Album

Rock Around The Clock

Bill Haley And His Comets

1955 · Rock

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Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And His Comets

Rock Around The Clock is a Rock album by Bill Haley And His Comets, originally released in 1955. On Gatefold: 116 pressings tracked.

About

Bill Haley might not have had Elvis' sex appeal, but he did as much to popularize rock ’n’ roll as anyone. Two of this 1955 compilation’s most epochal songs—the title track and "Shake, Rattle and Roll"—predate Presley's debut, making a case for Haley as rock's real founding father. On these, and tunes like party-starter "Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)" and schoolhouse rockabilly stroll "ABC Boogie," Haley and co.'s blend of country boogie and jump blues (with plenty of sax) always hewed closer to R&B than his peers' platters.

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Tracklist

  1. 1(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock2:09
  2. 2Shake, Rattle and Roll2:29
  3. 3ABC Boogie2:27
  4. 4Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)2:52
  5. 5Razzle Dazzle2:41
  6. 6Two Hound Dogs2:57
  7. 7Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)2:30
  8. 8Happy Baby2:34
  9. 9Birth of the Boogie2:14
  10. 10Mambo Rock2:37
  11. 11Burn That Candle2:44
  12. 12Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie2:19

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Rock & Roll
  • raw
  • euphoric
  • nostalgic

Album notes

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Singles Compilation 1954 - 1955 (CD-Release: Singles Compilation 1954 - 1956/1959)
This record is a prime collectors' piece carrying a dozen of Haley's biggest hits from "Birth Of The Boogie" to "Shake, Rattle And Roll".

Credits

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Performers

  • Bill HaleyLEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, RHYTHM GUITAR VOCALS
  • Bill Haley And His Comets
  • Billy WilliamsonSTEEL GUITAR
  • Johnny GrandePIANO
  • Al RexBASS
  • Billy GussakDRUMS
  • Danny CedroneLEAD GUITAR
  • Dick RichardsPERCUSSION VOCALS
  • Frank BeecherLEAD GUITAR
  • Joey D'AmbrosiaTENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Marshall LytleBASS
  • Panama FrancisDRUMS
  • Ralph JonesDRUMS
  • Rudy PompilliTENOR SAXOPHONE

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 116 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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