For the most part, yes. In 1979-80, however, the Comets were made up primarily of British musicians. When the members of the Comets from 1954-55 reunited for tours and recordings in the late 1980s and into the 1990s and 2000s, their lead singer was a British musician, as well.
Bill Haley and The Comets
The leader of the Comets was Bill Haley; they were billed as Bill Haley and his Comets.
Rock around the Clock and See you later, alligator
Bill Haley & His Comets In 1953, the late James E. Myers, a low-key Philadelphia musician, music publisher and movie extra co-wrote "Rock Around the Clock" with the late Max Freedman, a Philadelphia postal worker turned songwriter. The song was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 and forever changed the landscape of American popular culture. It stalled on the charts, then blasted to No.1 in 1955 after it was showcased as the theme for the teens-gone-wild movie "Blackboard Jungle.
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 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."
He didn't have one, Bill Haley never existed
fishing driving his cars eating and drinking coffee in SAMBO
Bill Haley and The Comets
The leader of the Comets was Bill Haley; they were billed as Bill Haley and his Comets.
He suffocated because his head got stuck in an ant hole.
Bill Haley's New Comets was created in 1987.
Bill Haley died in 1981. He couldn't have made any rock and roll in 1995.
Rock around the Clock and See you later, alligator
Bill Haley was the leader of The Comets, a prominent American rock and roll band during the 1950s. He was the singer and guitarist who helped popularize rock and roll music worldwide with hits like "Rock Around the Clock."
Bill Haley & His Comets In 1953, the late James E. Myers, a low-key Philadelphia musician, music publisher and movie extra co-wrote "Rock Around the Clock" with the late Max Freedman, a Philadelphia postal worker turned songwriter. The song was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 and forever changed the landscape of American popular culture. It stalled on the charts, then blasted to No.1 in 1955 after it was showcased as the theme for the teens-gone-wild movie "Blackboard Jungle.
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.