This Song was the favourite of my dad. He was born in 1941and passed away two years ago. Dear Dad, I hope you can listen to this Song, wherever you are now...
My husband and I graduated from the same small NC town in 1955 and 1958 so this was one of our favorite dance songs. He and I have been married for 63 years and he has been diagnosed with bile duct cancer with a poor prognosis. My prom song was, "the 12th of never" and we've been listening to that and other songs like, "morning has broken" by Cat Stevens this morning in the hospital and getting emotional. I decided to lighten it up a bit and get in a rock and roll mood!
The 50's was an unreal time for rock and roll music. This came out before I was born and I reckon I heard it lots while in the womb -- I can't remember ever not loving it from very young.
I got to see them at the Autorama in 1959 in Detroit, 3 days before the plane crash, that took out some of the best rock n rollers ever, I was 13 yrs old, my brother just got back from the Army and took me and my brother to the Autorama, we got to see one of the greatest shows in music history too.. I loved the big bass in the Comets,, he threw that thing around, layed on his back an played it ontop of himself, Buddy, Ritchey and the Big Bopper were great, and nothing can compare to seeing them, but Bill Haley was there too,, and they were all sooo good, I know I was lucky see them on that cold night in Detroit, that was REAL Rock n Roll !!!!
I don't care what anybody says or how old this masterpiece is; to me this is how rock and roll was born. I absolutely love it. Rest in peace Bill Haley
I was born in 61 wish it would have been 51 , rock and roll was just coming from the womb, WORLD RENOWNED HISTORY!!!! SAID ONE MORE TIME: ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE!!!! !
Hey I'm an old dog nearing 80 dancing around the kitchen, burning me dinner, remembering the old days. What terrific music !!! WOW I think I would have to lie down after this...
George...Loved your comment, I'm about your age, and this music did it and does it for me, too. The good old days, that's for sure, when men were men and women loved the occasion goose... Wow, I think I'll yell for the old man to get up here. I'm horny. Please don't respond. I'm simply thanking you for the great comment. You made my day.
I did not grow up in this era but my mom and dad did. When my siblings and I were kids my parents would have a Saturday night dance party just for us. It was a great way to wear all us kids out and my parents just love to dance. They would put on 50s and 60s music and we would seriously "rock around the clock" for hours! My dad would even play his drums. We loved every minute of it of those dance parties. They would even bring us to oldies concerts to see these performers. I danced with Chubby Checker on stage with my siblings. I even did the twist with my dad at my wedding. I am so glad my parents had these dance party nights for us kids because we got to sort of experience the 50s in some ways. I still love this music and dance to it. Thank you for the memories.
@@jamesroy8232 I am great dancer with my own choreography, haha. But I certainly no how to do the twist! Those wonderful memories make life so beautiful.
@@elizabethh6638 the most beautiful things are memories and moments, if you don’t celebrate those they can pass you by. We all have our time machines, some take us back, they are called memories, some take us forward they are called dreams.
I grew up listening to this song along with tons of mid to late 1950’s songs at my grandparents house ever since I was a toddler. Sadly my grandfather is no longer alive, he passed away back in September 2021 unexpectedly to a stroke, but he introduced me to some great catchy timeless tunes. :’)
It's my father's 10th Death anniversary. A part of me wants to be miserable but another has decided to celebrate him instead. This song was one of his favourites. He was my superman. My mountain. My giant. He loved this song. He was a gentle giant, who loved fiercely and forgave easily. He inspired more men to do the right thing than I can count. It's easier for me to remember how he lived for years than to remember how he died for a minute. He died in my arms, but he lived freely. Thanks for uploading this. I can't tell you how much he loved this song.
@@menace2k168 No shit..kids like you embarrass the younger generation. You're on a 50's video, did you expect only kids on here? You do know people from then would be old, right? 🤦♀️
I was born in the sixties. I remember collecting 45's and playing them on my record player. I had over 100 albums. How I miss that time, my family and the memories
61 years old and still going strong. I love this song. Do you think we'll be listening to this song in '55, when it turns 100 years old? I really hope so. :-D
1999 Kid here, the music industry is fucked lad. A shame it is. The only thing you hear in 2012 - Present music are untalented swines and might be like that for a very long time.
I don't care if this is too old. It still so good. listen up, everybody. If you have a child who will be born by 2020-2030. Show this to them. they have so much to learn about our history.
This was my very first favorite song when I was 4 years old in 1987. I love 50s rock because it gets right into it - no boring opening, ending or bridge - just straight up music that... rocks!
It's good but nothing's better than 80s music. That's some unbelievably catchy shit. We're around the same age too. It is a good fun song and definitely a huge part of history though
I just can't imagine being a teenager when this song first came out!! It is such a great song 50 years later. It must have been overwhelming to take in. Kind of like hearing Elvis for first time.
My grandma was dancing to this as she heard it! I was just singing along and she grabbed my hands to dance with her! And she smiles and says this is my favorite song!
Going to Bandstand in Philadelphia with Dick Clark back in 1960's, what a blast! I'm 75 now and they were the good old days for Rock & Roll and the Jitterbug! Betcha a lot of High Schoolers can relate to that?
I was 7 years old in 1955 when this movie hit the neighborhood movie theater. I don't think there were any adults at the Saturday afternoon matinee, and it was pandemonium in the theater whenever the music would start on screen, Dancing on the seats, dancing in the aisles, kids having a hell of a time to the music we knew our parents hated. It was our first act of collective rebellion. This is why I hold my tongue whenever the subject of the awful stuff kids listen to today comes up. I have too good a memory to be such a hypocrite.
My family were on a 5 hour trip once and we decided to listen to the most popular songs from the 1900s, 1910s 1920s, all the way up to 2020 and rate them in how much we enjoyed them. This was the 50s song. It was the highest rated. (Probably because we like 50s shows and music. Especially my Dad)
I was born in 2002 since last year been searching for songs like this....Don't get me wrong, not just because I was born in newer century doesnt mean I dislike them.
Such memories! My mother used to give me enough money to play this on the juke box if I could be quiet for a half hour. It was a challenge this eight year old was willing and able to meet!
The 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s can still attract millennials since this was the first youth oriented decade which gave us the music and culture we have now.
I was born in 2004 so sadly I didn’t witness any of the magic back then so seeing all this before me it feels like I time traveled to a time nearly everything was alright... Man those must’ve been good times weren’t they?
What an absolutely wonderful song. I’m a child of the 80’s and the music then was great, but I really love the early classics of the beginning of rock & roll. You can’t listen to this song without tapping your toes.
I used to listen to my dad's copy of this album growing up in the 70s. He loved this music but I think I love it even more so. I love the instrumentals.
Fun fact: I am good friends with the grandson of the guitarist in this band. He's a really cool guy, and he has even continued his grandfather's legacy and plays electric guitar himself.
@@racergoddard718 that's awesome! He definitely did a good job at playing them... Just curious. do you play drums?? If not you should give them a try. I just started playing them after about a 20 year break from them. It's hard to explain the joy it brings to play them and how much it changes your styles and taste in different genres of music. Seems to do nothing but good for me. Take care
@@jasonangel5407 I haven’t learned to play (but I have definitely just banged on the drums at his house 😂) because I learned to play guitar. But my brother and sister played the drums in high school
This is one of the most important songs in history. Whenever folks heard it they’d dance like never before, it hit the charts several times and many people still love it today
The war is one of the reasons they were happy! They were celebrating life. And their parents were all for it, they realized how precious life is and how it can be gone in a blink of an eye.
Born in the sixties and yet it doesn't matter the era but this will always be a timeless classic.And plus the suit jacket that Bill Haley was wearing is the coolest of all time.
On this day in 1955, the song that changed music, ''Rock Around the Clock'' went to #1 on the UK singles chart. It was used under the opening credits of the film "Blackboard Jungle" and charted on 6 different occasions until 1974.
There is where you would be kind of wrong. You are right in a way, because the majority of Country nowadays are Pop and Rock infused, but there are artists who are called traditionalists who have kept Country music the way it should be.
***** Yes him, but also people like Alan Jackson, George Strait, Randy Travis, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell, Clint Black and Dwight Yoakam.
Bill Haley e seus cometas 12/03/1954 os caras conseguiram ficar no Top decolou depois do filme "Sementes da violencia" de 1955 Rock and Roll classe A inspiração de Elvis e Little Salve do Brasil abraço
Every year this will be the first & last song I ever hear! It’s that swell of a song & I’m really glad the song is my all time favorite. If it wasn’t a for Bill Haley and His Comets metal wouldn’t exist. As much as I love metal, I for surely love the 1950’s! Also I intend on having this song the last song I hear before I go to bed. That way this can be my last song I hear, which is another goal I have. I also want the song at my funeral when I die.
I love the dancers. Reminds me of my mom we used to dance around and she would teach me all the dance moves of the day. Thank you mom for the great memories till we meet again. 💗
I love the fact that in live versions of "Rock Around the Clock," you'd likely hear an accordion. Then again, my favorite Bill Haley record is "Yodel Your Blues Away".
Brian...Yes, the good old days, a time when boys were forever trying to feel my tits, finger my ass, and I just loved it...boys never had to worry about me calling the cops, or whatever. We...all girls...enjoyed the occasional goose, too, and if the boy didn't get slapped, he more than likely had found a girl who'd screw. The good old days, Brian, that's for sure.
Great video! I was born in 1970 and my first recollection of this song was as the intro to "Happy Days". This is one of the most important songs in music history. It was the first worldwide smash hit for the "new" Rock-and-Roll genre. The song was at No. 1 for 8 weeks and charted again in the 1970s due to the popularity of the movie "American Graffiti" and the TV show "Happy Days".
Facts and another known fact is James E myers wrote most of the song and max c. Freedman helped finish it. Then they got Bill and the comets to record the song and then history was made lol
The rock and roll beat and the dances popular in 1955 were all done in the swing era by college kids around 1937. White and black clubs, frat parties, spring dances and proms. The style was a return to the prewar craze, but with more energy and more media. 1945 to 1954 were the movie theme Hit Parade of crooner music. This was a drum energy similar to Drum Boogie, Sing Sing Sing, and the Kansas City and Memphis sound that faded away in WW2. Younger parents (about 35 to 40) liked the music as well as the teens did. My mom was a WW2 teen and loved all this stuff. She stopped liking pop-rock when it became drug and folk songs in the late 60s. She clung to Elvis, Chubby Checker, Bill Haley and Bobby Darin.
@@STho205 Swing music actually became popular in the mid 1930s and became popular during World War II in the 40s, The generation who fought in the war when they came back actually depised Rock & Roll because at the time it was considered edgy
@@Voucher765 "Rock" was a specific dance beat and step inside swing...like Lindy Hop. It never really went away 36 to 1970, but the types of bands changed. After the 40s the mature dances took the spotlight again and most popular music was sitting listening Jazz and thematic standards, often from movies and stage plays or Latin nightclubs. Early 50s white college dance bands rediscovered Louis Prima "Sing Sing Sing" the original rock pop song not Goodman's orchestration, and others of that beat. Dress styles reverted to long broad skirts for ideal to show off with such a dance. Once again it merged with Jewish club music. Late 40s and early 50s Black bands were taming down the disreputable jeez tonk music by blending it with blues. Then several travelling mainstream shows like Louisiana Hayride brought it to big record label attention....as it didn't fit on their normal country labels. Then there ord companies attached to motion picture companies featured it in films.....as people do what they see.
🎶 Lyric: One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, rock Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, rock We're gonna rock around the clock tonight Put your glad rags on and join me, hon' We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one We're gonna rock around the clock tonight We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight When the clock strikes two, three and four If the band slows down we'll yell for more We're gonna rock around the clock tonight We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight When the chimes ring five, six and seven We'll be right in seventh heaven We're gonna rock around the clock tonight We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too I'll be goin' strong and so will you We're gonna rock around the clock tonight We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight When the clock strikes twelve, we'll cool off then Start a rockin' round the clock again We're gonna rock around the clock tonight We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight
My great grandfather went to school with him.
do you know anecdotes from that time that you can write down?
WOAH
dang, good for him
@@SFADonuttunoD yeah that sounds so awesome
This Song was the favourite of my dad. He was born in 1941and passed away two years ago. Dear Dad, I hope you can listen to this Song, wherever you are now...
It makes me nostalgic for a time I never lived in.
Cristian nodal
Feel the same way it’s pretty weird but I like it ya know
Probably heard it in a past life
It makes me nostalqic on 2010
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This video quality is amazing. So much better than a bank security camera
I'm Korean student and I love Rock musics. Now I can see the real history of Rock'n Roll.
- From 2023
Enjoy
Commented 2023? I already feel nostalgic for that year, 2024 feels like it’s going by fast
I was in korea at Pabwa ni up by the dmz.
한국인 안뇽
Bill Haley and his Comets. They shock the world with their rock powers. Oh MAFIA II, you bring me such good music. R.I.P Bill Haley
My husband and I graduated from the same small NC town in 1955 and 1958 so this was one of our favorite dance songs. He and I have been married for 63 years and he has been diagnosed with bile duct cancer with a poor prognosis. My prom song was, "the 12th of never" and we've been listening to that and other songs like, "morning has broken" by Cat Stevens this morning in the hospital and getting emotional. I decided to lighten it up a bit and get in a rock and roll mood!
In the mid 70's, when i was just a litlle boy, I heard this for the first time. Since then I'm hooked on fast pasting music. This is just a memory.
Why do I miss this era so much but never lived in it....
I miss it too, and I lived in it, but alas I'm old now, and I can't find my way back...
Same
Manny, I did live it and it was the best of times. Now at 77 it still makes me rock. Our cars, our music,it was the best bud.
@@donlittle929 from 1 golden oldie to another...
Because of a warped sense of reality that makes you fetishize the good aspects and ignore the bad
The kids today didn't have any idea their great grandparents were this cool. 😎
Avós dependendo da data em que tiveram filhos
Sorry but i have this idea
Exactly...and we didn't have cell phones or computers!!!
these were my normal grandparents am I old?
@@devildoc492 I'm getting nostalgia for a time I never experienced, true Zoomer moment
The 50's was an unreal time for rock and roll music. This came out before I was born and I reckon I heard it lots while in the womb -- I can't remember ever not loving it from very young.
Kathryn Wilson ok boomer
I got to see them at the Autorama in 1959 in Detroit, 3 days before the plane crash, that took out some of the best rock n rollers ever, I was 13 yrs old, my brother just got back from the Army and took me and my brother to the Autorama, we got to see one of the greatest shows in music history too.. I loved the big bass in the Comets,, he threw that thing around, layed on his back an played it ontop of himself, Buddy, Ritchey and the Big Bopper were great, and nothing can compare to seeing them, but Bill Haley was there too,, and they were all sooo good, I know I was lucky see them on that cold night in Detroit, that was REAL Rock n Roll !!!!
I don't care what anybody says or how old this masterpiece is; to me this is how rock and roll was born. I absolutely love it. Rest in peace Bill Haley
The best time of music is from mid 50s to the late 60s to the late 80s in my opinion. After the 90s it started to go downhill.
@@lindakristinekjlibraten777 agreed
@@lindakristinekjlibraten777 agreed
Without a doubt this was the birth of rock and roll. Even a 48 year old 80's metal head knows that!
I thought Rocket 88 was the first Rock n roll song?!
I was born in 61 wish it would have been 51 , rock and roll was just coming from the womb, WORLD RENOWNED HISTORY!!!! SAID ONE MORE TIME: ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE!!!! !
61 here too but that's one of my fave songs!
Hey I'm an old dog nearing 80 dancing around the kitchen, burning me dinner, remembering the old days. What terrific music !!! WOW I think I would have to lie down after this...
Ok Mr. 😂😂😂😂
George...Loved your comment, I'm about your age, and this music did it and does it for me, too. The good old days, that's for sure, when men were men and women loved the occasion goose... Wow, I think I'll yell for the old man to get up here. I'm horny. Please don't respond. I'm simply thanking you for the great comment. You made my day.
Janett Grady That escalated quickly... was about to comment what a lovely comment that was until I read this...
Okay, that made me laugh!!
The most important song ever ! Was released before I was born but changed all music-lovers lives!
I did not grow up in this era but my mom and dad did. When my siblings and I were kids my parents would have a Saturday night dance party just for us. It was a great way to wear all us kids out and my parents just love to dance. They would put on 50s and 60s music and we would seriously "rock around the clock" for hours! My dad would even play his drums. We loved every minute of it of those dance parties. They would even bring us to oldies concerts to see these performers. I danced with Chubby Checker on stage with my siblings. I even did the twist with my dad at my wedding. I am so glad my parents had these dance party nights for us kids because we got to sort of experience the 50s in some ways. I still love this music and dance to it. Thank you for the memories.
Memories is all we got in the end Elizabeth
Guess you a great dancer
@@jamesroy8232 I am great dancer with my own choreography, haha. But I certainly no how to do the twist! Those wonderful memories make life so beautiful.
@@elizabethh6638 the most beautiful things are memories and moments, if you don’t celebrate those they can pass you by. We all have our time machines, some take us back, they are called memories, some take us forward they are called dreams.
@@elizabethh6638 I am a great dancer with my own choreography also hahaha🤣
I can teach you how to dance mine if you willing to learn from me lol
Absolutely awesome masterpiece. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 Heard it in the 70 s on radio. Still listening in 2023
I was introduced to this song because of the TV show “Happy Days” and this brought so many memories
I grew up listening to this song along with tons of mid to late 1950’s songs at my grandparents house ever since I was a toddler. Sadly my grandfather is no longer alive, he passed away back in September 2021 unexpectedly to a stroke, but he introduced me to some great catchy timeless tunes. :’)
Rip your grandad
It's my father's 10th Death anniversary. A part of me wants to be miserable but another has decided to celebrate him instead. This song was one of his favourites. He was my superman. My mountain. My giant. He loved this song. He was a gentle giant, who loved fiercely and forgave easily. He inspired more men to do the right thing than I can count.
It's easier for me to remember how he lived for years than to remember how he died for a minute. He died in my arms, but he lived freely.
Thanks for uploading this. I can't tell you how much he loved this song.
I’m so sorry.
@@lilsharkiethatlikes2swim it's okay, buddy. Let's remember how he lived rather than miss him now that he's gone.
But it’s also okay to miss him though.
I don’t have a dad either
Bless your lovely dad
*1955 Damn that's good!*
*2019 Wow that is Music!*
*2055 Nice 100 Years and still great!*
*3055 Damn that's good!*
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This was the BIRTH OF Rock & Roll! I was there!! 1955.
Me too, very nostalgic
Lucky! I want a time machine.
Well, not quite the first, but it was just the beginning.
Ike Turner and Chuck Berry was the birth of rock and roll?
I was there in my diapers... lol! I love it.
Man I finally found the song! I was in daycare when they were playing this while we were dancing:) I’m now 20 and this has brought me joy:))
I was born in 1955 I can imagine what my parents were going raising a baby and probably rocking out
Yooo u old im 15
@@menace2k168 you gonna be old too in a wink
@@menace2k168 I’m 14.
@@menace2k168 No shit..kids like you embarrass the younger generation. You're on a 50's video, did you expect only kids on here? You do know people from then would be old, right? 🤦♀️
Watched this in 1955 and watching today as an octogenarian in 2019.
congrats sir...I'm 56 and my dad introduced me to this group when I was just 12 yrs. old...I love the 50's-80's rock music...:).
I was born yesterday
@@electrom.1703 oof
@@brian1963110 I Do 2 but I'm 17!
Damn Y'all Sum Old Ass Bitches!
Wish I had a time machine just to visit the world that great grandparents lived in. Those crazy kids.
Grandparents
My mom bought the record for me in 1955. I was 10 years old and loved it
I was born in the sixties. I remember collecting 45's and playing them on my record player. I had over 100 albums. How I miss that time, my family and the memories
Hey everyone 100 years from now we’re all dead now enjoy life while you’re young !
Makes sense
thanks for making me have an existential crisis
Don’t give me warnings about death I’m only 17....
Hey everyone from 5 yrs from today
This comment will most likely be gone by then
The beginning of the get rock "N' Roll....Epic!!!! Wonderful!!!! Bill Haley & His Comets!!!! Wow!!!!!
61 years old and still going strong. I love this song. Do you think we'll be listening to this song in '55, when it turns 100 years old? I really hope so. :-D
1999 Kid here, the music industry is fucked lad. A shame it is. The only thing you hear in 2012 - Present music are untalented swines and might be like that for a very long time.
+Anonymous TheTruth 2001 kid and agreed.
Yeah I like the women are more classy then today's trailer park trash
Of course man !!!
Jack Flippin I'm 18 years old and listen to this stuff, so if I'm around then, I'll still be listening to it
To this day I like Bill Haley’s music even more and realize how great of a song this ones. It defines rock and roll and the 50s.
Totally
I don't care if this is too old. It still so good. listen up, everybody. If you have a child who will be born by 2020-2030. Show this to them. they have so much to learn about our history.
This was my very first favorite song when I was 4 years old in 1987.
I love 50s rock because it gets right into it - no boring opening, ending or bridge - just straight up music that... rocks!
It's good but nothing's better than 80s music. That's some unbelievably catchy shit. We're around the same age too.
It is a good fun song and definitely a huge part of history though
born 31 years, after this beautiful hit, I just cant get enough of good music
I just can't imagine being a teenager when this song first came out!! It is such a great song 50 years later. It must have been overwhelming to take in. Kind of like hearing Elvis for first time.
My grandma was dancing to this as she heard it! I was just singing along and she grabbed my hands to dance with her! And she smiles and says this is my favorite song!
hhaha me to
I was married in55. Danced to this many times over. One of my favorites.
This is really timeless, I could listen to this for an hour straight!
How to be born in this era my dad loved rock and roll and so do I
Going to Bandstand in Philadelphia with Dick Clark back in 1960's, what a blast!
I'm 75 now and they were the good old days for Rock & Roll and the Jitterbug! Betcha a lot of High Schoolers can relate to that?
I was 7 years old in 1955 when this movie hit the neighborhood movie theater. I don't think there were any adults at the Saturday afternoon matinee, and it was pandemonium in the theater whenever the music would start on screen, Dancing on the seats, dancing in the aisles, kids having a hell of a time to the music we knew our parents hated. It was our first act of collective rebellion. This is why I hold my tongue whenever the subject of the awful stuff kids listen to today comes up. I have too good a memory to be such a hypocrite.
Not everything is simply great because it's new, but at least giving it a chance is all that matters I think.
That just made my day
You have all my respect. Well said sr!!!!! Greetings from Argentina =)
My grandfather who is still alive today, was 15!
fantastic e xperience. i wasnt even born yet. but i love rock and roll
As a guy who grew up in the 80s and 90s, this is great music!!!
50's 60's 70's, absolutely wonderful times, in music.
I'm 71 Still Rock n Roll!!!!!!!
Agreed
Wer hört 2024 noch Bill Haley bin ich mal gespannt wieviel sich da noch melden war zwar vor meiner Zeit aber ich höre ihn heute noch gerne ❤🎉❤
Я восхищаюсь Билли
My family were on a 5 hour trip once and we decided to listen to the most popular songs from the 1900s, 1910s 1920s, all the way up to 2020 and rate them in how much we enjoyed them. This was the 50s song. It was the highest rated. (Probably because we like 50s shows and music. Especially my Dad)
I was born in 2002 since last year been searching for songs like this....Don't get me wrong, not just because I was born in newer century doesnt mean I dislike them.
+Hackymac lmao
Never too old to rock!
Such memories! My mother used to give me enough money to play this on the juke box if I could be quiet for a half hour. It was a challenge this eight year old was willing and able to meet!
The 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s can still attract millennials since this was the first youth oriented decade which gave us the music and culture we have now.
I was born in 2004 so sadly I didn’t witness any of the magic back then so seeing all this before me it feels like I time traveled to a time nearly everything was alright... Man those must’ve been good times weren’t they?
On this day many years ago, a group of friends and musician changed the world forever...
Would have been 97 today-happy birthday,Bill. We're still rockin' our lives away.
What an absolutely wonderful song. I’m a child of the 80’s and the music then was great, but I really love the early classics of the beginning of rock & roll. You can’t listen to this song without tapping your toes.
I used to listen to my dad's copy of this album growing up in the 70s. He loved this music but I think I love it even more so. I love the instrumentals.
Fun fact: I am good friends with the grandson of the guitarist in this band. He's a really cool guy, and he has even continued his grandfather's legacy and plays electric guitar himself.
That is a fun fact. Thanks for sharing. Education is a super power, we often misuse.
I’m the granddaughter of the drummer Max daffner!
@@racergoddard718 that cool and now I have chills.
@@racergoddard718 that's awesome! He definitely did a good job at playing them...
Just curious. do you play drums?? If not you should give them a try. I just started playing them after about a 20 year break from them. It's hard to explain the joy it brings to play them and how much it changes your styles and taste in different genres of music. Seems to do nothing but good for me. Take care
@@jasonangel5407 I haven’t learned to play (but I have definitely just banged on the drums at his house 😂) because I learned to play guitar. But my brother and sister played the drums in high school
This is one of the most important songs in history. Whenever folks heard it they’d dance like never before, it hit the charts several times and many people still love it today
I always find it amazing how the popular culture of the 50s is so upbeat and jolly, particularly with the horrors of WW2 being so fresh still.
it was a time of economical prosperity,and people dont give a damn about a war if they didnt fight in it,that is the cruel truth
The war is one of the reasons they were happy! They were celebrating life. And their parents were all for it, they realized how precious life is and how it can be gone in a blink of an eye.
Born in the sixties and yet it doesn't matter the era but this will always be a timeless classic.And plus the suit jacket that Bill Haley was wearing is the coolest of all time.
Whos here in 2024 ?
❤ Fábio-BR!
Get a life do something better than saying the same thing every time
2080 😊
Who knew 70 years later there’d still be people listening to this
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J'avais 5 ans en 1955..et cette musique a bercé mon enfance..j'ai été plus tard 1 fan des rocks !
I was 14 when this record came out...Loved it...Love it at 78
My dad and me too
Us too 😁
me too
I would have loved to have seen that time.
The record was also a 78.
How’s 80 feeling my friend?
Just looked on the internet on the top 40 singles...this bad-ass song came in No.3 at 25 million copies!...amazing!!...:).
On this day in 1955, the song that changed music, ''Rock Around the Clock'' went to #1 on the UK singles chart.
It was used under the opening credits of the film "Blackboard Jungle" and charted on 6 different occasions until 1974.
View 30,163,750... Thank you for the song.
60 years and still rockin' ....:)
keep the hard work buddy.
The evolution of music is rather fascinating.
*devolution
Ben Palermo
nah, all music styles are gold except for modern country
There is where you would be kind of wrong. You are right in a way, because the majority of Country nowadays are Pop and Rock infused, but there are artists who are called traditionalists who have kept Country music the way it should be.
Kenny Dobbins
if you're talkin Willie Nelson yeah, he's still going strong
***** Yes him, but also people like Alan Jackson, George Strait, Randy Travis, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell, Clint Black and Dwight Yoakam.
My Uncle (1938 - 2016) Favorite Tune...and three years ago he passed away..
Dig that crazy hair curl man! I am so old now that I was a beatnik!
This was so beautifully used in that scene in the jazz club in Cold War...
i was in my sophomore year when my grandmother teaches me this dance step 😭😭 until now i still remember lab you granny
everytime i hear this, i fell like im a 50s cafeteria...
Cool name.
For me a drive in theatre
I wish
More a diner than a cafe
George Phillips me too
My absolutely favorite little piece of music since I was 5 in 1985.. even took piano lessons in school for 6 years to play it to perfection
Minha mãe hoje está com 85 anos e se emociona quando ouve este rock holl, comenta q se vestia deste jeito lindo demais.
its scary that this camera is better than 100% of all the alien reports on video...
XD
agreed
cause this is a movie
still more than 60years ago
It is not the Camera, it's the FILM. Silver Halide crystals in emulsion on plastic film stock make for very high resolution pictures.
This is the kind of music we would like to have again. It certainly kept the young people happy at that time
and lo and behold, rock and roll appears! 🕺
Bill Haley e seus cometas 12/03/1954 os caras conseguiram ficar no Top decolou depois do filme "Sementes da violencia" de 1955
Rock and Roll classe A inspiração de Elvis e Little
Salve do Brasil abraço
O verdadeiro pai do Rock!
I'm stuck in the music world at the time 1955 - 1970 again
I love the couple that dances on that piano...she is sooo cool to watch as she dances on the edge like that!!!
Great stuff, the solo is fantastic and I’ve been playing guitar for 40 years.
The strength of the people dancing and the power of a 2 minute immortal song💕🤠😁
What a happier time. They may have not had the internet or phones but they sure did know how to live.
They may have not had Internet or phones, but they did have ww2
i wasn't aware they had world war 2 in 1955.
alex martin
I wasn't aware they didn't have phones in 1955
They had phones, but now we practically have mobile computers. Not really comparable though I should have been more specific.
This guy is over 30. Means he lived during ww2.
Seeing how the dressed, danced, and their environment. It's so... Amazing....
Robert Hunter
Want to help me create a world or at least a place that is purely 1940s-1970s????
Every year this will be the first & last song I ever hear! It’s that swell of a song & I’m really glad the song is my all time favorite. If it wasn’t a for Bill Haley and His Comets metal wouldn’t exist. As much as I love metal, I for surely love the 1950’s! Also I intend on having this song the last song I hear before I go to bed. That way this can be my last song I hear, which is another goal I have. I also want the song at my funeral when I die.
Bill Haley & His Comets really are a timeless piece of rock and roll history!
I love the dancers. Reminds me of my mom we used to dance around and she would teach me all the dance moves of the day. Thank you mom for the great memories till we meet again. 💗
hi cynthia, how are you?
2023 entrando e eu me me acabando nessa música, só sente o prazer do que ela provoca, quem sabe dançar e curtir a vida na música 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
Magnificent Masterpiece from Bill Haley, one of the greatest songs of all time, really brings back fond memories
I love the fact that in live versions of "Rock Around the Clock," you'd likely hear an accordion. Then again, my favorite Bill Haley record is "Yodel Your Blues Away".
Выше всяческих похвал. Очень жалко, что такой талантливый человек рано ушел из нашей земной жизни. Царствие ему Небесное!
Тем более, он тоже в иесуса верит
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Best song ever made,written,sung and played...Brilliantly 👏🏻
I was born in 1963 grew up watching Happy days. Always loved this song!
64 yrs and still kicking ass without asking any questions...:).
Brian...Yes, the good old days, a time when boys were forever trying to feel my tits, finger my ass, and I just loved it...boys never had to worry about me calling the cops, or whatever. We...all girls...enjoyed the occasional goose, too, and if the boy didn't get slapped, he more than likely had found a girl who'd screw. The good old days, Brian, that's for sure.
I am currently playing this on repeat for my 3 year old niece.. real music will never die..
hi beth, how are you
Playing a standup bass love it!!! This has to be America's best era.
Played the standup in 1956-57 @ age 14-15 for a little band. Fun stuff.
Get to see this marvellous film.
Great video! I was born in 1970 and my first recollection of this song was as the intro to "Happy Days". This is one of the most important songs in music history. It was the first worldwide smash hit for the "new" Rock-and-Roll genre. The song was at No. 1 for 8 weeks and charted again in the 1970s due to the popularity of the movie "American Graffiti" and the TV show "Happy Days".
Facts and another known fact is James E myers wrote most of the song and max c. Freedman helped finish it. Then they got Bill and the comets to record the song and then history was made lol
It was not the first rock and roll song, but it was the one that popularized rock and roll around the world, and began the era of rock and pop music
The rock and roll beat and the dances popular in 1955 were all done in the swing era by college kids around 1937. White and black clubs, frat parties, spring dances and proms.
The style was a return to the prewar craze, but with more energy and more media. 1945 to 1954 were the movie theme Hit Parade of crooner music.
This was a drum energy similar to Drum Boogie, Sing Sing Sing, and the Kansas City and Memphis sound that faded away in WW2.
Younger parents (about 35 to 40) liked the music as well as the teens did. My mom was a WW2 teen and loved all this stuff. She stopped liking pop-rock when it became drug and folk songs in the late 60s. She clung to Elvis, Chubby Checker, Bill Haley and Bobby Darin.
it was not elvis thats alright mama in 1954 was
@@benjones1715 But it wasn't a hit
@@STho205 Swing music actually became popular in the mid 1930s and became popular during World War II in the 40s, The generation who fought in the war when they came back actually depised Rock & Roll because at the time it was considered edgy
@@Voucher765 "Rock" was a specific dance beat and step inside swing...like Lindy Hop. It never really went away 36 to 1970, but the types of bands changed. After the 40s the mature dances took the spotlight again and most popular music was sitting listening Jazz and thematic standards, often from movies and stage plays or Latin nightclubs.
Early 50s white college dance bands rediscovered Louis Prima "Sing Sing Sing" the original rock pop song not Goodman's orchestration, and others of that beat. Dress styles reverted to long broad skirts for ideal to show off with such a dance. Once again it merged with Jewish club music. Late 40s and early 50s Black bands were taming down the disreputable jeez tonk music by blending it with blues. Then several travelling mainstream shows like Louisiana Hayride brought it to big record label attention....as it didn't fit on their normal country labels.
Then there ord companies attached to motion picture companies featured it in films.....as people do what they see.
🎶 Lyric:
One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, rock
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, rock
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
Put your glad rags on and join me, hon'
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight
When the clock strikes two, three and four
If the band slows down we'll yell for more
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight
When the chimes ring five, six and seven
We'll be right in seventh heaven
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight
When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too
I'll be goin' strong and so will you
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight
When the clock strikes twelve, we'll cool off then
Start a rockin' round the clock again
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight
I’m like very young so I didint see when it came out but I’m jamming to this song💃🏻