 A friend of Haley's, making note of the common alternative pronunciation of the name Halley's Comet to rhyme with "Bailey," suggested that Haley call his band the Comets.This event is cited in the Haley biographies "Sound and Glory" by John Haley and John von Hoelle; "Bill Haley" by John Swenson; and in "Still Rockin' Around the Clock," a memoir by Comets bass player Marshall Lytle.The new name was adopted in the fall of 1952.