Bill Haley and the Comets - Rock Around The Clock

[therealraybaby]

#664

[mehrizi78]

#1 song the day my mom was born. Explains her lifestyle. LOL

[KORNDAOLET]

OMG! How can he breath while the song?

[renatarbrito1]

OMG! I'm 16 and I like this so much.. I really born in the wrong timw

[nimportqoi]

@renatarbrito1

no you just like the song so much :)

[MrKrazykev13]

thatsa where my pirate went..

[PompeyRoy]

Thats the old Wembley Stadium London is'nt it? Great old song

[comlu1]

bill haley se hizo famoso con este rock en 1955 no en 1972 ni en 1979.

[Milewskige]

And this was BEFORE American Graffiti (1973) and Happy Days (1974) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jhoan5524]

si son los mejores

[megaman6974]

lol when I was 6 My school used this song for a concert

[appleman2500]

no guys the fifthys and sixthys are in america's histroy forever 70 and 80's ok but the classics never die and as long as we have youtube it lives forever

[MrKrazykev13]

@appleman2500 fuck you!!!!

[seetroo]

similarity to move it on over, hank williams....just sayin

[ShaunyyMusic]

@seetroo i was thinking exactly the same thing

[irocker65]

rip tom bosely

[rubber4532]

that guy was right bill haley was the real king of rock n roll.

[missruna2000]

I love this song 

[Lakerolmannen]

the music was better before.

[moradordobrooklin]

This is was the very first r roll song I ever heard in my teen years. That sound thrilled me like nothing before. I just couldn't stop swinging with it.

I'd say "the whole purple gang" has learned with B Halley. This man really was the first one.

[mkl62]

On July 9, 1955, this song hit #1, which began the Rock Era. On November 25 of that year, this song hit #1 in the United Kingdom, becoming the 6th #1 song of the Rock Era in the UK.

[pokebeygirl]

when me and my class danced this song for our barn dance we totally enjoyed it but now that i've seen this video i feel a bit embarassed that i danced it

[Dennis213100]

If i didn't saw the video I would think was Barrack Obama.

[MrPropaneHank]

That akward moment when the two most liked comments are the same, even though it's not awkward at all

[kaspi47]

Voila un des pionniers du rock and roll : Bill Haley sans oublier les autres étoiles, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Richie Valens, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis bien sur et j'en oublie. Avec aussi d'autres moins connus comme The Kalin Twins, The Everly Brothers, etc etc

[kirbyscovers]

If I didnt know better, Id swear I see Elvis looking out thru his eyes in the first 11 seconds ... Kirby

[sylvie01945]

Le premier rock que j'ai dansé !!! ENORME !!!! INOUBLIABLE A JAMAIS !!!!!

[JOHNBFROMQEEP]

How could anyone dislike this. 9 people are off their rocker! lol.

[theman4you1000]

help

[SpongebobMainiac]

we have to bloody do this for bloody music tomoz grr so irretating bloody hell

[tonicruzz]

This is Music!

[calixa]

PIRATE GUITAR GUY FOR THE WIN!

[jaypauldini]

hey guys theres hundreds of rock n roll bands, playing today, you just got to check them out, most places have a livley rockin scene

[dinosweetums]

yeah me too, i wish i could have lived through the cold war.

[MrZzachariah13]

@dinosweetums you died?

[ginger1959able]

The day Bill blew away the pretenders to his title Chuck Berry Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis not even close.

[kempy202]

the king of rock n roll

[Catication]

7 people don't rock around the clock.

[Theblackspy12]

What happen to 2011..

i still love the old one....

[xmishell26x]

Bill Haley rocks

[mkl62]

July 9, 1955. The day that the music scene changed forever. It was on this day that this hit by Bill Haley and His Comets was declared the #1 song in the USA. It also hit #1 in countries around the world. It would finish at #2 at the end of the year, falling to the song that it knocked out of the #1 spot (Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White; Perez Prado). Clearly, the Big Band Era was over and there was a new sound on the scene. Bill Haley, the Father of Rock and Roll.

[balladeer45]

How could someone think that he "failed" by knocking over the mic stand? He had the crowd in tbe palm of his hands! ...I see Mr. Picky made no comment about the music,,,,And that's what it's all about..............GREAT VIDEO

[gunkelator]

Haley looks like Buzzlightyear from the toy story movies.

[MrNicolaifan]

Haley fails a bit when he makes the microphone fall at 2:08

[claaraa31100]

i love it !! he's great

[TatCoz]

Cette musique ne prend aucune ride. Un vrai hymne ! Dans 10000 ans on l'écoutera encore. Inusable !!

[theguitarczar]

That is a shredding guitarist

[chemochinga]

After Bill Haley and the Comets visited England, this caused the English to get into the Blues and ramp it up, later causing the English invasion to America...

[Luciferminusone]

No offense but it sounds like they are saying "The Key!  "The Key is back!" at the end: Do they mean the bathroom key? Actually I figured out what they were saying.

[Radegastx0]

oh stop crying that you live in wrong time and make the music and revolution like these guys did!!!

[Thomasjefferson8263]

Just imagine seeing this live. It had to be incredible!

[vinnietikeri]

this rocks like full on man he is the king of rock

[TheBeatles95here]

Dam, I was born in the wrong period

[Luciferminusone]

@TheBeatles95here Me 2 (too)

[JelenaAnimalhelper]

@TheBeatles95here me too why why 2000 why not 1950

[mr10am]

whenever i hear this song, i always think its a carl perkins song. vocally, they sound very similar in this song.

[coreytheace]

im 24 yrs old, and this music is so great! i wish music was still like this! I hate modern music! Well after the early 90s any ways. i like my Ac/dc and styx! Alice Cooper etc. But without bands like Bill haley and his Comets and A lot of others, Ac/dc and company probably would not exist! Everyone knows....ITS OK TO ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK because ROCK AND ROLL AIN'T NOISE POLLUTION!

[Escabizzlnizzl]

Wow! The lead guitarist Johnny Kay was my guitar teacher for almost 5 years, starting lessons with him about 10 years ago now. I've played guitar now almost 15 years and he was the single most influential person in my life when it came to, not just guitar, but music as a whole. If you live in//around Delaware than you still may be able to look him up and schedule lessons with him. I couldn't suggest a better person. He even sold me one of his guitars! Here is his website: jkrockets(DOT)com

[ntcbassman87]

rock n' roll's version of the "shot heard round the world"! 

[oiolhodeboi]

quer coisa melhor que juntar dois microfones com fita crepe ? (:

[mirkros]

"I think you'd take care of your wife, asshole" 

[HappyBumbleBee4]

i love this song so much

[ESrockss]

Rock rock nananaaa

[MrDubiousMan]

Magic.



[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

great video.. how great Bill sings+ plays, STIIL a hit! still rocks!

[bigben11058]

pirate by day....riff master by night



[willpm100]

The Greatest Rock and Roll Hit!

[Schwayze1]

@willpm100  YOU ARE RIGHT

[PangeaYT]

i feel like im living in the wrong time

[tollasasz]

it's very good song :D GREETINGS FROM HUNGARY

[Runningjoels]

@PangeaYT are you white? cus if you're anything else, you wouldnt want to live in this time

[007jackpot]

This was in 1978

[Aylviana]

I have a fake christmas tree that sings this

[Nipponjohn]

Bill Haley - Forever

[rsgiveawayz]

5 people slipped and clicked :(

[diana20ization]

so NICE!!!

[99cams]

im 13 but love classics 30s 40s 50s 60s rocks dont let the classics die

[LyricsEpic]

mafia 2 borught me here

[99cams]

@LyricsEpic some i love mafia 2 lol

[darlanlp3]

@LyricsEpic I to

[lotuslamb]

he sounds like obama lol



[theCoDsuperfan]

the guy with the patch rocked a little bit to hard

[1mlt]

I was 9 years old when this song came out. It was first released in 1953 and fell on it's face. TOO RADICAL. The it came back as the theme song for the movie "Black Board Jungle" in 1955. The movie starred Glenn Ford, Sal Mineo, Sidney Portier, Anne Francis and couple of other "unknowns". It was a overnight hit and the rest, as they say, is history. Even today a 10 year old knows this song.

[PangeaYT]

fucking ads i hate them

[TorckStor]

México era su segunda casa

[EldarSK8]

My teacher haw got guitar like this pirate haw!

[13Maxymus]

amazing

[Paan987654321]

pirate solo!!



[TheM763]

love it!! he was great!!

[tommy1gtr]

0:11......the man still had IT at 47!!

[40sivmonica]

Han var Kungen.

Bill Haley.

Jag dansade Rocken n Roll mitten på 50:talet.

Då var jag 14½ år gammal.

Monica.

[75353866]

Rock has changed since then not in a bad way but just changed

[ginger1959able]

Number one 7th jan 1955 36 weeks in the charts and the only record to return to the top twenty on 5 occasions ,and at this concert BILL blew away Chuck Berry Little Richard who was booed off after 3 songs and Jerry Lee Lewis.

[Grifiki]

"I don't remember adding any corrections after your last reply?? I loved both the Movie and the Song! When I saw the movie, and then saw Bill and his comets at the Gaumont England; I was a fan! Us Teddy-Boys loved all Rock/Roll!"

[rickmfinancial]

@Grifiki The movie "Blackboard Jungle", remember?

[MrHabugagiba]

In 30th of April 1977-In Pontiac, Michigan, Led Zeppelin did a show to a crowd of 77,229. The gig set a new record for attendance at a single-act concert. In a few days it will be the 34th anniversary since this tremendous record. Because of this, we fellow rockers like YOU will be leaving negative comments, disliking, and flagging on JUSTIN BIEBER song:BABY on Saturday 30th April 2011. The aim is to have more dislikes than likes. Post this to every good ROCK VIDEO AND THUMBS UP TO KEEP IT UP!

[Grifiki]

@walter4092 "I can never understand you jokers? 'Never hit the charts!' And what the hell do you know? I saw this guy and the comets in 1957 LIVE! in England. I was also one of the first to see his movie 'Rocker around the clock. When I was a teenager we used to dance to all this Hip-music! Why don't you buy another book??"

[walter4092]

@Grifiki i did mean that when this record was released in 54 it didn t hit the charts , but 2 years later after the movie where the song was played this record became the record where the young ones were waiting for aand in trhe usa it became a hug hit , but in Europe where i live ( and that s not my fault ) rock n roll was not in ,the people here were not ready for that new sound , and by the way i have the britain hits 1952-1999 ,

[walter4092]

@Grifiki google and see , rock around the clock has a valse start in 54 , in juli 55 after the movie it became a top 3 hit in the usa and 17 in Britain , with all respect , i see that you are 71 years od , maybe born in 40 ,

i never said that Bill Halley was not a big star , he was

[walter4092]

@Grifiki this is the last , if i made mistakes in the words sorry , i live in Belgium and normaly i speak dutch

so this is my school English , you wrote what the hell do you know , i won over here the 64 000 dollars question (de vraag van 1 miljoen ) also seen on you tube 08 de vraag van 1 miljoen and i was a dj in my country , so you must know a lot of the history of music , i won in the past quizzes about music questions

[Argeaux2]

I loved this clip.

Thanks for sharing it!

[MrNickyL]

this is a song and what a king!!

[cortesguitar]

this is the best thing ever

[ForeverAtRest]

cracked.com brought me here

[SirVezas]

@ForeverAtRest damnit now I have to see the cracked article again ;)

[ForeverAtRest]

@SirVezas

I love cracked. :D

[ksk3859]

alsome

[xX0Jota0Xx]

i kinda like this better than elvis

[RockabillyWilly1]

Yes agreee- BILL IS KING!!!

[GAbbbbrielllll]

5 personas no saben lo que es el rock! y la buena música!

[GioGesso]

He and Elvis are The Kings Of The Real Rock n' Roll

[songkok7hitam]

to those 5 dislikes go and die in Taliban country.

[Hyppoliteify]

J'adore le Rock c'est extraordinaire (Ephraim hyppolite)

[Cheerrriii]

@Hyppoliteify oui, c'est tres bien

[kirbyscovers]

Man when you look closely at his eyes I see a bit of Elvis in there.

[YingLeticia2000215]

rock!!!!!

[MrDigitalboy99]

haha luv it ;D

[TheAlphalis]

Que maravilloso!!!Que grande!!!Que unico!!!Que estrella!!!QUE VIVA EN NUESTRAS MEMORIAS Y CORAZONES!!!EL MÄS GRANDE DE TODOS!!!BILL HALEY!!!

[AJohnnymous]

Was that McCartney talking at the end?

[salvamanzur]

La canción de rock and roll más representativa de todos los tiempos, sin duda alguna!

[xEvanxLawlorx]

You say its still popular in 1972 ? Its still popular in 2011 ! It gets me going xD all my friends like rap and rave music but im not ashamed to like this music !

[sLAUGHTER115]

@xEvanxLawlorx

And why should you be ashamed?! I love this music too, 18 years old and have always been a fan of rap just like you. we're in musical depression atm, music like this shows how crap mainstream are today.

[xEvanxLawlorx]

@sLAUGHTER115  Yeah i love this music and i'm not ashamed ! :) btw i never liked rap there was never a meaning to the music all they do is rhyme a few words but back then the music had meaning.

[PangeaYT]

i found out about this song because of mafia 2 and god i have discovered so many songs i love (better then "club" music)

[joaocruzz16]

muito cool i loved!!!

[Svettjodd]

Wow, this really underlines how early rock was a form of simplified swingband jazz!

[ThePepi50]

@Svettjodd LOL! your comment was removed because recived many negative votes ¡LOL!

[laranarebeca]

jojojojjoj



[rustednails]

bill haley is awesome. his lead guitarist is a pirate!

[lovegirl12245]

im singing this 4 my spring concert

[Eefiebaby]

It still swinging.........timeless, good!!!

[Os151985]

The man said it all. The KING! That's my opinion as well.the no#1 song of rock-n-roll?ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK!!!! Long live the king,Bill Haley.Long live Rock!!!!!!

[ginger1959able]

Yes 1972 when BILL blew away Chuck Berry Little Richard and Jerry Lee no contest that day who was the KING

[supercol1]

Is this at Wembley?

[MrBrilliante]

Musik i "Vänd dom inte ryggen" Och då började rocken sin framgång.

[Alikah1]

@MrBrilliante Pretty much what I was thinking.

[Culebrinha]

The best solo guitar ever

[ginger1959able]

Bill took tired deadbeat hillbilly to a new level and genre and for the record move it on over is a copy of Little Brother Montgomery,s Vicksburg blues after Hanks death when ROCK AND ROLL came along it was reissued with heavy guitar dubbed on to cash in Hank was well know in all the states having toured in 45+ of them.

[SELFlnsurance]

this song really loses all it's power after listening to "Move it on Over" by Hank Williams in 1947.......

still good song, made history. Maybe without this song and others that got inspirated by Hank Williams, we would never had known Hank Williams

[MrFr1k1]

violonchelo

[P4p3RM4n]

Finally, i've been looking for this song for ages, thanks...

[Herniuspictures]

The first king of Rock n Roll.

[1mlt]

@Herniuspictures

I was 9 years old when this song came out. It was first released in 1953 and fell on it's face. TOO RADICAL. The it came back as the theme song for the movie "Black Board Jungle" in 1955. The movie starred Glenn Ford, Sal Mineo, Sidney Portier, Anne Francis and couple of other "unknowns". It was a overnight hit and the rest, as they say, is history. Even today a 10 year old knows this song.

[qvorqvor]

ROCK ROCK ROCK yeaaaaa this is fucking good performance

[robogerrrald]

rock around the clock rocks

[harmonicaman008]

Still proud to sing it and filling it with more expression than ever, you GOT to admire that, and oh yeah... this performance kicks ass!

[lauraken]

THE BEST!:)

[GAMERFREAK2139]

PLEASE READ!

It's not a good idea to go to biebers video & click the dislike button cause every time we go to his video he gets payed a few cents cause his vid's sponsered. Instead we pick songs like this & get as many people as we can to watch so by the 1st of march on biebers birthday all rock videos will be most viewed on youtube charts.This will get the younger audience to listen to good music & might have good rock bands form again.PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE!

[mrzuitsuit]

Guitar solo by a man with a patch. Epic!

[ankoajinoanko]

かっけぇっすなぁ

[JenovaS2]

I was reading about this song in "the story about blues" that I had to read as homework. Actually pretty interesting

[AbderzakKc]

big up from algeria

[ginger1959able]

Who did not record rock and roll or play it till 1955 4 years after Bill  and for the record at this concert Bill blew away Chuck Jerry lee and Little

Richard who was booed off after 3 numbers

[gloyahoo]

BILL HALLEY - THUMBS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

[widdastojkovic96]

dobra pesma



[Jonathan692151]

Long live the rock song from back the day

[alperenaaa]

Presley shat him self and used drugs because of this god :D

[potneger]

3 deaf people missed the like button!!!!

[clo2maitre]

.c'est chaud a apprendre pour les cours de musique au college

[sk8man182]

real rock n roll

[rocknroll56able]

The true KING of rocknroll BILL HALEY..not presley !!

[GameAssualt]

@rocknroll56able Erm, i wihs i could agree to this, but The real FAther and King of rock and roll is Chuck Berry

[tsukoyomi2021]

@GameAssualt

Actually, I'd like to say it was Hank Williams, in which Move it on Over which this song was pretty much copied off of. Hank Williams is arguably the FIRST recorded rock song of all time, so my hats off to him imo

[judyjudymyrna]

This is the song tat actually started Rock and Roll. And nobody did it like Bill Haley.

[joaoraia]

nesta altura sim fazia-se musica viva o rock n´roll

[milanlivio]

I'm 14 years old and I love this music! Why don't they continue doing rock n' roll songs? It's great!

[DaCoopLoo]

@milanlivio agree.