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Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution!
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Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution! Paperback - 2005

by Jim Dawson


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(Book). 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.

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Two girls in wide, colorful skirts danced a do-si-do in front of a double bass fiddle on the cover of the April 12, 1954, issue of Life, one of America's most cherished family magazines.

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  • Title Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution!
  • Author Jim Dawson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition; F
  • Pages 207
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Backbeat Books, San Francisco, CA
  • Date May 10, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780879308292 / 087930829X
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 6.1 x 0.55 in (23.32 x 15.49 x 1.40 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Rock music - History and criticism, Sound recordings - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005007381
  • Dewey Decimal Code 782.421
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