Originally dismissed as a fad by the older generation by the end of the decade Elvis was ruling the charts, Motown Records was formed, Buddy Holly was dead and the British Invasion was around the corner - and the rest, as they say, is history.
MH
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Blackboard Jungle Updates
On this day in music history, in 1955, after being included the opening credits for the film Blackboard Jungle, the song Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & the Comets went to #1 on the UK charts, having already achieved that feat several months earlier in the US. Although the origins of Rock and Roll began much earlier, including Alan Freed broadcasting beginning in 1951 and eventually coining the term a few years later, Rock Around the Clock was the first #1 rock hit. The song entered the charts six more times - until 1974!
Originally dismissed as a fad by the older generation by the end of the decade Elvis was ruling the charts, Motown Records was formed, Buddy Holly was dead and the British Invasion was around the corner - and the rest, as they say, is history.
Originally dismissed as a fad by the older generation by the end of the decade Elvis was ruling the charts, Motown Records was formed, Buddy Holly was dead and the British Invasion was around the corner - and the rest, as they say, is history.
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