* 1921 – Alex Haley, American historian ( d. 1992 )

Part of the large Haley Ranch, founded by the father of Texas historian J. Evetts Haley, is in Winkler County, with another portion in neighboring Loving County.

Part of the Haley Ranch, founded by the father of Texas historian J. Evetts Haley, is in Loving County, with another portion in neighboring Winkler County.

* J. Evetts Haley, historian and political activist, operated a ranch in Hutchinson County in the 1930s

The historian J. Evetts Haley ran for governor in 1956 with a threat that if elected he would " lock up " Parr.

J. Evetts Haley, historian of the American West, once owned a ranch near Sequoyah.

* J. Evetts Haley, historian of the American West, lived in Canyon and later Midland

Texas historian J. Evetts Haley ran in the primary to the political right of both Daniel and Yarborough but polled few votes.

During this time too, the historian J. Evetts Haley ran for governor of Texas on a staunchly conservative platform, but the office went to Marion Price Daniel, Sr ..

* J. Evetts Haley, historian and political activist

In 1936, the historian and political activist J. Evetts Haley organized at the Adolphus his third party, the " Jeffersonian Democrats of Texas ", to oppose within Texas the reelection of U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom Haley considered a socialist.

One panel, entitled " The Chroniclers ", depicts historian J. Evetts Haley, William Curry Holden, Tom Lea, and John A. Lomax gathered around a blazing campfire.

Also in the 1956 Democratic primary was a flamboyant former Republican, the historian J. Evetts Haley, who pledged to support segregation, remove price controls from natural gas, and halt the activities of South Texas political boss George Parr of Duval County.

Haley researched African village customs, slave-trading and the history of African Americans in America — including a visit to the griot ( oral historian ) of his ancestor's African village.

Research conducted by Haley historian Chris Gardner for a February 2006 article on Pompilli for Now Dig This magazine resulted in no evidence being found that Pompilli performed on the Marterie's version of " Crazy Man, Crazy ".

* J. Evetts Haley, historian of the American West, political activist

In recent years, Haley Barbour, Howard Dean, John McCain, James Carville, Cokie Roberts, Chris Matthews, Ellen Sauerbrey, Donna Shalala, Eugene McCarthy, Cornel West, Birch Bayh, Gary Hart, Richard Lugar, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Karl Rove have appeared on campus.

During research for an article on the 30th anniversary of Pompilli's death, researcher Chris Gardner uncovered documents that showed Pompilli was actually born in 1924, not 1926 as had commonly been believed ( like Haley, Pompilli also shaved two years off his age ).

He has also recorded and or performed with Dewey Redman, Ursus Minor ( with Tony Hymas, Jef Lee Johnson, François Corneloup, Jeff Beck, Boots Riley and Dead Prez ), Bill Carrothers, Anthony Cox, Atmosphere, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Benoît Delbecq, Django Bates, Meat Beat Manifesto, Craig Taborn's Junk Magic, Tchad Blake, Tony Platt, Mason Jennings, Haley Bonar, Wendy Lewis, Chris Morissey, Peter Lang, and Craig Green among others.

The young Neil and Chris ( Nicholas and Jonathan Haley ) look in a Victorian era Mutoscope and see a short bedroom farce: a slapstick performance featuring a squire ( Chris Lowe ) and a butler ( Neil Tennant ) making advances to a French maid ( Barbara Windsor ).

The inability of the early photograph to record a moving object lead to the practice of recreating scenes of battle, such as in the work of both Haley Sims and Alexander Gardner.

Notable examples of such releases include the albums Golden Country Origins by Grassroots Records of Australia and Hillbilly Haley by the British label, Rollercoaster, as well as the aforementioned German release by Hydra Records.

An almost completely new group of musicians, mostly British-including Pete Thomas ( saxophonist )-were assembled to perform as The Comets, and Haley appeared on many television shows as well as in the movie Blue Suede Shoes, filmed at one of his London concerts in March 1979.

* Assorted demos and alternate takes from the Decca and Warner Bros. era from the period 1958 – 1961, as well as additional alternate takes and unreleased tracks from the various labels Haley recorded with in the mid-1960s ( The Decca Years and More box set ( Bear Family, 1991 ) and The Warner Brothers Years and More box set ( Bear Family, 1999 ); and

The pilot was entitled Oh No, Not Them !, and featured Nigel Planer from the original series, as well as Jackie Earle Haley and Robert Bundy.

However this rumor was later debunked by surviving members of the Down Homers as well as Haley researchers.

In their introduction, the authors claim that since the modern definition of rock ' n ' roll was set by disc jockey Alan Freed's use of the term in his groundbreaking The Rock and Roll Show on New York's WINS in late 1954, as well as at his Rock and Roll Jubilee Balls at St. Nicholas Arena in January 1955, they chose to judge their candidates according to the music Freed spotlighted: R & B combos, black vocal groups, honking saxophonists, blues belters, and several white artists playing in the authentic R & B style ( Bill Haley, Elvis Presley ).

Crouch has criticised, among others, author Alex Haley, the author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots: The Saga of an American Family ; community leader Al Sharpton ; filmmaker Spike Lee ; scholar Cornel West playwright Amiri Baraka ; as well as Tupac Shakur, in reference to whom he wrote " what dredged-up scum you are willing to pay for is what scum you get, on or off stage.

The film stars Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano and Brian Haley, as well as twins Adam and Jacob Worton as Baby Bink.

Incumbent Democrat Ronnie Musgrove faced Republican challenger Haley Barbour as well as the Constitution Party's John Thomas Cripps, the Green Party's Sherman Lee Dillon, and the Reform Party's Shawn O ' Hara.

Nonetheless, rumors of a 1953 demo recording by Haley persist to this day, although surviving members of the Comets deny this, as did Haley himself ( quoted in the Swenson biography ) ; a late-1960s bootleg single of the Decca Records version of " Rock Around the Clock ", with " Crazy Man, Crazy " on the B-side and carrying the Essex label, occasionally turns up for sale with the claim that it is the demo version.

The tour was critically lambasted, but surviving recordings of a performance in Johannesburg show Haley in good spirits and good voice.

Bill Haley and His Comets have also been inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and, in July 2005, the surviving members of the 1954 – 55 Comets ( see below ) represented Haley when Bill Haley and His Comets were inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk, a ceremony also attended by Haley's second wife and youngest daughter.

The surviving original members of Bill Haley & His Comets have recorded and performed several of Prima's songs since the mid-1990s, most notably " Buona Sera ", which they dedicate to Prima's memory.

Category: Bill Haley & His Comets members

Despite not being members of Bill Haley and His Comets, Gussak and Cedrone were trusted session players that Haley had used before.

Although several members of the Comets became famous, Bill Haley remained the star.

The original members of this group were Haley, pianist and accordion player Johnny Grande and steel guitarist Billy Williamson.

Members of The Comets were commissioned to work as session musicians on many of these recordings, many of which were written or co-written by Haley and / or members of The Comets.

Nonetheless, according to the Haley News fan club newsletter and the Haley biography Sound and Glory, planned concerts such as a fall 1980 tour of Germany, and proposed recording sessions in New York and Memphis were cancelled — including a potential reunion with past members of the Comets — and Haley returned to his home in Harlingen, Texas where he died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack on February 9, 1981.

Both Rappa and Lane's bands have, from time to time, recruited other former Comets for their line-ups ( for example, in 2005, Rappa joined forces with Joey Welz ), but for the most part the bandleaders are the only regular members who have worked with Bill Haley directly.

In March and July 2005, the members of the 1954 – 55 group, now billed as simply The Comets after decades of controversy over the use of the name, made several high-profile concert appearances in New York City and Los Angeles organized by Martin Lewis as part of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of rock and roll, the release of Blackboard Jungle, the 50th anniversary of " Rock Around the Clock " hitting Number 1, and the 80th birthday of Bill Haley.

Original members John Richardson and Mick Clarke, along with ex-Kinks keyboardist Mark Haley, feature with Alan Williams in his band.

Heather Williams, Haley Williams and Bailee Reed were selected as All Star Cast and all 8 members of the chorus were presented with an Honorable Mention All Star Cast Award.

Prior to this group's formation, another group called The Kingsmen operated in 1958 and was made up of members of Bill Haley & His Comets who were moonlighting from their regular work with Haley.

Bill Haley & His Comets ' cover version of the song, recorded on July 7, 1954 ( three weeks after Turner's version first topped the R & B charts ), featured the following members of the Comets: Johnny Grande ( piano ), Billy Williamson ( steel guitar ), Marshall Lytle ( bass ), and Joey Ambrose ( saxophone ).