rock around the clock

Fifty five years ago the reverberations of Rock and Roll reached the British airwaves. It was more than four months between Bill Haley taking it to number one in the U.S. and it finally topping the charts in the U.K. it stalled on both charts until it was featured in the film Blackboard Jungle. Two decades later it had a resurgence when it was featured on the big screen in American Graffiti and the small screen in Happy Days. As the first rock record to top the charts, 'Rock Around the Clock' marks the moment when Rock and Roll captured the Amercian Zeitgeist.

One, Two, Three O'clock, Four O'clock rock,
Five, Six, Seven O'clock, Eight O'clock rock.

Nine, Ten, Eleven O'clock, Twelve O'clock rock,

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

Put your glad rags on and join me hon',
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one.

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight,

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight,
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

When the clock strikes two, three and four,
If the band slows down we'll yell for more.

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight,

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight,
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

When the chimes ring five, six, and seven,
We'll be right in seventh heaven.

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight,

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight,
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too,
I'll be goin' strong and so will you.

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight,

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight,
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

When the clock stikes twelve we'll cool off then,
Start rockin' 'round the clock again.

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight,

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'till broad daylight,
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.