On Saturday, 9 July 1955 Bill Haley & Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock” topped the charts where it stayed for eight weeks.
It was not the first rock and roll record, nor was it the first successful record of the genre but this song, whose original full title was “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight!”, was the first able to surge to the top of all three different categories compiled by Billboard magazine at the time: Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played By Disc Jockeys, and Most Played in Juke Boxes.
In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or artistically significant.”
‘Rock Around The Clock’
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
Rock Senza Sosta
L’una, le due, le tre, le quattro rock
Le cinque, le sei, le sette le otto rock
Le nove, le dieci, le undici le dodici rock
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Indossa i tuoi stracci eleganti e vieni con me, dolcezza
Ci divertiremo quando l’orologio segnerà l’una
E balleremo senza sosta stasera
Balleremo il rock, fino a giorno fatto
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Quando l’orologio segnerà le due, e le tre e le quattro
Se la band rallenterà noi le urleremo di andare avanti
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Balleremo il rock, fino a giorno fatto
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Quando le campane suoneranno le cinque e le sei e le sette
Ci parrà di essere al settimo cielo
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Balleremo il rock, rock, rock, fino a giorno fatto
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Quando saranno le otto, le nove, le dieci e le undici
Io mi sentirò forte e lo sarai anche tu
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Balleremo il rock, rock, rock, fino allo a giorno fatto
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Quando l’orologio batterà le dodici, allora ci calmeremo,
Ma poi ricominceremo a ballare senza sosta
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
Balleremo il rock fino a giorno fatto
Balleremo il rock senza sosta stasera
(L.Z.)
So good to see this again, before my time, but part of the fabric of my life nonetheless.
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… and of mine, too 🙂
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🙂
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nice post:
https://i.imgur.com/cUQJI8N.gif?noredirect
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Thank you ❤
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Mentre la leggevo la cantavo
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Sì, è molto allegra e mette voglia di accennare un passo di ballo …
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A very simple song. It had an amazing effect on the young of the time.
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Yes, and it is still loved
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I like that.
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So do I. I find this song cheerful and
addictive
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The time is ripe for a MASS EXODUS from YouTube
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But where could I find the videos I need for some of my posts?
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Copy the one you wan and keep it, then go to
VIMEO and sign there, then put your video in…
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Thank you 🙂
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I was 6 years old then and my first experience of rock was a couple of years later but this is a classic that I heard not many years after.
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An evergreen … ❤
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Reblogged this on Alessandria today.
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Grazie!
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Adoro questo pezo!
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E’ coinvolgente, non è vero?
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oh, uno dei certificati di nascita del r’nr’
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Hai ragione!!!🎶
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50’s song using a metaphor for intimacy and it caught on like wild fire,in the neighborhood back then rock&roll was slang for sex. Catchy song nevertheless
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Great song!
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