Haley was blinded in his left eye as a child due to a botched operation. According to biographer John Swenson, Haley later adopted his distinctive spit-curl hairstyle to distract attention from his blind eye. The spit-curl caught on as a 50's style signature, although Haley and others had worn the hairstyle much earlier.
In 1946, Haley joined his first professional group, a Pennsylvania-based western swing band called The Down Homers run by Kenny Roberts. It has often been reported in musical reference works that Haley's first professional recordings were made with the Down Homers on a pair of singles released in 1946 by Vogue Records. This was later debunked by Roberts and others, stating Haley had already left the group by the time the singles were made. In the early 2000s, however, a set of 1946 radio recordings by the Down Homers were discovered and Haley is definitely present as he is identified by name and sings a solo number "She Taught Me to Yodel"; these recordings were commercially released for the first time in 2006.
After gaining experience with the Down Homers, Haley set out on his own, forming several groups such as the Range Drifters and the Four Aces of Western Swing. With the Four Aces, he made a number of regionally successful country music singles in the late 1940s for Cowboy Records while working as a touring musician and later a radio DJ at WPWA. (Many of Haley's early recordings from this period would not be released until after his death.) After disbanding the Four Aces and briefly trying a solo career using the names Jack Haley and Johnny Clifton (as chronicled in the biography Sound and Glory), Haley formed a new group called The Saddlemen in either 1949 or 1950 (sources vary as to the exact year); this new group recorded for several labels, including one single for Atlantic Records, Haley's first exposure to a major national record company. In 1951, Haley was signed to Dave Miller's Philadelphia-based Holiday Records and began to change musical styles, recording cover versions of "Rocket "88"" (previously recorded by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats), and in, 1952, "Rock the Joint", previously recorded by several bands including Jimmy Preston and His Prestonians. (By the time of "Rock the Joint", Haley had graduated from Holiday Records to Miller's larger Essex label.) The relative success of these recordings (both sold in the 75,000-100,000 copy range in the Pennsylvania-New England region) convinced Haley that his new and as-yet officially unnamed hybrid of country and rhythm and blues could be a commercial success.and some of his family lives in oklahoma and there is a road named after his family.
Rockin' Rollin' Rover
Bill Haley Lyrics
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Duro toda la noche en
El piso por dentro te
Kiero comer bien por
Dentrooooo tambien
Que lo que tu traes
Por dentrooo Chica
Yo te kiero conocer
Porque eres hermosa
Y es para darte un
Besooooooooooo es que tu me gustas me tienes loco por tocarte todo aaaaaa yo te kiero para mi porque tu eres solo para mi para nadie mas tu eres sola para mi Te veo y me vuelvo loco Por su elegante presencia Que me domina poco a poco Dándome la necesaria potencia Para sentir en mi cuerpo el provoco Que le da a mi amor la esencia Mucho más que el sumo del coco Es ella, más innovadora que la ciencia Me siento feliz cuando en ella me enfoco Me quita lo poco que tengo de demencia Porque es un placer estar a su lado en la cama Gracias a la consecuencia De en mi camino haberla encontrado Y no por coincidencia Sino por lo que quería se ha realizado Dándome una tranquila paciencia
Chica yo vengo a darte
I have come to give you pleasure, my dear
Duro toda la noche en
I want to rock you all night long
El piso por dentro te
I want to feel your rhythm, your beat
Kiero comer bien por
I want to devour your sweetness
Dentrooooo tambien
Inside and out, I want it all
Que lo que tu traes
What you bring to the table
Por dentrooo Chica
Inside, my dear
Yo te kiero conocer
I want to know you
Toda por dentro
All of you, inside and out
Porque eres hermosa
Because you are beautiful
Y es para darte un
And that's why I want to give you
Besooooooooooo
A big kiss
Es que tu me gustas me tienes loco por tocarte todo aaaaaa
I like you so much, you drive me crazy, I want to touch every inch of you
Yo te kiero para mi porque tu eres solo para mi para nadie mas tu eres sola para mi
I want you for myself because you belong to me and no one else, you are mine
Te veo y me vuelvo loco
I see you and I go crazy
Por su elegante presencia
Because of your elegant presence
Que me domina poco a poco
That slowly dominates me
Dándome la necesaria potencia
Giving me the necessary power
Para sentir en mi cuerpo el provoco
To feel the sexual tension in my body
Que le da a mi amor la esencia
That gives my love its essence
Mucho más que el sumo del coco
Much more than coconut juice
Es ella, más innovadora que la ciencia
She is more innovative than science
Me siento feliz cuando en ella me enfoco
I feel happy when I focus on her
Me quita lo poco que tengo de demencia
She takes away my little bit of craziness
Porque es un placer estar a su lado en la cama
Because it's a pleasure to be by her side in bed
Gracias a la consecuencia
Thanks to the consequence
De en mi camino haberla encontrado
Of having found her on my path
Y no por coincidencia
And not by coincidence
Sino por lo que quería se ha realizado
But because what I wanted has been fulfilled
Dándome una tranquila paciencia
Giving me a calm patience
Writer(s): J. Leslie Mcfarland
Contributed by Jason R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@Chimbo65
Thanks for posting this.Good to hear again.
It´s from 1957 by the way,not 1955.
@ledcardoso
Yes, 1957
@Stefan_der_Oberfranke
Hi, you look so funny. Who are you?
@ledcardoso
I have this vinyl compact.
@charlestrimble1281
To Joy (abc "the 'view') With 💘.