Now that the dust has settled what do we think about him? and please don’t comment on his lazy eye, his alcoholism, his weight, or his un gentlemanly qualities
Rock Around The Clock [KRB, 1998]Fat (pudgy), old (30), spitcurl (so?), poor Bill Haley doesn't get any respect. And for sure you can skip his "Rip It Up" and "Apple Blossom Time." But they're not here. Instead what you get is a conception of rock-and-roll so square no one has dared imitate it, although Brian Setzer is certainly due to try. And you can as yet feel in your bones how "Rock Around The Clock" could change the world. A
My grandpa loved him so I like him by extension
He was blinded in one eye thanks to medical malpractice when he was a child.
>>130520853>and "Apple Blossom Time."how odd to mention an obscure track like that. it's from that album of standards covers they did which almost nobody knows existed.
Great stuff. Yeah, it all doesn't hold up. Some of it is very repetitive. It's dated. BUT you can hear where the influences of what turned into rock and roll in his music.
>>130524084He stole all that shit from Jigaboo Jimmy
>>130519943Had the best of the three versions of "40 Cups of Coffee."
>>130524188>He stole all that shit from Jigaboo JimmyIf it saved the world from the likes of Steve Lawrence, it was totally worth it.
>>130524213https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDKfP-gme74From the sound of it it seems like he heard Ella Mae Morse's version rather than the Danny Overbea original.
>>130524213And that's not even on >>130520853. Nuts to whoever did this comp.
>>130519943poor mf-er died a literally insane recluse
