Haley, Comets featured in new DVD documentary

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Haley, Comets featured in new DVD documentary

POSTED: Feb. 4, 2008

A new documentary released on DVD this month turns the spotlight on the birth of rock and roll, and those who were there at the beginning.
Rock 'n' Roll is Born: The Story of 'Rock Around the Clock' and the Dawn of the Rock 'n' Roll Era was more than two years in the making for writer/producer/director Barry Barnes, who tracked down members of The Comets, people involved in the production of Blackboard Jungle, and other early rockers to discuss how rock and roll, and "Rock Around the Clock", erupted on the world scene in 1954-1955.

Running 80 minutes, the documentary features the last known interview with Johnny Grande of The Comets before his passing. Also featured are interviews with Comet Marshall Lytle, Cleve Duncan of the Penguins, Pat Boone, and Blackboard Jungle co-star Jamie Farr (later of M*A*S*H fame). Peter Ford, son of Glenn Ford, is also on hand to tell about his research into how "Rock Around the Clock" was chosen as the theme song to his father's groundbreaking film.
The documentary also includes original recordings by Bill Haley & His Comets and other contemporaries, and also incorporates footage from the band's rarely seen 1954 short film, Round-Up of Rhythm which adds to Haley's list of firsts as the first rock-and-roll movie (predating feature-length productions of the genre by a year).

What is significant about this release is that Universal Home Video is publishing the DVD; Universal is the company that currently owns the Haley Decca Records song catalogue.

Barnes tells Extra that the DVD is currently scheduled to be available for sale in the UK and Europe as of Feb. 27 (date subject to change), and as a Universal release will be widely available through online retailers and, presumably, well-stocked retail outlets. A North American release is planned for later in the year, he says.

Source : http://www.rockabillyhall.com/Extra.html#2008dvd

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German fan publishes new Haley biography

POSTED: Feb. 4, 2008

A German Bill Haley fan has written the first full biography of the Father of Rock and Roll in nearly 20 years.

Entitled Bill Haley: Vater des Rock 'n' Roll (which translates to Father of Rock 'n' Roll, the book is the result of several years worth of research and writing by Otto Fuchs, a music writer and Internet radio host.

The book is being published by Wagner Verlag, and will initially be available only in German, with hopefully an English-language edition appearing in the near future. An exact publication date was not available, but Fuchs reports that the book went to press in late January, and it is expected to be available in stores and via online sources such as the German version of Amazon, within the month.

While there are literally hundreds of books chronicling and re-chronicling the lives of Elvis Presley and The Beatles, there have only been a handful of books on the life of Bill Haley, such as Bill Haley, a 1982 work by John Swenson and Sound and Glory by Haley's son, John W. Haley and John von Hoelle, which was published in 1990 and until the release of Fuchs' book was the most recent professionally published biography of Bill Haley. In 2005, Jim Dawson published Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution which, while featuring substantial biographical information about Haley, was not strictly speaking a biography of the musician.

Watch Extra for future updates regarding an English-language publication of this latest work.

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Rock 'n' Roll Is Born : The Story of 'Rock Around The Clock' And The
Dawn Of The Rock 'N' Roll Era".

Universal DVD 2008 - (1 hour 20 minute documentary) .

Documentaire américain produit par Barry Barnes, ce DVD relate les
débuts du r'n'r autour de la carrière de Bill Haley & the Comets et
l'impacte planétaire de "Rock Around The Clock".

C'est plutôt bien produit malgré le manque d'extraits d'époque.
Des débuts du cow-boy yoddeler à "B.H.& The Four Aces Of Western
Swing", puis"B.H. & His Saddlemen" et enfin les Comets, on retrace
très bien l'évolution du groupe et les changements de membres
jusqu'aux Jodimars.L'impasse n'est pas faîte non plus sur le
guitariste Danny Cedrone.

Des interviews par Marshall Lytle, Johnny Grande (2 Comets) mais
égalementPat Boone, Cleve Duncan (Penguins) et Jamie Farr.
Intéressant aussi, l'intervention de Peter Ford (né en 1945 et fils
de l'acteur Glenn Ford), à l'origine de la B.O. du film "Blackboard
Jungle".

Des films amateurs d'époque du batteur Ralph Jones et quelques
passages tv insuffisants malheureusement, dontLittle Richard, The
Platters et Pat Boone. Interview Scotty Moore...

J'en n'oublie sûrement, mais documentaire suffisament intéressant et
pour les fans de Bill Haley.

Dispo facilement partout.

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DVD ROCK N´ ROLL IS BORN VARIOUS BEST HITS NEW

ALL REGION
* 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES DOCUMENTARY * FEATURING ALL THE CLASSIC BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS ORIGINAL RECORDINGS, INCLUDING: "(WE'RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK", "SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR","ROCK THE JOINT""RAZZLE DAZZLE" AND "HOOK, LINE AND SINKER" * PLUS RARE ORIGINAL COMETS 1954 PERFORMANCES FROM 'ROUND UP RHYTHM' OF;"CRAZY MAN, CRAZY" AND "SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL" * ALSO FEATURES ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES OF: "THE GREAT PRETENDER" BY THE PLATTERS, "TUTTI FRUTTI" BY LITTLE RICHARDS * BONUS INTERVIEW FOOTAGE WITH PAT BOONE, MARSHALL LYTLE, JOHNNY GRANDLE, CLEVE DUNCAN AND JAMIE FARR

DVD ROCK N´ ROLL IS BORN VARIOUS BEST HITS NEW

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Bebop pour ce complément d'info !!!! 23_32_10

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bebop il a l'air génial se dvd ou peut on le trouver??

c089

see you later bebop

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