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"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for Ame
He played a key role in the band's first recording session for Decca Records on April 12, 1954, when they recorded "Rock Around the Clock" in New York City. According to the book Rock Around the Clock by Jim Dawson, Cedrone had been unable to attend the session rehearsal and was uncertain what to play for the first instrumental break in the ...
The group was the first to record the hit song "Rock Around the Clock". The group comprised Italian-American singer Sonny Dae (born Paschall Salvatore Vennitti, May 24, 1928–February 1987), [ 1 ] pianist Hal Hogan, guitarist Art Buono, and Mark Bennett, bassist, and/or drummer. [ 2 ]
Rock Around the Clock was a major box-office success, and soon many more rock-and-roll musical films (notably the big-budget "A" picture The Girl Can't Help It) would be produced. Within a year, Elvis Presley (whose first film, 1956's Love Me Tender , was a Western, not a rock-and-roll film) would soon appear in the most popular films of the ...
Some non-American releases of the album, such as that on the Festival Records label of Australia on FR12-1102, promoted the album as being the soundtrack for the Rock Around the Clock film, owing to six of its tracks being included in the film. The album was recorded in the Decca Records studio located in the Pythian Temple in New York City. [2 ...
"Rock Around The Clock / Shake, Rattle And Roll" – 2:05 "In The Dancing Hold" – 3:45 "Oh What A Feeling" – 8:50; Personnel. John "Ghetto" Gibbard – electric guitar, vocals; Rheal Lanthier – electric guitar, vocals; Josef Chirowski – organ, vocals, piano, harmonica; Kelly Jay – piano, vocals, harmonica, bass
On April 12, 1954, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded their single "Rock Around the Clock" at the Pythian Temple studios; they subsequently recorded all but two of their Decca recordings between 1954 and 1964 there. On October 21, 1958, Buddy Holly's final studio sessions were recorded at the Pythian.
James Edward Myers (October 26, 1919 – May 10, 2001) was an American songwriter, music publisher, actor, director, producer, and raconteur.. Myers is best known as the credited co-writer of "Rock Around the Clock" for which he used the pseudonym "Jimmy DeKnight".