MUSICIAN

Bill Haley

1925 - 1981

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William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-selling hits such as "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later, Alligator", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Rocket 88", "Skinny Minnie", and "Razzle Dazzle". Haley has sold over 60 million records worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Haley has received more than 1,792,286 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Bill Haley is the 284th most popular musician (down from 213th in 2019), the 1,606th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,239th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Musician.

Bill Haley is most famous for his rock and roll song "Rock Around the Clock" which was released in 1954.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bill Haley ranks 284 out of 3,175. Before him are Art Blakey, Burt Bacharach, Michael Cretu, Mischa Maisky, Marilyn Manson, and Ian Curtis. After him are Sidney Bechet, Kirk Hammett, John Mayall, Eddie Cochran, Yanni, and Art Tatum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Bill Haley ranks 89. Before him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Harry Harrison, Gabriele Ferzetti, Sufi Abu Taleb, Paul Greengard, and Willi Herold. After him are Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Nicolai Gedda, Dettmar Cramer, Tom Gehrels, Hugo Koblet, and Sammy Davis Jr.. Among people deceased in 1981, Bill Haley ranks 42. Before him are Omar Torrijos, David Wechsler, Lobsang Rampa, Leo Kanner, Alberto Suppici, and Bill Shankly. After him are Lotte Lenya, Gyula Lóránt, Karl Richter, Stefan Wyszyński, Bernard Lee, and Rómulo Betancourt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Haley ranks 1,606 out of 20,380. Before him are James Ivory (1928), Beyoncé (1981), Steve Ditko (1927), Karen Grassle (1942), Barbara Hershey (1948), and Edgar Mitchell (1930). After him are James McKeen Cattell (1860), Robert B. Laughlin (1950), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), and Joseph Nye (1937).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bill Haley ranks 78. Before him are Paul Stanley (1952), J. J. Cale (1938), Charles Mingus (1922), Art Blakey (1919), Burt Bacharach (1928), and Marilyn Manson (1969). After him are Sidney Bechet (1897), Kirk Hammett (1962), Eddie Cochran (1938), Art Tatum (1909), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), and Jerry Reed (1937).

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