Al Rex

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Al Rex

b, *1928 US, New York City
Musician of Rock
A.k.a. Albert Piccirilli

b. July 13, 1928 One o the Bill Haley's Saddlemen former member, he left the band after playing bass on "Rocket '88" in 1951 and tried his hand at a solo career. When his replacement, Marshall Lytle, quit the Comets to form the Jodimars in the fall of 1955, Rex was persuaded to rejoin the group before deciding to quit the band once again in 1958, when he performed with The Kingsmen. By the 1960s Al continued to do occasional session work with his former bandmates.

Genres

Rock
Pop
Blues

Plays With

Bill Haley And His Comets

Bill Haley And The Saddlemen

The Kingsmen

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Mollie Darling / Within This Broken Heart Of Mine	Al Rex	1962	Single

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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