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Haley, Bill

Born 1925 in Highland Park, Mich. Died in 1981.
"Loretta" on Holiday 110 was Loretta Glendenning.

References:
   Chris Gardner's Bill Haley Database
   Two-part feature article in issues 14-15 (1977) of New Kommotion.
   Feature article and sessionography in issue 24 (1980) of New Kommotion.
   Feature article and discography in issue 40 (1989) of American Music Magazine.
   Article in issue 94 (1991) of Now Dig This.
   Feature article in issues 51-54 (1992) of American Music Magazine; 1948-1953 sessionography in issue 55.
   Article in issue 138 (1994) of Now Dig This.
   Feature article on "Rock Around The Clock" in issue 59 (1994) of American Music Magazine.
   Feature article on "Rock Around The Clock" in issue 53 (1994) of Rockin' Fifties.
   Article in issue 154 (1996) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 155 (1996) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 166 (1997) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 179 (1998) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 180 (1998) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 187 (1998) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 196 (1999) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 249 (2003) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 250 (2004) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 251 (2004) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 252 (2004) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 276 (2006) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 288 (2007) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 292 (2007) of Now Dig This.

Source: Bruce Grossberg

Original Releases

Discography is intended to be complete through 1964

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1948/Aug. 14 Bb c&w rev.	Cowboy CR-1201		Four Leaf Clover Blues {D} Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals {D}	2 2	B A
1949/Mar. 19 Bb c&w rev.	Cowboy CR-1202		Candy Kisses {D} Tennessee Border {D}	2 2	A B
	Center 102		Stand Up And Be Counted Loveless Blues	3 3
1950/Apr. 8 Bb c&w rev.	Keystone 5101		Deal Me A Hand Ten Gallon Stetson	4 4	A B
1950/Apr. 8 Bb c&w rev.	Keystone 5102		Susan Van Dusan I'm Not To Blame	4 4	A B
1950/Oct. (comp. files)	Atlantic 727		I'm Gonna Dry Ev'ry Tear With A Kiss Why Do I Cry Over You?	5 5	522 523
1950/Nov. 4 Bb c&w rev.	Cowboy CR-1701		My Sweet Little Girl From Nevada {D} My Palomino And I {D}	6 6	A B
1951 (est.)	Holiday 105		Rocket "88" {j, C,H} Tearstains On My Heart	7 7	A B
1951/Sept. 29 Bb c&w rev.	Holiday 108		Green Tree Boogie {G} Deep Down In My Heart	7 7	A B
1951/Dec. 8 Bb c&w rev.	Holiday 110		Pretty Baby I'm Crying	8 8	Bx2 A
1951/Dec. 8 Bb c&w rev.	Holiday 111		A Year Ago This Christmas I Don't Want To Be Alone For Christmas	7 7
1952/Feb. 23 Bb c&w rev.	Holiday 113		Sundown Boogie {G} Juke Box Cannon Ball {m}	9 9	B A
1952/Apr. 26 Bb c&w rev.	Essex 303		Rock The Joint {k,l,w, C,H} Icy Heart	9 9	B A
1952/June (Bb est.)	Essex 305		Rocking Chair On The Moon Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stockin')	9 9	B A
1952/Sept. (Bb est.)	Essex 45-310		Real Rock Drive Stop Beatin' Round The Mulberry Bush	10 10	B A
1953/Apr. (Bb est.)	Essex 321		Crazy Man Crazy {g,h,x} Whatcha Gonna Do	10 10	A B
1953/June (Bb est.)	Essex 327		Fractured Pat-A-Cake	10 10	B A
1953/Aug. (Bb est.)	Essex 332		Live It Up! Farewell-So Long-Good-bye	10 10	A B
1953/Dec. (Bb est.)	Essex 340		I'll Be True Ten Little Indians	11 11	A B
	Essex 102		Bill Haley's Dance Party [monaural] Rock The Joint Rockin [!!] Chair On The Moon Crazy Man, Crazy Pat-A-Cake	11 11 11 11
1954/Mar. 20 Bb pop rev.	Essex 348		Straight-Jacket Chattanooga Choo-Choo {A}	12 12	B A
	Essex ESEP-117		For Your Dance Party [monaural] Real Rock Drive Live It Up! Farewell, So Long, Goodbye Fractured	12 12 12 12
	Essex EP-118		For Your Dance Party [monaural] Stop Beatin' Round The Mulberry Bush I'll Be True Wat'cha Gonna Do Juke Box Cannon Ball	13 13 13 13	A A B B
	Essex EP-119		For Your Dance Party [monaural] Chattanooga Choo Choo Green Tree Boogie Dance With A Dolly Rocket 88	13 13 13 13	B B A A
1954/May 15 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29124		(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock {a,b,c,p,s, E} Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	11 11	45-86163+ 45-86164
1954/July 10 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29204		Shake, Rattle And Roll {a,b,c,d,e, B} A.B.C. Boogie	11 11	45-86380 45-86381+
	Decca ED 2168		Shake Rattle And Roll [monaural] Shake, Rattle And Roll A.B.C. Boogie (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	11 11	S-2013+ S-2013+
1954/Oct. 16 Bb pop rev.	Essex 374		Sundown Boogie Juke Box Cannon Ball {z}	13 13	B A
1954/Oct. 30 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29317		Happy Baby Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)	11 11	45-86809 45-86810+
1954/Dec. (Bb est.)	Essex 381		Rocket "88" {y} Green Tree Boogie	10 10	B A
	Trans-World 381		Rocket "88" Green Tree Boogie	10 10	B A
1955/Feb. 12 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29418		Birth Of The Boogie {v} Mambo Rock	11 11	87325 45-87326+
	Decca ED 2209		Dim, Dim The Lights [monaural] Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) Happy Baby Mambo Rock Birth Of The Boogie	11 11 11 11	S 2388 S 2358
1955/June 25 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29552		Razzle-Dazzle {f} Two Hound Dogs	11 11	45-87922 45-87921+
1955/July 9 Bb pop rev.	Essex 399		Rock The Joint Farewell-So Long-Good-Bye	10 10	B A
1955/Nov. 12 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29713		Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie Burn That Candle	11 11	45-88691 45-88693+
	Decca ED 2322		Rock 'N Roll [monaural] Razzle-Dazzle Two Hound Dogs Burn That Candle Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie	11 11 11 11	S-2924 S-2924 S-2925+ S-2925+
1955/Dec. 31 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29791		See You Later, Alligator {b,f} The Paper Boy (On Main Street, U.S.A.)	11 11	45-88995 45-88996+
	Somerset EX-1300		Crazy Man Crazy Honey Love Farewll, So Long, Goodbye Truly	1 14 1 15	A A B B
	Somerset EX-4600		Watcha [!!] Gonna Do Fractured Real Rock Drive I'll Be True To You	1 1 1 1	A A B B
1956 (Bb est.)	Trans-World 718		Real Rock Drive Yes, Indeed	13 13	E-310B TW-718A
1956/Mar. 24 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29870		The Saints Rock 'N Roll R-O-C-K	11 11	88692 88690+
1956/June 2 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-29948		Hot Dog Buddy Buddy Rockin' Through The Rye	11 11	45-89615 45-89616+
1956/July 28 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30028		Rip It Up {f} Teenager's Mother (Are You Right?)	11 11	100317+ 100316
	Decca ED 2398		Music For The Boy Friend: He Digs Rock 'N Roll [monaural] See You Later, Alligator R-O-C-K Burn That Candle The Saints' Rock 'N' Roll	11 11 11 11	S 3226 S 3226
1956/Oct. 13 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30085		Blue Comet Blues [instr.] Rudy's Rock [instr.]	11 11	89611+ 89595
1956/Dec. 1 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30148		Choo Choo Ch'boogie {d} Don't Knock The Rock {d}	11 11	89613+ 100702
	Decca ED 2416		Rock'n Roll Stage Show, Part 1 [monaural] Calling All Comets Rockin' Through The Rye Hook, Line And Sinker Rudy's Rock
	Decca ED 2417		Rock'n Roll Stage Show, Part 2 [monaural] Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Hide And Seek A Rocking Little Tune Blue Comet Blues
	Decca ED 2418		Rock'n Roll Stage Show, Part 3 [monaural] Hey Then, There Now Goofin' Around Hot Dog Buddy Buddy Tonight's The Night
1957/Mar. 2 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30214		Forty Cups Of Coffee Hook, Line And Sinker	11 11	100703 89599+
1957/May 27 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30314		(You Hit The Wrong Note) Billy Goat Rockin' Rollin' Rover	11 11	45-102040 45-102041+
1957/Aug. 5 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30394		The Dipsy Doodle Miss You	11 11	45-102048 45-102039+
1957/Oct. 21 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30461		Rock The Joint How Many	11 11	45-102,890 45-102,888+
	Decca ED 2532		Rockin' The Oldies [monaural] The Dipsy Doodle Miss You Carolina In The Morning Is It True What They Say About Dixie? {F}	11 11 11 11	5 3790 5 3790
1957/Dec. 1 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 2533		You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming (I'll Be With You In) Apple Blossom Time Moon Over Miami Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
1958/June 2 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 2534		Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' All My Love For You One Sweet Letter From You I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
1957/Dec. 23 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30530		Mary, Mary Lou It's A Sin	11 11	103,726 103,725+
1958/Mar. 3 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30592		Skinny Minnie {b} Sway With Me	11 11	104285 104286
1958/May 5 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 2576		Rockin' Around Europe With Bill Haley And His Comets [monaural] Piccadilly Rock Vive La Rock And Roll Come Rock With Me Rockin' Rollin' Schnitzlebank	11 11 11 11	S 3922 S 3922
1958/June 2 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 2577		Rockin' Around The Americas [monaural] Pretty Alouette (Be My Only One) Rockin' Rita El Rocko Jamaica, D.J.	11 11 11 11	S 3924 S 3924
1958/July 7 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30681		Lean Jean Don't Nobody Move	11 11	104,287 104,288
1958/Sept. (Bb est.)	Decca 9-30741		Whoa Mabel! Chiquita Linda (Un Poquito De Tu Amor?)	11 11	105,120 105,064+
1958/Sept. 1 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 2615		Rockin' The Joint [monaural] New Rock The Joint Move It On Over Rock Lomond It's A Sin	11 11	S 4056 S 4056
1958/Nov. 17 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30781		Corrine, Corrina B.B. Betty	11 16	105,127 105,174+
1959/Feb. 2 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 2638		Bill Haley's Chicks [stereo] Whoa Mabel! Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider Eloise Dinah
1959/Feb. 16 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30844		I Got A Woman Charmaine	11 11	106,416 105,176+
1959/Mar. 2 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 72638		Bill Haley's Chicks [stereo] Whoa Mabel! [stereo vers.] Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider [stereo vers.] Eloise [stereo vers.] Dinah [stereo vers.]	11 11	7-S 5002 7-S 5002
1959/Mar. 23 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30873		Where'd You Go Last Night (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I	11 11	106,419+ 106,417
1959/June 22 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30926		Caldonia Shaky [instr.]	11 11	107,440 107,441+
1959/Aug. 3 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30956		Ooh! Look-A-There, Ain't She Pretty Joey's Song	11 11	105,643 105,063+
1959/Nov. 30 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 2670		Joey's Song Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty Caldonia Shaky	11 11 11 11	S 4206 S 4206
1959/Nov. 30 Bb Aud.	Decca ED 72670		Bill Haley And His Comets [stereo] Joey's Song [stereo vers.] Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty [stereo vers.] Caldonia [stereo vers.] Shaky [stereo vers.]	11 11 11 11
	Decca ED 2671		Strictly Instrumental [monaural] Strictly Instrumental [instr.] Skokiaan (South African Song) [instr.] Mack The Knife [instr.] In A Little Spanish Town [instr.]	11 11 11 11	S 4210 S 4210
1959/Dec. 28 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-31030		Skokiaan (South African Song) [instr.] Puerto Rican Peddler [instr.]	11 11	108,124 108,122+
1960/Jan. 18 Bb pop rev.	Warner Bros. 5145		Candy Kisses Tamiami [instr.]	11 11	CX50,548 CX50,549
1960/Apr. 11 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-31080		Strictly Instrumental [instr.] (Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music! [instr.]	11 11	108,128+ 108,123
1960/Apr. 25 Bb pop rev.	Warner Bros. 5154		Hawk Chick Safari	11 11	C50589 C50590
1960/Aug. 8 Bb pop rev.	Warner Bros. 5171		Let The Good Times Roll, Creole So Right Tonight	11 11	C50,604 C50,603
1961/June 19 Bb pop rev.	Warner Bros. 5228		Flip, Flop And Fly Honky Tonk [instr.]	11 11	D50,643 D50,642
1961/Aug. 21 Bb pop rev.	Gone 5111		My Kind Of Woman {u} Spanish Twist {u}		G 806 G 805
1961/Oct. (Bb est.)	Gone 5116		War Paint [instr.] Riviera [instr.]	11 11	G 828 40822X G 827 40822
1963/Apr. 27 Bb pop rev.	Newtown NT-5013		Tenor Man Up Goes My Love	1 1	ZTSP 87186 ZTSP 87187
1963/May (est.)	Newtown 5014		White Parakeet Midnight in Washington [instr.]
1963/Sept. Haley News	Newtown 45-5024		Dance Around The Clock What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry	13 13	1087-45-HR-639
1963/Oct. or later (est.)	Nicetown NT-5025		Tandy You Call Everybody Darling	13 13	NR-1087-558
1964/July 25 Bb hot rev.	Decca 31650		The Green Door Yeah, She's Evil
1964/Sept. 26 Bb hot rev.	Decca 25650		Skinny Minnie Lean Jean
	Kasey 7006		ABC Boogie Rock Around The Clock	17 18	A B
1958	Decca LP cut		Me Rock A Hula {i,o}		103635
1964	Guest Star LP cut		Train Of Sin {r}
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[live recording]		Forty Cups Of Coffee [live vers.] {q} Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie [live vers.] {n} Rudy's Rock [live vers.] {q} (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock [live vers. 1] {n} (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock [live vers. 2] {q}
1949	Cowboy unissued		Behind The Eight Ball {D} The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along {D} Foolish Questions {D} Yodel Your Blues Away {D}
1950	[unissued]		Teardrops From My Eyes
	[need info]		Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider {t}

References in "As By" Column:

as by Bill Haley
as by Bill Haley And The 4 Aces Of Western Swing / Vocal Duet, Barney Barnard, Bill Haley
as by Johnny Clifton And His String Band
as by Bill Haley And The Saddle Men With Billy Williamson (Steel Guitar)
as by Bill Haley And His Saddle Men Featuring Billy Williamson, Steel Guitar
as by Reno Browne And Her Buckaroos Featuring Bill Haley On Vocal
as by Bill Haley And The Saddlemen
as by Bill And Loretta With The Saddlemen
as by Bill Haley With The Saddlemen
as by Bill Haley With Haley's Comets
as by Bill Haley And His Comets
as by Bill Haley And Haley's Comets
as by Bill Haley And The Comets
by Bunny Paul
by The Dinning Sisters
as by Bill Haley And His Comets / Vocal Chorus By Billy Williamson And Ensemble
as by Bill Haley & The Comets
by Phil Flowers

Other Notes:

According to the Vogue Picture Disk website, Haley did not participate in any Vogue recordings.
Chronology of EPs and Transworld releases uncertain.

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations not included

	1972
a.	Coral (England) CPS 88 (lp)	Rock & Roll Survival
b.	Coral (Germany) COPS- 6219 (lp)	Good Old Rock 'N' Roll
	1976
c.	MCA (Germany) 6. 22455 (lp)	We Like Rock 'N' Roll
	1977
d.	MCA Coral (England) CDLM 8049 (lp)	Non-Stop Rock 'N' Roll
	1979
e.	Warwick WW 5060 (lp)	Rockabilly Dynamite
	1981
f.	MFP 50466 (lp)	Rockin'
	1983
g.	Franklin Mint FMRS-CW- 053 (lp)	Rockabilly
	1985
h.	Roller Coaster 2008 (lp)	Roller Coaster Rockers, Vol. 1
	1988
i.	DOJO DOJL- 5009 (lp)	Rock-A-Hula-Bop
	1991
j.	Blast Fire 2LP (lp)	Chrome, Smoke & Fire: A Compilation Of Hot Rod Music By Robt. Williams
k.	Rhino R2 70741 (cd)	Rock This Town: Rockabilly Hits, Vol. 1
	1992
l.	MSIF 2001 (cd)	Roots Of Stray Cats, Vol. 1
	1993
m.	Jan/Star Club 33- 8047 (lp)	Juke-Box Favorites
	1994
n.	Go-Cat-Go 20691 (cd)	Best Of Rockabilly
o.	Island IR 145105 (cd)	Rock-A-Hula Bop
p.	MCA 11119 (cd)	Decca Rock & Roll Collection
q.	TVT 9446 (cd)	The Sullivan Years: Rock 'N' Roll Pioneers, 1955-1959
	1995
r.	Vladimir Twist VTR 6904 (lp)	Like Nothing Your Ears Have Ever Heard, Vol. 4
	1996
s.	MCA (Japan) MVCM 22064 (cd)	Rock Around The Clock: Decca/Coral/Brunswick
	1997
t.	Blend 6 (cd)	Best Of Blend Rock & Roll Collection, Vol. 6
u.	Sequel NEM 921 (cd)	Lotta Boppin': Roulette Rock & Roll Vol.4
v.	Vladimir Twist VTR 6911 (lp)	Like Nothing Your Ears Have Ever Heard, Vol. 11
	1999
w.	Jan/Star Club 1979/9911 (cd)	Star Club Records 20th Anniversary Sampler
x.	Roller Coaster RCCD 200 (cd)	Now Dig This: A Whole Lotta Roller Coaster Rockers
	2000
y.	Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55093 (cd)	Rockin' Cadillac
z.	Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55094 (cd)	Jukebox Rock
	2001
A.	Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55152 (cd)	Choo Choo Bop
B.	Cleopatra 1163 (cd)	Rock 'N' Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
	2002
C.	El Toro H- 100 (cd)	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Before Elvis
	2003
D.	Hydra BCK 27120 (cd)	The Legendary Cowboy Recordings, Vol. 2 / Bill Haley And Friends
	2004
E.	Now Dig This CMFCD 1042 (cd)	Well, Now Dig This
	Year Unknown
F.	Battle 300 (cd)	When Country Goes Boppin' And Jivin', Vol. 1
G.	Blazon 2009 (cd)	Sizzling Hillbilly Boogie, Vol. 9
H.	Charly PBX CD 345 (cd)	Rock The Joint

Acknowledgments: CMF Library, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Alex Frazer-Harrison, Chris Gardner, Christopher Gardner, D.M. Gregoire, Peter Grendysa, Jeroen Haagedoorn, Bernd Hermoneit, Conway Kehoe, Klaus Kettner, Stephan Koenig, Tom Krajina, Bernd Kratochwil, Kurt Krauter, Joe McCaig, Gerd Miller, Michel Proost, Rock & Roll Musik Magazin, Rockin' Bill, �ke Roos, John Spurling, Don Stilton, Perica Sucevic, Svein Arne Vikesdal, Joe Wajgel, Peter van Wilsem, Bjorn Witlox, eBay, unknown source

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