Rock Around The Clock! · MPL

Rock Around The Clock! · MPL

"One-Two-Three-O'Clock, Four-O'Clock Rock..." With those simple words, a music genre was born. On July 9, 1955, the song "Rock Around The Clock" as recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets became the first Rock and Roll song to hit the top of the Billboard music charts. It was a nice belated birthday present for Haley, who had just turned 30 and had been a working musician for over a decade at that point. He would have turned 90 today. While Haley …