Fun Music Information -> Bill Haley & His Comets

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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:

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Bill Haley & the Comets, Bill Haley and the Comets, Bill Haley And His Comets, Bill Haley and His Comets, Bill Haley

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"Aqua Teen (Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad)"	"Shake, Rattle, and Roll"	Paul Warren
"Break The Alarm Clock"	"Rock Around The Clock"	oldtimer

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Rock Around The Lock" originally "Rock Around The Clock"

Renee Keener

"Rock Around The Cock" originally "Rock Around The Clock"

Like around the 'cock of a gun', or a rooster.

oldiesfan

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Frock Around The Clock" originally "Rock Around The Clock"

We'll have a fashion show around the clock.

My Name Is Joe

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"Rock Around The Flock" originally "Rock Around The Clock"

oldiesfan

"Hock Around The Clock" originally "Rock Around The Clock"

oldiesfan

"Mock Around The Clock" originally "Rock Around The Clock"

oldiesfan

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Shake, Rattle, And Roll"	"Shaked, Rattled, And Rolled"	Immoral Liberal
"Rock Around The Clock"	"Attack Iraq Around The Clock"	Alvin Dover

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Shake, Rattle, And Roll	Parkinson's disease/Epilepsy/Tourette's Syndrome clinics	oldsongs

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Crocodile Rock Elton John	Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley & His Comets	Crocodile Rock Around The Clock	The Anti-Corporate Outlaw

Misheard Lyrics:

"Rock Around The Clock" Misheard Lyrics: Pants goes down, we'll yell for more. Original Lyrics: Band slows down, we'll yell for more.	"See You Later, Alligator" Misheard Lyrics: See you later, alligator Half a wild crocodile. Original Lyrics: See you later alligator After 'while, crocodile.
"Rock Around The Clock" Misheard Lyrics: When the clock strikes twelve, we'll pull our pants down. Original Lyrics: When the clock strikes twelve, we'll cool off then.

Nonsensical Lyrics:

"Rock Around The Clock"

The Nonsensical Lyrics:

When the clock strikes 2, 3 and 4!

Why They're Nonsensical:

The clock cannot strike 2, 3 and 4 all at the same time.

Submitted by: Tarquin

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock"

Opening Lines:

1, 2, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock rock, 5, 6, 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock rock, 9, 10, 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock rock, We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

Comments:

Although there had been rock 'n' roll charting tunes since the late 1940's ("Rocket 88"), the first #1 rock 'n' roll record on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 charts was Bill Haley & His Comets' version of "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock". The song was #1 in the summer of 1955 on the Billboard charts, and set into motion the whole rock 'n' roll era of music. It had a slow ride to chart hit and later cult status. It was written by Max C. Freedman & James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight) back in late 1952 originally as "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock Tonight". It was recorded first by Sonny Dee & the Knights in 1953, but that version didn't get very far. Later it was heard by Bill Haley and Decca record producer, Milt Gabler who decided to record it with the Comets on April 12, 1954. Gabler and Haley released the tune as the B-side of a song entitled, "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)" and it nearly died an early chart death (didn't even chart in 1954 when it was released in May of that year). If it had not been for the fact that a young man named Peter Ford had bought the record for his collection the song might have gone into obscurity. Peter Ford was the son of actor Glenn Ford and Glenn Ford had been cast along with dancer Eleanor Powell to star in the teen centered drama, "Blackboard Jungle" in 1955. Glenn heard Peter's record and then took the record to the producers of "Blackboard Jungle" and Bill Haley & His Comets' version of "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The ClocK" was chosen as the film's theme song, where it helped move the song to #1 for eight weeks during the summer of 1955. In 1956 there would be a movie with the same title released with Bill Haley as the star. Bill Haley would re-record the tune in 1968 and meet with moderate success. "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" would further cement it's lofty status in rock 'n' roll when ABC's new hit comedy series, "Happy Days" (about nostalgia for the 1950's) would incorporate the tune (by Bill Haley) as the original theme song (first two seasons).

Submitted by: Peter