Bill Baker

IT was the biggest show in town the arrival of the first major international rock nbsp n nbsp roll star to play in Brisbane Bill Haley and his Comets. The bill at Brisbane Stadium on January 17 1957 also included vocal group The Platters and R B performers LaVern Baker and Joe Turner the man whose songs such as Shake Rattle and Roll Honey Hush and Flip Flop Fly shone the way for Haley and the rock…