Bill Haley

William John Clifton Haley July 6 1925 February 9 1981 was an American rock and roll musician He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley His Comets and millionselling hits such as Rock Around the Clock See You Later Alligator Shake Rattle and Roll Rocket 88 Skinny Minnie and Razzle Dazzle Haley has sold over 60 million records worldwide In 1987 he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame