However, Haley died after only completing just over 100 pages. This autobiography has not yet been released to the public.
Bill Haley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
With the advent of younger, better-looking rock and roll musicians like Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley became less popular among the teenagers, however he continued to be a major star in Europe and Latin America throughout the 60s.
His band, the Comets, was derived by a mispronunciation of Halley's Comet.
Bill Haley and The Comets are often credited as the first American rock and roll band.
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