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, 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 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 Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight
[instrumental interlude] 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 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 Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight
[instrumental interlude] 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 Gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight
"Rock Around the Clock," recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets on April 12, 1954, changed the course of American music. It turned popular music on its ear, and opened a Pandora's box of uninhibited, raucous, joyous noise.
Rock Around The Clock is the first recording to be universally acknowledged as a rock and roll record. It is considered by many to be the song that put rock and roll on the map in America and around the world.
"Rock Around the Clock" has sold more than 200 million copies more than any other song.
Rock Around the Clock has out-sold all songs except Bing Crosby's White Christmas.
It has been recorded by 500 artists and in 32 languages.
It has been in 36 movies.
At any given moment, it is playing somewhere in the world.
But the number that stands out is $47.50 what each Comet made for the recording session.
Haley died on February 9, 1981, at age 55 All the royalties from Rock Around The Clock go to (Haley's) estate
~Song~ Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley & The Comets
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