This week in 1955: Georgia Bell Telephone used the light of the sun to power phone calls for the first time; U.S. Army commissioned the first male nurse; Sixty-six people were killed when a United ...
Before there was Elvis Presley ... before there was Chuck Berry ... before there were Jerry Lee Lewis or Fats Domino or Lennon and McCartney, there was a wannabe country musician named Bill Haley. He ...
Released in 1956, Rock Around The Clock was a musical film featuring the talents of Bill Haley & His Comets, and named after the group’s highly successful rock and roll record. Haley and his band were ...
It was 70 years ago this month that Sgt. Pepper’s predecessor really taught the band to play. That was when “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets became the No. 1 song on ...
On this day (July 9) in 1955, “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets became the first rock and roll song to top the Billboard Hot 100. More than a huge hit for Haley, the song changed the ...
"Rock Around the Clock" was the first time rock 'n' roll had ever been featured in a major Hollywood soundtrack. Glenn Ford was the tough teacher who has to keep the hoods in line. Sidney Poitier, ...
The 1950s – the decade in which Uruguay won the World Cup and Shirley Temple retired from showbiz (thanks Wikipedia). The decade that saw the poodle skirt and winklepickers, while musically rock ‘n’ ...
Iconic Rock Group Changed the Course of Music 71 Years Ago With Their Biggest Hit originally appeared on Parade. Music history was made on July 9, 1955, thanks in part to a movie about inner-city ...
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