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Posted By: Jim Liddane on: 04/25/2010 18:39:02 EDT
Subject: RE: Session: Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - 1955

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The first time I heard the song was 1955 when it was released in the UK and Ireland, but I do know it has been released in 1954 in the USA, as the B Side of "13 Women".

It did make the Top 30 in the USA in 1954, but at the time, that was viewed as a bit of a flop!

Seemingly, Peter Ford, the teenage song of actor Glenn Ford, bought the record, and when the film "Blackboard Jungle" was being made, Glenn borrowed some records from his son's collection, on the grounds that they would represent what young people in 1955 were really listening to - as opposed to what was on the charts.

Then the producers picked out Haley's record, and the rest is history.

And who knows - the story might even be true!

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