Marshall Lytle
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Marshall Edward Lytle was an American rock and roll bassist, best known for his work with the groups Bill Haley & His Comets and The Jodimars in the 1950s. He played upright slap bass on the iconic 19
Marshall Lytle in 1997
Top 40 hit "Fractured" by Bill Haley With Haley's Comets released as an Essex Records 78, 327-B, in 1953.
Rock Around the Clock
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"Rock Around the Clock" is an early rock and roll song written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 19
Marshall Lytle
…and The Jodimars in the 1950s. He played upright slap bass on the iconic 1950s rock and roll records "Crazy Man, Crazy", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", and "Rock Around the Clock". Born in Old Fort, North Carolina, Lytle was a guitar player before joining Bill Haley's country music group, The Saddlemen, in 1951. But Lytle was…
"Rock Around the Clock" 45" single
Sheet music cover for the recording by Bill Haley and His Comets on DECCA Records, Myers Music, Philadelphia, 1955.
1955 UK release as a Brunswick Records 45 single, 45–05317.