Bill Haley - Rock'n Roll Stage Show ( 1956 )

 

Track listing

1. "Calling All Comets" (Bill Haley, Milt Gabler, Rudy Pompilli)
2. "Rockin' Thru the Rye" (Bill Haley, Milt Gabler, Rusty Keefer, Catherine Cafra)
3. "A Rockin' Little Tune" (Johnny Grande, Billy Williamson)
4. "Hide and Seek" (Paul Winley, Ethel Byrd)
5. "Hey Then, There Now" (Rudy Pompilli, Ralph Jones)
6. "Goofin' Around" (Franny Beecher, Johnny Grande)
7. "Hook, Line and Sinker" (Bill Haley, Edward A. Khoury, Ronnie Bonner)
8. "Rudy's Rock" (Bill Haley, Rudy Pompilli)
9. "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (Milt Gabler, Denver Darling, Vaughn Horton)
10. "Blue Comet Blues" (Franny Beecher, Al Rex)
11. "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy" (Bill Haley)
12. "Tonight's the Night" (Bill Haley, Catherine Cafra)

Personnel

• Bill Haley – rhythm guitar, vocals on 2 7 9 11
• Franny Beecher – lead guitar, vocal on 5 12
• Billy Williamson – steel guitar, vocal on 4 5 12
• Johnny Grande – piano, accordion on 3
• Al Rex – double bass, vocal on 5 12
• Ralph Jones – drums
• Rudy Pompilli - tenor saxophone

Bill Haley and his Comets - Rock Around the Clock ( 1955 )

 

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock Around the Clock"	James E. Myers, Max C. Freedman	2:08
2.	"Shake, Rattle and Roll"	Jesse Stone	2:31
3.	"A.B.C. Boogie"	Al Russel, Max Spickol	2:29
4.	"Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)"	Dickie Thompson	2:53
5.	"Razzle-Dazzle"	Charles E. Calhoun	2:43
6.	"Two Hound Dogs"	Bill Haley, Frank Pingatore	2:59
7.	"Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)"	Beverly Ross, Julius Dixon	2:31
8.	"Happy Baby"	Frank Pingatore	2:36
9.	"Birth Of The Boogie"	Haley, Billy Williamson, Johnny Grande	2:15
10.	"Mambo Rock"	Bix Reichner, Mildred Phillips and Jimmy Ayre	2:38
11.	"Burn That Candle"	Winfield Scott	2:46
12.	"Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie"	Haley	2:21

Personnel

• Bill Haley – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Danny Cedrone – lead guitar on 1-4
• Franny Beecher – lead guitar on 5-12
• Billy Williamson – steel guitar
• Johnny Grande – piano
• Marshall Lytle – double bass on 1-10
• Billy Gussak – drums on 1, 4-8
• Joey d'Ambrosio – tenor saxophone on 1-10

Additional personnel

• Panama Francis or Billy Gussak – drums on 2, 3
• Al Rex – double bass on 11, 12
• Cliff Leeman – drums on 9-12
• Rudy Pompilli – tenor saxophone on 11, 12
• Dick Richards - triangle on 3; tom toms on 9; backing vocals on 2, 5, 6

Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock with Bill Haley and the Comets ( 1954 )

 

Personnel

The Comets

• Bill Haley – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Billy Williamson – steel guitar
• Johnny Grande – piano; organ on 11
• Marshall Lytle – double bass
• Dick Richards - backing vocals on 9 11

Additional musicians

• Danny Cedrone – lead guitar on 1 2 4 6 12
• Art Ryerson - lead guitar on 3 5 7 8 9 10 11
• Billy Gussak – drums on 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
• Cliff Leeman - drums on 11
• Tony Lance - baritone saxophone on 3 9 11
• Dave Miller - clapboard on 11, backing vocals on 7 

Note: no drums were used on tracks 1, 2, 12. According to the Haley biography Sound and Glory by John W. Haley and John von Hoelle (Dyne-American, 1990), numerous other individuals participated on backing vocals on 7, including record executive Jerry Blaine.

Track listing

1. "Rock the Joint" (Harry Crafton, Wendell Keane, Harry Bagby)
2. "Rockin' Chair on the Moon" (Bill Haley, Harry Broomall)
3. "Farewell, So Long, Goodbye" (Bill Haley)
4. "Real Rock Drive" (Bill Haley)
5. "Fractured" (Bill Haley, Marshall Lytle)
6. "Stop Beatin' Round the Mulberry Bush" (Bickley Reichner, Clay Boland)
7. "Crazy Man Crazy" (Bill Haley)
8. "Pat-a-Cake" (Billy Williamson, Bill Haley)
9. "Live It Up" (Bill Haley)
10. "What'cha Gonna Do" (Bill Haley)
11. "I'll Be True" (William McLemore)
12. "Dance with a Dolly" (Terry Shand, Jimmy Eaton, Mickey Leader)