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Bill Haley's place in rock 'n' roll history hardly needs underlining, but suffice to say that his landmark No. 1 hit with "Rock Around The Clock" in 1955 was one of the most significant records in pop history, identified as the record which properly ignited the rock 'n' roll explosion, although he had already had a significant hit with "Crazy Man Crazy". Even before then, he had paid his dues as a country artist with his groups The Four Aces Of Western Swing and The Saddlemen, and having made his worldwide breakthrough with his band The Comets, he went on to have a string of memorable rock 'n' roll hits on both sides of the Atlantic through the 1950s. This great-value 57-track collection features all those hits, including the Top 10 classics "See You Later Alligator", "Shake Rattle And Roll", "Razzle Dazzle", "Rip It Up", "Don't Knock The Rock" and others. Alongside those hits are selected A & B sides from his singles from his early career on the Holiday, Cowboy, Center and Essex labels with The Four Aces Of Western Swing, Johnny Clifton & His String Band, Reno Browne & Her Buckaroos and Bill Haley and the Saddlemen, and from his Decca and Warner Bros. Singles with The Comets through to the dawn of the new decade. It's an entertaining and substantial showcase for a hugely significant artist during the time he made such a dramatic impact on the world of pop.
Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals - Bill Haley
Candy Kisses - Bill Haley
Loveless Blues - Johnny Clifton & His String Band
Sweet Little Girl from Nevada - Reno Browne & Her Buckaroos
Rocket 88 - Bill Haley and the Saddleman
Juke Box Cannonball - Bill Haley and the Saddleman
Rock the Joint - Bill Haley and the Saddleman
Rocking Chair on the Moon - Bill Haley and the Saddleman
Real Rock Drive
Crazy, Man, Crazy
What'cha Gonna Do
Pat-A-Cake
Live It Up
I'll Be True
Chattanooga Choo Choo
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)
Shake, Rattle and Roll
A.B.C. Boogie
Dim, Dim the Lights
Happy Baby
Mambo Rock
Birth of the Boogie
Razzle Dazzle
Two Hound Dogs
Burn That Candle
Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie
See You Later, Alligator
The Paper Boy
R-O-C-K
The Saints Rock 'N' Roll
Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
Rockin' Thru the Rye
Rip It Up
Teenager's Mother
Rudy's Rock
Blue Comet Blues
Don't Knock the Rock
Choo Choo Ch'boogie
Hook Line and Sinker
Forty Cups of Coffee
(You Hit the Wrong Note) Billy Goat
Miss You
The Dipsy Doodle
How Many
It's a Sin
Skinny Minnie
Lean Jean
Whoa Mabel
Corrine Corrina
I Got a Woman
A Fool Such As I
Caldonia
Joey's Song
Skokiaan
Strictly Instrumental
Tamiami
