Bill Haley's original Comets - Birth Of The Boogie

[radiotubes]

Go man Go !!!! Whoopie!!!!

[hotdog4sex]

the drumer man sang Well now dig this..in Jodimars

hardest song ever

[overnutts]

omg!!! god bless these guys..im 30 and would give my right arm to see these guys.when i was in iraq i would play rock around the clock lol god bless

[pingfore100]

the best my dad wrote for them!

[ginger1959able]

Bills legacy in the safest hands possible the irrepressible one and only THE COMETS

[mr62val]

fantastic well done fellahs, hope ya grandkids have inherited your talent & ear to carry on this fab. beat

[ginger1959able]

Sublime rock and roll at its best played by the first family of ROCK AND ROLL

[whitefalcon64]

Hey folks, no matter the age when you are talented. Not in vane, they were the fathers of modern music. Long live to the Comets

[elvischevy]

the drummers 1st class beat keeps the comets super to dance to , fab

[leafygreens623]

Dick Richards. He's a genius.

[surfrider1962]

The young guys :-) who sang during their tour in Germany were Marshall Lytle, Jaco Buddin and Dick Richards (leaving his drums to Buddin)...

If you want to know more about the Bill Haley Saga and History, you can consult a lot pages in my skynetblog Tribute to The Beatles (!) because of the connection between Macca and a tune "Clarabella" recorded by The Jodimars.

Most of the articles are written in French and English speakings...So, enjoy!

[surfrider1962]

Is there anybody (Mexican?) who knows more about the mariachis which accompanied Bill during his exile in Mexico from 1961 to 1966?

As for me, there were some of THE VARGAS (from Tecalitlán, Jalisco) as well as Pepe Villa (d.1986) from San Fernando.

Anyway, the Mexican period is much complicated

[surfrider1962]

On this video, only remain 2 of The Comets from 1954 to 1955 : Joey d'Ambrosio (sax) and Marshall Lytle [Tommy Page] (string bass). Dick Richards - drums - [Richard Boccelli]. The 3 last ones were THE JODIMARS. Johnny Grande died a few months ago aged 75. I don't know what became Francis Beecher and Jacko Buddin (from UK).

[surfrider1962]

No, sorry.

[surfrider1962]

Yes of course :-) but by now, I am not able to send you any mp3. A.S.A.P. OK?

[surfrider1962]

Something like Joey Van Welzant?

[surfrider1962]

Exactly,Joseph Wallace Welzant from Baltimore (USA)- the whistlin' piano man. The only tune I'm still holding is to me Joey's better one : The whistlin' man's boogie (Bat records, 1959).

[surfrider1962]

'Course I do. Why?

[surfrider1962]

Excellent video with Birth Of The Boogie.

Rock and roll for ever and ever...

S.K.

[gretscher]

The Original Comets are great. The guitarist is replacing Franny Beecher who retired from the road this year.  I'm not sure why the replacement guitarist is playing a Fender Strat solid body guitar instead of a hollowbody Gibson though, just doesn't look right or good or make sense. Why Andy the "second" guitarist when they were touring in 2006 is not their guitarist I don't know.

[kinkajou777]

It would be great if the Comets would come to perform in Chicago, IL!

[Kurrobilly]

They will play in the Rockin´race Jamboree, in Torremolinos, Málaga, Spain, the 9th of Febrero.

I can´t wait!!

[eli2lewy]

Thanks for this great video.Keep the boogie rockin'

[elvischevy]

marshall lytle on bass ,pretty good singer for a man in his 70s great bass player ,dick richards on drums he is 80old great drummer / i wonder what the rock stars of today will been doing when there that age

[Haleyzz]

Still as tight as ever the Comets....If any Elvis fans think there boy is the King..Just take a look at these guys!!

[puck30]

You are soo right about Elvis, he was great but he is gone! The Comets, Chuck Berry. Are still out on the road. And still great!

Thank you Nancy for the post!

[rikhull]

Still the Original King's Of Rock n' Roll !

[surfrider1962]

Bill haley is the undisputed king of r'n'r! Not only with RATC but also with with an unexpected #1 in Mexico (Florida Twist extracted from the album TWIST which was #1 as well and the most selling 45 records/LP in that country...