July 6 - Bill Haley (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 6th are here: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (2019), Claude-Michel Schönberg (2020), Hanns Eisler (2021), and Alberto Nepomuceno (2022)

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Bill Haley (6 July 1925 – 9 February 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making the Break: Two Limericks on Bill Haley

"Rock Around the Clock" is commonly used as a convenient line of demarcation between the "rock era" and the music industry that preceded it. With the song's success, the age of rock music began overnight and ended the dominance of the jazz and pop standards. – adapted from Wikipedia

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It’s been said, and perhaps it is right,

That music was changed overnight.

By the visceral shock

Of his rock and roll clock,

And the passions his songs could ignite.

(2)

Bill Haley’s success took control

Of the musical scene as a whole,

As he and his crop

Brought a new kind of pop,

Which was given the name rock and roll.

 

 

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