Early life and career Haley was born William John Clifton Haley (some sources append "Junior" to his name, but his eldest son states that this is erroneous) in Highland Park, Michigan and raised in Pennsylvania. Many sources (almost universally predating his death in 1981) state that Haley was born in 1927, which is due to Haley knocking two years off his age for publicity purposes in the 1950s. A few recent sources erroneously give a birth year of 1924. 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.
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Bill Haley
ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE
Bill Haley & His Comets
ROCK !!, ROCK !!, ROCK, EVERYBODY !!
ROLL !!, ROLL !!, ROLL, EVERYBODY !!
ROCK !!, ROCK !!, ROCK, EVERYBODY !!
ROLL !!, ROLL !!, ROLL, EVERYBODY !!
ROCK !!, ROCK !!, ROCK, EVERYBODY !!
ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE BEAT !!
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YOU TAKE A ROCK !! YOU TAKE A BEAT !!
YOU TAKE A BOOGIE !! YOU MAKE IT SWEET !!
YOU TAKE A ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE,
ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE BEAT !!
WELL !, THE ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE, B. O. O. G. I. E. !!
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WELL !, ROCKIN' TO THE RYTHM OF THE ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE
DANCIN' TO THE RYTHM OF THE ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE
SHAKIN' TO THE RYTHM OF THE ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE
JUMPIN' TO THE RYTHM OF THE ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE
ROMPIN' TO THE RYHTM OF THE ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE
B. O. O. G. I. E. !!!
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YOU GOTTA JUMP !! YOU GOTTA JIVE !!
YOU GOTTA DANCE !! TO BE ALIVE !!
YOU DO THE ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE,
ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE BEAT !!
ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE, B. O. O. G. I. E !!
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From: "Johnny Clara"