THE COMETS : 2012 INDUCTEES ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!

Franny Beecher, Danny Cedrone, Joey D’Ambrosio (aka Joey Ambrose), Johnny Grande, Ralph Jones, Marshall Lytle, Rudy Pompilli, Al Rex, Dick Richards, Billy Williamson are the COMETS who were just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! We're linking to their bio on that site, which has plentiful information for you to read.

"Rock Around the Clock" has become a rock and roll classic that defines a time in the 1950's when we went to diners where the waitresses came out to the cars to take you order and deliver your order - burgers - shakes - on rollerskates. They were the first rock and rollers I ever heard. This historical music video is about the "confusion" some people had about the new music they were hearing on the radio...

(305) SONG WRITERS HALL OF FAME ORG & BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS

Link here to the SONG WRITERS HALL OF FAME Museum ! Now the era that we're writing about is ROCK n ROLL, under the category 1955 to present which is a long, long time.

The beginning of this online article mentions Bill Haley and the Comets, who we haven't blogged about before... there is a wealth of information on this link, including dozens of profiles of inductees...

But Bill Haley and the Comet's song "Rock Around the Clock" was the first rock and roll song I ever heard! And yes, I think it was at one of those drive in diners!

This YouTuber presented a video of the group on the Ed Sullivan show. Would you believe we did not have a television set? We couldn't get reception in the Smokey Mountains ...