Editing Bill Haley (section)

==Tributes and legacy==
Haley received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]<ref>Dawson, Jim and Whitcomb, Ian (2005). ''Rock Around the Clock: The Record that Started the Rock Revolution!'', p. 180. Hal Leonard Corporation. {{ISBN|0-87930-829-X}}</ref> at 6350 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/bill-haley/|title=Bill Haley|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2016-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rockandrollroadmap.com/places/miscellaneous/los-angeles-area-miscellaneous/hollywood-walk-of-fame/|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame - Our list of Rock stars on the Walk|date=2015-12-19|website=History Of Rock Music|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-12}}</ref> on February{{spaces}}8, 1960,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/bill-haley|title=Bill Haley {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame|website=Walkoffame.com|access-date=2016-06-12}}</ref> for his contributions to the music industry.

In 1982, Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]], a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings at least 25 years old and with "qualitative or historical significance".

Haley was posthumously inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1987. His son Pedro represented him at the ceremony.<ref name="Bruce Lee Smith">{{cite web|url=http://www.themonitor.com/articles/harlingen-22920-haley-pioneer.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822144225/http://www.themonitor.com/articles/harlingen-22920-haley-pioneer.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2009|title=Pioneer Haley almost forgotten in Harlingen|author=Bruce Lee Smith|publisher=AIM Media Texas|date=February 6, 2009}}</ref> The Comets were separately inducted into the Hall of Fame as a group in 2012, after a rule change allowed the induction of backing groups.

Songwriters [[Tom Russell]] and [[Dave Alvin]] addressed Haley's demise in musical terms with "Haley's Comet" on Alvin's 1991 album ''Blue Blvd.'' [[Dwight Yoakam]] sang backup on the tribute.

Surviving members of the 1954&ndash;55 contingent of Haley's Comets reunited in the late 1980s and continued to perform for many years around the world. They released a concert DVD in 2004 on Hydra Records, played the [[Viper Room]] in [[West Hollywood]] in 2005, and performed at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in [[Branson, Missouri]], beginning in 2006–07. As of 2014, only two members of this particular contingent were still alive (Joey Ambrose and Dick Richards), but they continued to perform in Branson and Europe. In 2019, Dick Richards, the drummer of the Comets, died at the age of 95. As of 2014, at least two other groups  continue to perform in North America under the Comets name.

In February 2006, the [[International Astronomical Union]] announced the naming of asteroid [[79896 Billhaley]] to mark the 25th anniversary of Haley's death.

In March 2007, the Original Comets opened the Bill Haley Museum in Munich, Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockithydra.de |title=Rockithydra |language=de |publisher=Rockithydra.de |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> On October 27, 2007, ex-Comets guitar player Bill Turner opened the Bill Haley Museum for the public.

In December 2017, Haley was inducted into the [[National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame]].