Tuesday, 24 December 2019

Joe Turner, Bill Haley, Rock Around The Clock, May 1954

   Joe Turner cuts the blues novelty [rnb chart May 8, 1954] and Bill Haley [pop chart August 21, 1954] each record "Shake, Rattle & Roll" and have dueling hits that stay on the charts for months on end.





   May 10, 1954 - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock is released in USA as the B-side of Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town) by Bill Haley and His Comets. It did not chart immediately.




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