Zane van auken biography. compositions

1954 rock and roll song

This article is about the song recorded by Bill Haley.

For the film, see Rock Around the Clock (film).

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Zane Van Auken (28 July , Washington – ) was an American composer, arranger and music educator.

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For the album by Haley, see Rock Around the Clock (album).

"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952.

The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca. It was a number one single for two months^[6] and did well on the United Kingdom charts; the recording also reentered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s.

It was the first rock and roll record to top the pop charts in both the US and UK^[7]—Bill Haley had American chart success with "Crazy Man, Crazy" in 1953, and in 1954, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" sung by Big Joe Turner reached No.

1 on the Billboard R&B chart. Haley's recording became