Blackboard Jungle
The rock era charts began in January 1955. Prior to July, most of the hits that year were pretty much vanilla pop, Until Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and The Comets raced to the top of the charts in early July, 1955
Rock Around the Clock was created on 1954-04-12.
Bill Haley and the Comets rocked around the clock in 1955. And the rest... is history!
The rock charts began in 1955. The first record to reach number one was Let Me Go Lover by Joan Weber, hardly a true rock record. My opinion is that the first rock record to reach number one was Rock Around the Clock, in July of that year.
Bill Haley & His Comets In 1953, the late James E. Myers, a low-key Philadelphia musician, music publisher and movie extra co-wrote "Rock Around the Clock" with the late Max Freedman, a Philadelphia postal worker turned songwriter. The song was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 and forever changed the landscape of American popular culture. It stalled on the charts, then blasted to No.1 in 1955 after it was showcased as the theme for the teens-gone-wild movie "Blackboard Jungle.
The rock era charts began in January 1955. Prior to July, most of the hits that year were pretty much vanilla pop, Until Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and The Comets raced to the top of the charts in early July, 1955
1955 in the movie "Blackboard Jungle" with "Rock Around The Clock"
Rock Around the Clock was created on 1954-04-12.
Bill Haley and the Comets rocked around the clock in 1955. And the rest... is history!
Rock Around the Clock
Rock Around the Clock (which contrary to legend did make the American charts before 1955), Shake Rattle and Roll, and Dim Dim the Lights. He might have had one more in 1954, too.
Bill Haley and the Comets rocked around the clock in 1955. And the rest... is history!
The first film with a Rock and Roll theme song was "Blackboard Jungle" (1955). The song was "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets.
The rock charts began in January, 1955
The rock charts began in 1955. The first record to reach number one was Let Me Go Lover by Joan Weber, hardly a true rock record. My opinion is that the first rock record to reach number one was Rock Around the Clock, in July of that year.
Rock around the Clock
rock around the clock