Rock Around The Clock

by Dawson, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780879308292
• ISBN10: 087930829X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Backbeat Books

Summary

Music detective Jim Dawson reveals the real story of rock 'n' roll's beginnings like it's never been told before. It's all here, from the song's murky origins and Bill Haley's early struggles as a professional musician, to the record's explosion through motion pictures like The Blackboard Jungle and Haley's resulting success and eventual burnout. Dawson makes the case that "Rock Around the Clock" - besides being the first national No. 1 rock 'n' roll hit - killed Tin Pan Alley and heralded the beginning of modern youth culture.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	5	(2)
CHAPTER 1: April Is the Coolest Month	7	(4)
CHAPTER 2: Rock Me With a Steady Roll!	11	(9)
CHAPTER 3: Let the Good Times Roll	20	(6)
CHAPTER 4: Yodelin' Bill Haley	26	(8)
CHAPTER 5: Calling All Comets	34	(16)
CHAPTER 6: Crazy Man, Crazy	50	(7)
CHAPTER 7: Put Your Glad Rags On	57	(14)
CHAPTER 8: Rockin' up in Seventh Heaven	71	(16)
CHAPTER 9: We'll Yell for More!	87	(26)
CHAPTER 10: Blackboard Jungle	113	(14)
CHAPTER 11: Rock Around the Clock Again	127	(17)
CHAPTER 12: Hollywood Rock 'n' Roll	144	(13)
CHAPTER 13: Hellbound Train to Waterloo	157	(13)
(a British remembrance by former pop star Ian Whitcomb)
CHAPTER 14: When the Clock Strikes Twelve	170	(7)
CHAPTER 15: Rock Till Broad Daylight!	177	(6)
CHAPTER 16: For the Record	183	(6)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	189	(2)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	191	(8)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR	199	(2)
PHOTO CREDITS	201	(2)
INDEX	203