Linda Georgina (Gina) Haley (born April 23, 1975, in Mexico) is an American singer-songwriter. Haley is the youngest child of

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pioneer

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from his marriage to his last wife, Martha; she grew up in Harlingen, and she was only five years old when her father died in 1981. At 18 years old, she left home and set out to find her musical identity, which landed her in

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. She is classically trained on piano and a self-taught guitarist and songwriter. During the mid-1990s, she left Houston and moved to Los Angeles. She managed to catch the eye of producer

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, and worked with him writing, recording, and arranging tracks which appeared in television and movies. Haley also worked with songwriter

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, and published songs through Music Sales Group. Her first self-titled album was released in Japan in 1999 Heat Wave. During these years in Los Angeles, she sang with the world music group called The Bridge, whose members included Edu Falcao, Daniel Jobim,

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, Vincent Colaiuta, and

. Haley later formed her own group, the Gina Haley Band, and continues to work in the musical field in her home state of

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. On July 6, 2005, she performed with her father's old band,

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at the

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as part of 50th-anniversary celebrations of her father's famous song "

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" reaching the number-one position on American sales charts, as well as what would have been Bill Haley's 80th birthday. In June 2008, the Gina Haley Band performed at the Bill Haley induction to the South Texas Music Walk of Fame in

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. Other inductees included Chelo Silva, Pat Grogan, Joe Gallardo,

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, and

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.Harvey, Christine. "Celebrating Music, Art and Surf"
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