[11] There were several earlier songs of the title "Rock Around the Clock" (by Hal Singer and Wally Mercer), but they are unrelated to the Freedman/Myers song. Cedrone's guitar solo was one that he used before on Bill Haley And The Saddlemen's version of "Rock the Joint" in 1952, and is considered one of the classic rock and roll guitar solos of all time. Convinced that rock and roll will be the next big thing, Hollis strikes a deal to manage the group and also strikes up a romance with dancer Lisa Johns. 'It's very hard to tell what made me first decide to play the guitar. The song was re-issued in 1968, when it made number 20, and again in 1974, when it reached number 12. The original arrangement of the song bore little resemblance to the version recorded by Haley, and was in fact closer to a popular instrumental of the day called "The Syncopated Clock" (written by Leroy Anderson). The version of "Rock Around the Clock" that was used in the movie Blackboard Jungle differs from the hit single version. That fall, a TV special marking the 30th anniversary of American Bandstand saw an all-star "supergroup" perform the song (accompanied by 1950s-era footage of Haley and the Comets). When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too I'll be goin' strong and so will you. Cedrone's guitar work can also be heard on "ABC Boogie", the opening bars of which are performed off-camera. Rock Around the Clock is een Amerikaanse film uit 1956 van Fred F. Sears, met in de hoofdrollen Johnny Johnston, Alix Talton en Bill Haley.. Na het gigantische succes van de film Blackboard Jungle, waarin het nummer "Rock Around the Clock" driemaal is te horen, was ook de roem van vertolker Bill Haley een feit. The song was featured in Season 7 of the series Dancing with the Stars in 2008 in a jive dance sequence. Deze kleurrijke Jumbo Jan van Haasteren Rock Around The Clock Puzzel bestaat uit maar liefst 950 stukjes. Rudy's Rock (Instrumental)5. [29][30] Rock Is Fifty also hosted additional celebrations in Los Angeles in July, 2005, as part of a "Rock Around the Clock-a-Thon" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the date the song reached the No. Boogie - Brunswick - UK - 05338", "Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock Milton Berle Show 1956", "Shades of Pink – The Definitive Pink Floyd Profile", "Bill Haley And His Comets - Rock Around The Clock", Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 20, 1955, "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada", Peter Ford tells how "Rock Around the Clock" came to be chosen for, The Story of Rock Around the Clock (Sound archive), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock_Around_the_Clock&oldid=1018296422, United States National Recording Registry recordings, Articles with dead external links from December 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from July 2018, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from May 2018, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Wikipedia articles with multiple identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)", Ford, Peter. "Haley is a key figure in the evolution of rock music, helping transform the sound out of country music, but he couldn't sustain his early success. They performed the song on Top of the Pops. As band manager Steve Hollis observes that big band dance music is failing to draw audiences any longer, he comes across a new sound that piques his interest. The song re-entered the UK chart to reach number one in November 1955 for three weeks, and after a three-week break returned there for a further two weeks in January 1956. Although it was first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights on March 20, 1954,[9] Myers claimed the song had been written specifically for Haley but, for various reasons, Haley was unable to record it himself until April 12, 1954. Talbot's primary interest in Hollis, however, is to have him marry her as she has been wooing him for some time, and she's determined to prevent him from succeeding without his working directly for her agency, and Lisa in any event. According to the Haley biographies Bill Haley by John Swenson and Rock Around the Clock by Dawson, the song was offered to Haley by Jimmy Myers in the wake of his first national success "Crazy Man, Crazy" in 1953, after being copyrighted with the U.S. Library of Congress on March 31. "[16] While the song did make the American Cashbox music charts (contrary to popular opinion that it was a flop), it was considered a commercial disappointment. Later in 1956, Bill Haley and His Comets headlined a loose sequel, Don't Knock the Rock, also directed by Sears and produced by Katzman and again featuring Alan Freed as himself. In the UK, Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" was released on Brunswick Records (and Germany as well), reaching number 17 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1955, four months before it first entered the US pop charts. The exact number of copies sold has never been audited; however, a figure of at least 25 million was cited by the Guinness Book of World Records in its category "Phonograph records: Biggest Sellers" from the early 1970s until the 1990s, when the advent of compact discs led to Guinness discontinuing the category. Billboard Jun 4, 1955 page 22, Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Photos of Rock Around the Clock record single", TIMELINE OF MUSICAL STYLES & GUITAR HISTORY, "National Recording Registry Reaches 500". Rock Around the Clock (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. [13] Haley and his Comets began performing the song on stage (Comets bass player Marshall Lytle and drummer Dick Richards say the first performances were in Wildwood, New Jersey at Phil and Eddie's Surf Club), but Dave Miller, his producer, refused to allow Haley to record it for his Essex Records label (Swenson suggests a feud existed between Myers and Miller). Audience Reviews for Rock Around the Clock Jan 13, 2008 Watchable only if you're interested in seeing one of the original rock and roll bands -- Bill Haley and the Comets -- in action. referencing Rock Around The Clock, LP, Album, Mono, FR12-1102 This Australian release on Festival Records seems to have been re-released at sometime or the other under catalog number FL-31,327 (mono) and SFL-931,327 (stereo). But instead, the teens and adults there are excited by the music and embrace it enthusiastically. Rock Around The Clock. [19] The song stayed at this place for eight weeks. Once the contract is signed and the tour begins - climaxing in the Comets and other groups appearing on a coast-to-coast television broadcast - Hollis reveals that he and Johns married quickly during the time it took to draw up the contract. Manager Steve Hollis heeft genoeg van de band die hij onder zijn vleugels heeft en ontdekt toevallig in een klein stadje de muziek van Bill Haley and his Comets. Gabler had previously been responsible for the highly successful string of R&B and jump blues recordings by Louis Jordan in the late 1940s, which were characterised by their strong beat, clearly enunciated lyrics and high production values, all features which Gabler sought to repeat in Haley's recordings. The second instrumental break recreates a popular rhythm and blues "out chorus" with tenor sax and guitar emulating the rhythm section. The single, released by independent label Festival Records in Australia, was the biggest-selling recording in the country at the time. Five six seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock Nine ten eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock We're gonna rock around the clock tonight. We're gonna rock around the clock tonight We're gonna rock rock rock … Nonetheless, rumors of a 1953 demo recording by Haley persist to this day, although surviving members of the Comets deny this, as did Haley himself (quoted in the Swenson biography); a late-1960s bootleg single of the DECCA Records version of "Rock Around the Clock", with "Crazy Man, Crazy" on the B-side and carrying the Essex label, occasionally turns up for sale with the claim that it is the demo version. "[18] In 2004, the song finished at #50 in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. [23] The original version was also featured in the 1978 film Superman, heard playing on a car radio just prior to Glenn Ford's final scene in the film; Ford, as noted earlier, had starred in Blackboard Jungle. Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock We're gonna rock around the clock … Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley came out when I was ten, and that probably had something to do with it.'. Not only that, but at the end of the film the all-black Platters vocal group briefly share the stage with the all-white Comets and Bellboys groups. During the 1970s, Haley shortened his performances of "Rock Around the Clock", dropping one verse and the second instrumental break from most performances. The recording is widely considered to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture around the world. Another notable album release entitled Rock Around the Clock was the 1970 Hallmark Records UK release Rock Around the Clock (SHM 668) which was the first British release of a 1968 album entitled Bill Haley's Biggest Hits which had been released in Sweden by Sonet Records. During the performances of "Rock Around the Clock", Franny Beecher is shown playing the guitar for Danny Cedrone, who had originally been on the recording session, and who had died 18 months earlier. Rock Around the Clock: In Concert. It was produced by B-movie king Sam Katzman (who would produce several Elvis Presley films in the 1960s) and directed by Fred F. Sears. The song's original release saw it become the UK's first million selling single and it went on to sell over 1.4 million copies in total.[23]. Talbot's final play is to agree to sign the group to a three-year contract that will secure their future, but only on the condition that Johns agree not to marry during the term of that contract. One accurate version. [31], The United States House of Representatives also recognized the 40th anniversary of the composing of "Rock Around the Clock" with a special statement by Rep. Robert A. Borski of Pennsylvania, which was read into the Congressional Record on March 31, 1993. It was not until 1955, when "Rock Around the Clock" was used under the opening credits of the film Blackboard Jungle,[17] that the song truly took off. Boogie" - Haley - first verse only, off-screen, "Solo Y Triste (Sad And Lonely)" - Martinez, "Bacalao Con Papa (Codfish And Potatoes)" - Martinez, "Happy Baby" - Haley - first verse and chorus only, This page was last edited on 31 October 2020, at 15:07. Next, Talbot simply blacklists Hollis and his acts from the venues she controls. Many musicians have claimed that they performed on the recording session for "Rock Around the Clock." It already was starting and I wanted to take it from there."[15]. The band also performs live on camera during a brief rehearsal prior to lip-synching to the Decca recording of "R-O-C-K". Following Haley's death in February 1981, a number of major tributes involving "Rock Around the Clock" occurred. Rock Around the Clock is the third album of rock and roll music by Bill Haley and His Comets.Released by Decca Records in December 1955 it was, like the two albums that preceded it, a compilation album of previously issued singles. Recommended by The Wall Street Journal Rock Around the Clock ( 1956) Rock Around the Clock. "See You Later Alligator" was a brand-new recording, having been taped at Decca's Hollywood studio in December 1955, only a few weeks before filming began. The album consisted of newly recorded renderings of Haley classics from the 1950s, along with some previously unrecorded songs. De bekendste en meest succesvolle uitvoering van het nummer werd opgenomen in 1954 voor Decca Records. Hollis then turns to agent Corinne Talbot, who handles bookings for nearly all of the venues in which Hollis needs the band to play to gain them exposure. One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock We're gonna rock around the clock tonight Put your glad rags on and join me hon' We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one. Rock Around the Clock was never released officially on VHS or laserdisc in North America. While traveling through a small farming town, he attends the local teenage dance and is introduced to rock and roll music and dancing, in the person of local band Bill Haley & His Comets and their associated dancers. Although originally released to vinyl at a running time of 2 minutes and 8 seconds, most digital/CD releases of the original 1954 recording, starting with the "From The Original Master Tapes" compilation of Bill's work with Decca Records, mastered by Steve Hoffman and released in 1985, clock in at 2:10. One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock. Haley would re-record "Rock Around the Clock" many times over the years (even scoring a substantial hit with a version recorded for Sonet Records in 1968), but never recaptured the magic. Many versions of the story behind how "Rock Around the Clock" was chosen for Blackboard Jungle circulated over the years. Recent research, however, reveals that the song was chosen from the collection of young Peter Ford, the son of Blackboard Jungle star Glenn Ford and dancer Eleanor Powell. We're gonna rock around the clock tonight We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight We're gonna rock around the clock tonight. Rock Around the Clock is een rock-'n-roll lied van de band Bill Haley & His Comets en werd geschreven in 1952 door Max C. Freedman en James E. Myers. Haley himself claimed to have taken the sheet music into the recording studio at least twice, with Miller ripping up the music each time. There are many blues songs with the theme of partying or making love "round the clock", with various actions specified at various hours. Haley's 1954 recording was previously played over the opening credits of Blackboard Jungle and the same recording was used for the opening of Rock Around the Clock, marking a rare occasion where the same recording opened films released in such a short interval (the recording would be used once again to open the 1973 film American Graffiti). Haley actually recorded this song on five occasions (a Spanish-language version for Orfeón of Mexico City and an English version for the US label Newtown Records (both in 1964), two live versions for Buddah Records recorded in New York in 1969 (neither of which were released for 25 years), and once more in Nashville, Tennessee for the Swedish Sonet Records label in 1970). This was never included in the original single or album releases of the song. The movie version is just the opposite with the sax solo coming first. In the UK, the song again reached the top 20 and as of 2013 remains the only non-Christmas single to have done so on five separate occasions. In 1964, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded a sequel song entitled "Dance Around the Clock". Over Rock around the Clock "The screen's first great rock 'n' roll feature!" "Rock Around the Clock: A Tribute" (Rockabilly Hall of Fame, This page was last edited on 17 April 2021, at 08:44. On April 12, 1954— Bill Haley and His Comets recorded “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock.” If rock and roll was a social and cultural revolution, then “(We’re [3][4] The recording session almost failed to take place because the band was traveling on a ferry that got stuck on a sandbar en route to New York from Philadelphia. Haley was één van de eerste artiesten die Amerika kennis liet maken met rock-'n-roll. 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