Bill Haley and The Comets Played the HofBrau Hotel in Wildwood, Memorial Day Weekend 1954
Monday, May 26, 2014
60 years ago, a revolutionary rock song debuted in Wildwood (via NJ.com)
During Memorial Day weekend of 1954, a country singer named Bill Haley swapped out his cowboy hat for a zoot suit and debuted a swinging new song with his band, the Comets, at the HofBrau Hotel in Wildwood. Backed by incendiary guitar riffs and a rumbling…