Alex Haley has: Played himself in "Today" in 1952. Played himself in "Disneyland" in 1954. Played himself in "The David Frost Show" in 1969. Played himself in "Parkinson" in 1971. Played himself in "Roots" in 1977. Played Himself - Presenter: Best Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay in "The 30th Annual Emmy Awards" in 1978. Played himself in "Roots: The Next Generations" in 1979. Played Himself - Presenter: Best Limited Series in "The 33rd Annual Emmy Awards" in 1981. Played himself in "EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration" in 1982. Played Narrator in "Conversations with Roy DeCarava" in 1983. Played Himself - Biographer in "The American Experience" in 1988. Played himself in "Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones" in 1990. Played himself in "Alex Haley" in 1992. Played himself in "Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time" in 1992. Played himself in "Roots Remembered" in 2007. Played himself in "Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel" in 2009.
The leader of the Comets was Bill Haley; they were billed as Bill Haley and his Comets.
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Bill Haley and The Comets
There's no indication of anyone by that name playing with Bill Haley and His Comets; there have been no less than 3-4 groups carrying the name Bill Haley's Comets in the years after Haley's death, so someone named Goodson could have performed with one of those groups.
Bill Haley and His Comets, which were formed as Bill Haley and the Saddlemen in 1949, but changed their name to The Comets in the fall of 1952 after they began recording rock and roll for Essex Records - yes, two years before Elvis.
The leader of the Comets was Bill Haley; they were billed as Bill Haley and his Comets.
Bill Haley played the steel guitar, tenor banjo, and double bass as a member of Bill Haley and His Comets. He was primarily known for his role as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the band.
Bill Haley is really the only one I can think of by name, and he wasn't really a Comet himself; the band was billed as "Bill Haley and His Comets."
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Bill Haley and The Comets
Joey Welz was a member of Bill Haley's Comets in the 1960's
Haley's first group as a leader was the Four Aces of Western Swing. Then he formed Bill Haley and the Saddlemen around 1949-1950, which became Bill Haley and the Comets in 1952.
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they lived in pensylvania Mexico and Texas.
Bill Haley was born on July 6, 1925.
Bill Haley was born on July 6, 1925.
bill haley a white handsome joyfull gentleman