It could be argued that Bill Haley And His Comets were the group that launched Rock & Roll Music in a big way. When (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock was first released in May 1954, it went practically nowhere. When it was included as part of the movie Blackboard Jungle starring Glenn Ford, the song took off reaching #1 on the charts, remaining in the top position for 8 weeks, that's 2 months, and attaining GOLD status!Their first charted hit, Shake, Rattle And Roll, a former #1 R&B hit foe Big Joe Turner, reached #7 and was a GOLD record.
Throughout their career, Bill Haley And His Comets had 28 hits on the charts, had 3 GOLD records and four reached the Top Ten .
This week on Voice Your Choice on Treasure Island Oldies, we present two of their GOLD singles. You can vote for either Shake, Rattle And Roll OR See You Later, Alligator.
Come to Treasure Island Oldies and click on the Voice Your Choice button. As usual, we'll play the results of the vote in the third hour of this week's show.
