Bill Haley & His Comets discography

Bill Haley & His Comets recorded many singles and albums. The following list references only their original release and generally does not include compilation albums (with a few exceptions) or single reissues. This list does not include releases on which the Comets worked as session musicians, and primarily focuses on releases during Haley's lifetime.

Albums

Live albums

Notable compilations

Other

Singles

As Bill Haley & the Saddlemen (and variations of the name)

Note: Haley recorded several singles with other groups prior to the Saddlemen that are not listed here.

1950

1951

1952

As Bill Haley & His Comets (and name variations thereof)

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1968

1970

1971

1978

1979

1980

Unreleased recordings

As with Elvis Presley and other contemporaries of the 1950s, a large stock of previously unreleased recordings by Bill Haley exist and have been released periodically in the years following his death. Many of these are early country and western tracks recorded as demos or, for some reason, unreleased. However, occasionally tracks from the 1950s and 1960s have emerged, as have live recordings. Since the early 1990s several European labels have released a number of previously unreleased recordings, including Hydra Records, Rollercoaster Records, Rockstar Records, Buddah Records, and Bear Family Records.

Notable discoveries that have been commercially released have included:

A number of recordings exist in the hands of private collectors and remain to be commercially released, including a number of privately made live recordings of several 1960s and 1970s concerts, and a number of rehearsal recordings from 1960. To date, however, no one has discovered any alternative takes of any of Haley's most famous recordings of the 1950s, in particular "Rock Around the Clock" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll".

Later Comets recordings

Several of the post-Haley contingents of Comets had their own single and album releases:

The group has also appeared as guest stars on a number of other recordings by Andy Lee Lang, Schurli Weiss and others.

Chart positions (US and UK)

1953

1954

1955

American chart toppers (Top 100)

British chart toppers (Top 20)

Mexico, India, and Australia

In addition, Bill Haley and the Comets also scored chart hits in Latin America, Mexico, and India during the period 1961–1966 with recordings such as "Twist Español", "Florida Twist", "Spanish Twist", "Caravan Twist", and "Land of a Thousand Dances". Reportedly, "Chick Safari", a 1960 recording, reached the No. 1 position on the Indian musical charts. Both the single "Florida Twist" and the Twist LP Record went to No. 1 in Mexico.

Based on the Billboard Hits of the World chart, Bill Haley and the Comets had the following chart hits in Mexico and India in 1962:

In 1964, "Rock Around the Clock" on the Festival label reached no. 8 on the Australian chart:

References

  1. ↑ "Week ending JUNE 27, 1953". Cashboxmagazine.com. 1953-06-27. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  2. ↑ "10.2011". Cashboxmagazine.com. 1955-11-26. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  3. ↑ Song artist 114 - Bill Haley & his Comets.
  4. ↑ "Cash Box Top Singles 11/19/55". Cashboxmagazine.com. 1955-11-19. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  5. ↑ Billboard, June 13, 1964, Hits of the World chart, Australia.
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