In late 1954, Haley and His The Comets appeared in a short subject entitled Round Up of Rhythm, performing three songs.
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Bill Haley and the Comets performed "Rock Around the Clock" in an a cappella and a lip-synched version on the NBC television program Texaco Star Theater hosted by Milton Berle on May 31,1955.
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In 1966, the Comets cut an album for Orfeon as session musicians for Big Joe Turner, who had always been an idol to Haley; no joint performance of "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was recorded, however.
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In 1968, Haley and the Comets recorded a single for the United Artists label, a version of Tom T Hall's "That's How I Got to Memphis", but no long-term association with the label resulted.
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In November 1979, Haley and the Comets performed for Queen Elizabeth II, a moment Haley considered the proudest of his career.
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In 1980, Bill Haley and His The Comets toured South Africa, but Haley's health was failing, and it was reported that he had a brain tumor.
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In June 2005, Bill Haley And His The Comets were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
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The Comets placed their handprints in cement; a space was left blank for Haley.
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Several short-lived Comets reunions were attempted in the 1970s and 1980s, including one contingent that appeared on The Tomorrow Show, and another run by an Elvis Presley impersonator, Joey Rand.
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The Comets has since pastored churches and produced his own saxophone instrumental albums.
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Meanwhile, the John Lane edition of Bill Haley's The Comets recorded an album in Tennessee in early 2006, which has yet to be released.
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John "Bam-Bam" Lane died on February 18,2007 but his edition of Bill Haley's The Comets is expected to continue touring, with the 2006 recordings to be released in Lane's memory.
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The Comets will join the New Comets during their Remember Bill Haley Tour 2011 with Haley's daughter Gina Haley.
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The Comets was born Richard Marley Boccelli on February 12,1924, in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.
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