Rock Around the Clock (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Rock Around the Clock
Type = compilation album
Artist = Bill Haley and His Comets


Released = December 19 1955
Recorded = April 12 1954–September 23 1955, New York
Genre = Rock and Roll
Length = 30:53
Label = Decca Records
Producer = Milt Gabler
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cq7ibk09sak0 link]
Last album = 'Shake, Rattle and Roll" (1955)
This album = "Rock Around the Clock" (1955)
Next album = "Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show" (1956)

"Rock Around the Clock" was the third album of rock and roll music by Bill Haley and His Comets'. Released by Decca Records in December 1955 it was, like the two albums that preceded it, a compilation album of previously issued singles. Most of album's contents were in fact previously issued by Decca earlier in 1955 on the album, "Shake, Rattle and Roll". Unlike the previous release, which was in the 10-inch format, the new album was a full 12-inch release and included additional tracks from 1955. It was also the first Haley album to make the Billboard charts, and was one of the very first album releases of the rock and roll genre to do so.

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