Very Best of [Import]

Bill Haley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Half Moon UK
• ASIN: B0000258FG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,759 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. We're Gonna Rock Around The Clock

2. Shake Rattle & Roll

3. Sway With Me

4. Choo Choo Ch'boogie

5. Rudy's Rock

6. Razzle Dazzle

7. Thirteen Women

8. Skinny Minnie

9. Saints Rock 'N' Roll

10. Burn That Candle

11. Joey's Song

12. Hook Line & Sinker

13. Birth Of The Boogie

14. Mambo Rock

15. Two Hound Dogs

16. Rock

17. Rip It Up

18. Don't Knock The Rock

19. Don't Nobody Move

20. Rockin' Through The Rye

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Hard to believe, but there's no good single-disc compilation of Bill's historic Decca sides Stateside, so this *28-track* import comes in handy, indeed! Includes (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock; Shake, Rattle and Roll; Dim, Dim the Lights; Burn That Candle; R-O-C-K; Razzle-Dazzle; Two Hound Dogs; Birth of the Boogie; Mambo Rock; Rudy's Rock; Don't Knock the Rock; See You Later, Alligator , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The man who brought rock'n'roll to the world, July 30, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

People will forever argue about when rock'n'roll really began and of course there is no clear answer to that question. What is not in dispute is that Bill Haley and the Comets had the first major international hit with a rock'n'roll record - the simple but immortal Rock around the clock. It wasn't actually his first big hit but its success in 1955 is generally regarded as officially marking the start of the rock'n'roll era.

Bill Haley's roots were in country music and he began his career as a country singer - however, he experimented in various ways, taking ideas from R+B music to make his music a little different. By the time he secured a recording contract, his style had evolved into what we now know as rock'n'roll. Bill was hugely popular for a brief period in 1955 and 1956, but as Elvis took over as the leading star of rock'n'roll, record buyers quickly lost interest in Bill's music.

Rock around the clock was the first record that Bill recorded but made little impact when first released. The follow-up, Shake rattle and roll, did much better (a top five UK hit in 1954). Subsequently, Rock around the clock was featured in the soundtrack of Blackboard jungle and was re-issued, this time becoming a number one hit in Britain and America. Bill had further international hits with Rock-a-beating boogie, See you later alligator, The saints rock'n'roll, Rocking through the rye, Rip it up and Don't knock the rock, though these records were generally more popular in Britain (where there was no obvious competitor) than in America (where there were plenty of other rock'n'roll acts emerging).

This compilation includes all of Bill's classic hits and the best of his other recordings.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Best of Bill Haley, January 29, 2009

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Bjorn Viberg (European Union) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Very Best of Bill Haley contains all his major hits like Rock around the clock, See you later Alligator and Shake, Rattle and Roll. In my opinion Bill Haley is like listening to a toned down Elvis. Elvis had better lyrics, a more varied sound and most of all he had better vocal skills. Many of these songs sound like different variations of the same melody and that gets tedious after a while. 2/5.