Bill Haley and his Comets

Bill Haley and his Comets biography

Based on the Billboard Hits of the World chart, Bill Haley and the Comets had the following chart hits in Mexico and India in 1962:

  • "Florida Twist", #3, Mexico, Billboard Hits of the World, April 28, 1962
  • "Caravan Twist", #5, Mexico, Billboard Hits of the World, April 28, 1962
  • "Spanish Twist", #3, India, Billboard Hits of the World, June 30, 1962

Sources

  • Jim Dawson, Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution! (San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2005)
  • John W. Haley and John von Hoelle, Sound and Glory (Wilmington, DE: Dyne-American, 1990)
  • John Swenson, Bill Haley (London: W.H. Allen, 1982)
  • Discography information from Bill Haley Central and Bill Haley & His Comets, etc.: A Discography, an unpublished reference work by Herbert Kamitz.
  • What Was The First Rock'N'Roll Record? ISBN 0-571-12939-0 (paper)
  • Rock File no 4 - Panther Books Ltd., Great Britain, 1st Pub. 1976. (ISBN unavailable). ISBN possibly (0?)-586-04370-5.
  • Billboard magazine.
  • Cash Box magazine.

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