Rudy Pompilli
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rudy Pompilli (born Rudolph Clement Pompilii, Chester, Pennsylvania April 16, 1924 (many sources say 1926) died February 5, 1976) was an American musician best known for playing tenor saxophone with Bill Haley and His Comets. Bill Haley's longest-serving musician, Pompilli began working with Haley in September 1955 and was still a member of The Comets at the time of his death more than 19 years later. Occasional sources spell his first name as "Rudi" however Pompilli himself never used this form. Pompilli, who was also skilled at playing the…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rudy Pompilli (born Rudolph Clement Pompilii, Chester, Pennsylvania April 16, 1924 (many sources say 1926) died February 5, 1976) was an American musician best known for playing tenor saxophone with Bill Haley and His Comets. Bill Haley's longest-serving musician, Pompilli began working with Haley in September 1955 and was still a member of The Comets at the time of his death more than 19 years later. Occasional sources spell his first name as "Rudi" however Pompilli himself never used this form. Pompilli, who was also skilled at playing the clarinet, and worked with jazz bands prior to joining Haley's group. In 1953 he was with the Ralph Marterie Orchestra, which scored a hit with a cover version of Haley's "Crazy Man, Crazy", though according to Haley (in on-stage discussion recorded for the 1969 album, Bill Haley's Scrapbook), the young horn player had a dislike for rock and roll musicians. Research conducted by Haley historian ChrisGardner for a February 2006 article on Pompilli for Now Dig This magazine resulted in no evidence being found that Pompilli performed on the Marterie's version of "Crazy Man, Crazy".