Still Rockin' Around The Clock: My Life in Rock n' Roll's First Super Group, Bill Haley and The Comets
ClearysNoteBook (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
By Sara Martino Dennis and Tammy Galligan were seeking a new venture when they noticed that the property at 200 S. Broadway was for sale. Not really knowing what a gold mind they were landing,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
New York - Fats Domino, who turns 80 on Tuesday, came within a hair of losing his life in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Rescued by helicopter as the flood waters reached the roof of his house in New Orleans, the legendary blues singer and rock ...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" and "Hound Dog" inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of Giddy Up A Ding Dong and Hound Dog inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
LAS VEGAS - Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" and "Hound Dog" inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.Bell died late Sunday in a Las Vegas hospital of complications from cancer, said his publicist Norm Johnson.Bell was performing at the Sands casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
LAS VEGAS -- Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" and "Hound Dog" inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.
SongsWithoutWhich (Free subscription) | 02/01/2008
Back in the day, music was simple to understand. Your grandparents simply had "music," which usually referred to Brylreemed crooners singing the sort of song that brought to mind cardigans, hot chocolate and a crackling fire. After Bill Haley there was "music" and there was "rock 'n roll." Bob Dylan popped up and we had to add "folk." Someone paid attention to...
Time Has Told Me (Free subscription) | 11/16/2007
Tom Russell " Hotwalker " 2005 brujo said... Hi here is one from Tom Russell you may enjoy (Hot Walker) Songwriter Tom Russell has long been possessed by the ghosts and places of history, big and small, from William Faulkner and outlaw Claude Dallas to Jack Johnson, Little Willie John and Bill Haley , from Manzanar to Begenfield. There are also dozens of nameless, faceless denizens barely...
iLounge (Free subscription) | 11/15/2007
Music uplifts, inspires, commiserates, and comforts. In fact, the ability to create -- and enjoy -- music is one of the supreme marks of our humanity, setting us firmly in a special place above the rest of the animal kingdom. Music has charms to soothe a savage breast. If music be the food of love, play on. Let's face the music and dance. Blah blah blah high-toned introduction blah blah blah.Anyway,...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 10/24/2007
It quickly toped the R&B charts, but it's probably best remembered for the rendition by Bill Haley and his Comets. While I enjoy Haley's take, there's just no comparing his teenage friendly cover to Turner's obscene and highly explicit original. The latter's voice oozes soulful seduction. I probably won't even let me daughter listen to it until she's at least thirty because the tune's baby-making...
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