MIke's Awesome Anything Quiz!

[toonfandangl]

Bill Haley & His Comets

Bill Haley & His Comets were an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band, also known by the names Bill Haley and The Comets and Bill Haley's Comets (and variations thereof), was the earliest group of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of white America and the rest of the world. During the period late 1954-late 1956, the group placed nine singles into the Top 20, one of those a number one and three more in the Top Ten.[1]
Bandleader Bill Haley had previously been a country music performer; after recording a country and western-styled version of "Rocket 88", a rhythm and blues song, he changed musical direction to a new sound which came to be called rock and roll.
Although several members of the Comets became famous, Bill Haley remained the star. With his spit curl and the band's matching plaid dinner jackets and energetic stage behaviour, many fans consider them to be as revolutionary in their time as The Beatles or the Rolling Stones were a decade or two later
Following Haley's death, no fewer than six different groups have existed under the Comets name, all claiming (with varying degrees of authority) to be the official continuation of Haley's group. As of early 2008, three such groups were still performing in the United States and internationally.

[Michael Alexander]

There you go Frank! Have a point!

Name this fella!

[davismj]

Robert Redford ?

[Michael Alexander]

Have a point......

Next one, name this blues man....

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Muddy Waters?

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Or John Lee Hooker......?

[Michael Alexander]

Ricky, that was a tough one, so I Am giving you two points..... Mr. Johny Lee Hooker....

[Michael Alexander]

Who is this gent?

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Little Richard....?

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Chuck Berry!

[Michael Alexander]

Chuck Berry it is... Well DOne Ricky...

Next up.... who is this fella?

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Marvin Gaye...

[davismj]

Otis Redding

[davismj]

Otis Redding

[Michael Alexander]

I'll give you the Ottis Redding point...

Here's an easy one ....

Name the guy at the keys.....