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By Robert Fontenot, About.com Guide to Oldies Music since 2002

Guide Profile: Bill Haley

Sunday May 1, 2005
Was this the man who invented rock and roll? Or was he merely in the right place at the right time? Or does the truth lie somewhere in between? My new Guide Profile tells the story -- including some elements you may not have heard before. Want to know how this thirty-year-old "singing cowboy" became the world's first rock star? Click on the above link to find out!

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December 8, 2007 at 3:03 pm
(1) aidan heggarty says:

yes bill haley was the start of rocknroll ,he kicked the door open for everyone else, bill haley stayed with his style , thats what the fans of him liked ,mr rocknroll forever

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