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About Bill Haley & His Comets : The band was also known as Bill Haley and the Comets and Bill Haley's Comets . The single "Rock Around the Clock" became the biggest selling rock and roll single in the history of the genre . Bandleader Bill Haley had previously been a country music performer . After recording a country and western-style version of Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats "Rocket 88", a rhythm and blues song, he changed musical direction to The Comets were as revolutionary in their time as the Beatles were in the 1960s . With his spit curl and the band's matching plaid dinner jackets and energetic stage behavior . Bill Haley & His Comets's most popular songs include Rock Around the Clock. Bill Haley & His Comets The group has many notable artists like Bill Haley. Their music is influenced by genres - rock and roll , country , rockabilly.