On Monday we lost Franny Beecher at the age of 92. Beecher was the guitar player for Bill Haley & His Comets from 1954 to 1962. Although Beecher did not play on their most well-known song "Rock Around the Clock" he did play on all of their other songs including See You Later, Alligator. He also composed several Comets songs including "Blue Comet Blues", "Goofin' Around", "Week End", and "Shaky". Franny Beecher continued to play in the comets later in life up until the age of 90. Beecher was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania and died in
Philadelphia the city in which Bill Haley & His Comets were formed. Of the original Comets only saxophonist Joey Ambrose and drummer Dick Richards are living. A few of my favorite solo's of Franny are "The Saints Rock 'n' Roll" and "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie".
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