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Date of Birth

I find DoB listed as 6 July 1924. Where does the listed date come from?--(talk)BozMo 20:59, 14 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

The 1924 birthdate is erroneous. I know his son and can confirm that Haley was born in 1925. 23skidoo 17:54, 23 October 2004 (UTC)[reply]

1925 is the right year of his birthdate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.212.176.26 (talk) 17:33, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification needed

"John W. Haley, his eldest son, wrote Sound and Glory, a biography of Haley,[10] and had another child, Sharyn, with his first wife, Dorothy Crowe." This needs clarification that, I presume, Dorothy's first two children with Bill were girls, and John was a son of his second or third wife. Even so, it sounds like the Greek tragedy of Phaedra. --01:46, 4 June 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hugh7 (talk • contribs) 01:47, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Death and legacy

The death and legacy is way way too long. I don't think we need more than three sentences, tops, about his erratic behavior at the end of his life. That's not what makes him notable, and most of our sources don't mention it. Kendall-K1 (talk) 18:20, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Using liner notes for sources

The section about the Saddlemen relies on uncredited liner notes from a 1955 album. This is dubious at best. For one thing this makes the article (before I corrected it) say Rocket 88 was recorded for Keystone which is instantly verifiable as wrong. I believe online sources show the Keystone recordings were actually made in 1950, and I believe the first Saddlemen recording to be released was actually on Atlantic Records but I need to confirm with sources I don't have easy access to right now which came first, Atlantic or Keystone. 136.159.160.5 (talk) 17:30, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Article title

@EggOfReason: Does this page have the best title, or is it the primary topic for the term Bill Haley and thus worthy of being moved back to the base name? Over 99% of page views seem to be for the musician, and external searches give similar results. Certes (talk) 16:32, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Certes: Looks like it was unnecessary to move the musician and add him under the disambig. I've cleaned it back up now. Thanks for the notice! –eggofreason^{(talk · contribs)} 20:49, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Halley

I don't know if there's a place for this in the article, but it is rather common to see the early 20th century songwriter Bill Halley (who wrote Miss the Mississippi and You) mistaken for this Bill Haley. Aside from seeing misspelling of the surname on songwriter credits, I've seen Bill Haley of Rock Around the Clock fame outright being called the songwriter of Miss the Mississippi and You. Again, not quite sure how to approach, especially as the other Bill Halley at present has no Wikipedia article. 23skidoo (talk) 18:20, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To add to my earlier note, at present Bill Halley redirects here, which is fine (since it's a common misspelling for Haley in any regard), but if someone adds a wikilink to the Mississippi and You songwriter's name at any point, then they'll be taken here. 23skidoo (talk) 18:09, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

concerns about autobiography?

"In 1980, Haley began working on an autobiography entitled The Life and Times of Bill Haley, but died after completing only 100 pages. The work is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, but has yet to be released to the public. According to Gina Haley, Bill's youngest daughter, her father managed to complete the book on his career, and the manuscript is in possession of the Bill Haley estate.[citation needed]" i cant find a single credible source mentioning this. maybe this should be removed from the article. Callowwing (talk) 08:52, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]