Bill Haley movie soundtrack, November 1954

   Bill Haley's version of "Rock Around The Clock" is the first rock song used in a movie soundtrack "Blackboard Jungle".

   Blackboard Jungle - filming dates: 15 November 1954 - December 1954.

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   Peter Ford, a 10-year-old boy, in Los Angeles, was the son of actor Glenn Ford, who kept playing the b-side Bill Haley single called Thirteen Women And Only One Man In Town, song "Rock Around The Clock". Ford mentioned it to director Richard Brooks  and he decided to play Rock Around the Clock over the opening credits of the film.

(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock

   On Monday, April 12, 1954, at the Pythian Temple Studio in New York City, Bill Haley & His

Comets record "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock." The song is moderately popular 

when released a few months later, but after being featured in the film The Blackboard

Jungle in 1955, it would go on to become the most successful rock 'n' roll song of all time, selling over 23 million copies.

May 10, 1954 - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock is released in USA.

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Bill Haley. Actor Glenn Ford and son, Peter, visit Eleanor Powell on the set of her movie, 

"Duchess of Idaho," 1950. It was her final feature film performance. (MGM publicity photo)

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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.

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Atlantic 1026 - Shake, Rattle & Roll-Joe Turner and his Blues Kings

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Decca 29204 - Shake, Rattle And Roll-Bill Haley and His Comets

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   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.

Decca 29124 - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley and His Comets

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Bill Haley, Rock Around The Clock, April 1954

   On Monday, April 12, at the Pythian Temple Studio in New York City, Bill Haley & His Comets record "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock." The song is moderately popular when released a few months later.

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  12 April 1954--Atlantic Records releases Shake, Rattle and Roll by Big Joe Turner.

Shake, Rattle and Roll

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Bill Haley, The Dominoes, 1952-1953

   In June 5, 1953 the first major integrated rock 'n' roll show is staged in Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA with headlining co-stars The Dominoes and Bill Haley & His Comets.

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The Dominoes

Bill Haley & The Comets

   September 1952 - 

Stop Beatin' Round The Mulberry Bush / Real Rock Drive - 

Bill Haley with Haley's Comets - Essex 310

  This is one of the first photos of Bill Haley & The Comets 1952 Sep-Dec.

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Bill Haley With Comets-Crazy Man, Crazy, May 1953

   May 1953-Bill Haley changes his group's name to the more youthful Comets and writes the first white rock ’n’ roll hit, "Crazy Man Crazy", reaching #13 on the Pop Charts in May, the highest position for a rock song to date.

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Bill Haley with The Saddlemen - Rock The Joint, April, 1952

   April, 1952 - Renegade white country & western swing band Bill Haley & The Saddlemen record "Rock The Joint", the first white rock song of note.

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Rock The Joint-Bill Haley with The Saddlemen - Essex 303

Bill Haley with The Saddlemen

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