The Indispensable 1948-1961

Bill Haley was a pioneer and the first white musician _ no doubt one of the best _ to achieve success with a rock `n’ roll song: he’d already sold a million records a year before Elvis had his first hit. Bill Haley’s career as a country singer who went on to create rockabilly and moved into rock is detailed here by Bruno Blum. Often little-known, but always scattered here and there, the best recordings of Bill Haley, mostly known for his “Rock Around the Clock”, are all available here in this fundamental anthology. Patrick FREMEAUX