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ROCK
ON THE NET:
Bill Haley & His Comets
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- April 12: Bill Haley recorded
"(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."
 July 9: Bill Haley & His
Comets topped the Billboard Best Sellers In
Stores chart for 8 weeks with "(We're Gonna)
Rock Around The Clock." - July 16: Bill Haley & His
Comets topped the Billboard Most Played by
Jockeys chart for 6 weeks with "(We're
Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."
- July 23: Bill Haley & His
Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with
"Razzle-Dazzle / Two Hound Dogs."
Billboard
chart run: 15 - 21 - 24 - 17 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 111
- July 30: Bill Haley & His
Comets topped the Billboard Most Played In
Jukeboxes chart for 7 weeks with "(We're
Gonna) Rock Around The Clock."
 January 28: Bill Haley & His
Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "See
You Later, Alligator."
Billboard
chart run: 20 - 13 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 7 - 6 -
8 - 8 - 12 - 17 - 25 - 35 - 37 - off
- July 9: Bill Haley & His
Comets were not allowed to play at the Roosevelt
Stadium in New Jersey due to an ordnance reading
"Rock and roll music encouraged juvenile
delingquency and inspired young females in lewd
bathing suits to perform obscene dances on the
city's beaches."
 April 21: Bill Haley & His
Comets hit the Billboard Top 40 with "Skinny
Minnie."
Billboard
chart run: 39 - off - 26 - 22 - 31 - 37 - off
Top Pop
Singles:
- "We're
Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" 1(10) / 26
(1955 and 1974)
 "See You Later,
Alligator" 6 / 15 (1956)- "Dim, Dim
The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)" 11
/ 15 (1955)
- "Burn That
Candle" 20 / 13 (1955)
- "Mambo
Rock" 18 / 8 (1955)
- "R-O-C-K"
29 / 5 (1956)
- "Rip It
Up" 30 / 4 (1956)
 "Razzle-Dazzle /
Two Hound Dogs" 15 / 4 (1955)- "Skinny
Minnie" 22 / 5 (1958)
- "Rudy's
Rock" 34 / 3 (1956)
- "Birth Of
The Boogie" 26 2 (1955)
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- "Shake,
Rattle And Roll" (1954)
- "Rock-A-Beatin'
Boogie" (1955)
- "The Saints
Rock 'N Roll" (1956)
- "Teenager's
Mother (Are You Right" (1956)
- "Rockin'
Through The Rye" (1956)
- "Hot Dog
Buddy Buddy" (1956)
- "Forty Cups
Of Coffee" (1957)
- "(You Hit
The Wrong Note) Billy Goat" (1957)
- "Lean
Jean" (1958)
| Note: Song title and position
links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run, LP links take
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including track listings and track samples), and
single cover art takes you to Amazon.com for that CD single (if
available). Songs charting prior to 1980 have
information from Billboard magazine. |
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