HACKNEY SENIOR CHOIR - SONGS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO HEAR!
No 4 – ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Click to hear it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eJOJhwgluE NAME OF SONG Rock Around the Clock
ARTIST Bill Haley and his Comets
DATE OF RELEASE 20 May 1954 then again on….. 9 July 1955
Note Bill Haley’s signature ‘Kiss Curl’ hair.
Note the wonderful matching dinner jackets that the band members are wearing. Bill Haley wears a slightly darker one – maybe to show that he’s the leader of the band?
KEY FACTS • ‘Rock Around the Clock’ was one of the defining sounds of the 1950’s – often seen as the beginning of Rock & Roll •
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No 1 in US & UK
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The band was the first ‘Pop’ group to appear on the famous US TV programme ‘The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Rock Around the Clock was featured in two major films in the 1950’s – Blackboard Jungle & Rock Around the Clock.
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The band visited Britain in 1957 and were mobbed by adoring fans at Waterloo Station!
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They played ‘Rock Around the Clock’ for the Queen in 1979.
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The band was named after ‘Halley’s Comet’ which can be seen from earth every 75 years
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Parents were worried that Rock Around the Clock would be a terrible influence of their children!