Francis 'Franny' Beecher
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- Bill Haley’s Cometscurrent
- The Original Bandcurrent
- Bill Haley and His Comets1954–1962
Played together with
- Al PompilliBill Haley and His Comets · 1958–1959
Al RexBill Haley and His Comets · 1955–1958
Bill HaleyBill Haley and His Comets · 1949–1981 · eponymous, original- Billy GussakBill Haley and His Comets · 1951–1955
- Danny CedroneBill Haley and His Comets · 1951–1954
- Joey D'AmbrosioBill Haley and His Comets · 1953–1955
Johnny GrandeBill Haley and His Comets · 1949–1962- Marshall LytleBill Haley and His Comets · 1951–1955 · double bass
- Ralph JonesBill Haley and His Comets · 1955–1960
- Rudy PompilliBill Haley and His Comets · 1955–1975
- William F. ‘Billy’ WilliamsonBill Haley and His Comets · 1949–1981
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Identifiers & aliases
Also known as: Francis Beecher, Frank Beecher
Francis Eugene Beecher was the lead guitarist for Bill Haley & His Comets from 1954 to 1962, and is best remembered for his innovative guitar solos that incorporated elements of jazz. He composed the classics "Blue Comet Blues", "Goofin' Around", "Week End", "The Catwalk", and "Shaky" when he was the lead guitarist for Bill Haley and the Comets. He continued to perform with surviving members of the Comets into 2006. In 2012, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Beecher as a member of the Comets by a special committee, aimed at correcting the previous mistake of not inducting the Comets with Bill Haley.
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