It was 70 years ago this month that Sgt. Pepper’s predecessor really taught the band to play. That was when “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets became the No. 1 song on ...

Before there was Elvis Presley ... before there was Chuck Berry ... before there were Jerry Lee Lewis or Fats Domino or Lennon and McCartney, there was a wannabe country musician named Bill Haley. He ...

Iconic Rock Group Changed the Course of Music 71 Years Ago With Their Biggest Hit originally appeared on Parade. Music history was made on July 9, 1955, thanks in part to a movie about inner-city ...

Bill Haley wasn’t the first person to sing rock ‘n’ roll, but he was one of the first white people to bring attention to the boogie-woogie hybrid where country and western met rhythm and blues. In a ...

"Rock Around the Clock." What song better sums up an innocent time of malteds, saddle shoes and sock hops? When a show called "Happy Days" hit the airwaves in January 1974, "Rock Around the Clock" was ...