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Genre: Rock
Year: 1955
Year: 1955
For the movie named after the song, see Rock Around the Clock (film). For the 1955 record album by Haley, see Rock Around the Clock (album).
"Rock Around the Clock" is a 12-bar-blues-based song written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets in 1954.
It was not the first rock and roll record, nor was it the first successful record of the genre (Bill Haley had American chart success with "Crazy Man, Crazy" in 1953, and in 1954, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart). Haleys recording nevertheless became an anthem for rebellious Fifties youth and is widely considered to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!People who like this song also like Oh Boy, Stairway To Heaven, There Goes My Baby, There's a kind of hush, Roll Over Beethoven.
More songs by Bill Haley and His Comets: Rip It Up, Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie, Rockin' Through The Rye, The Saints Rock'n'Roll, Shake, Rattle And Roll.
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