Rock Around The Clock Rock Around The Clock

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was on April 12, 1954 - 50 years ago last Monday - that Bill Haley and the Comets assembled at New York's Pythian Temple and recorded the song that started it all. Haley died in 1981 at age 55, long overshadowed by the often bizarre procession of rock supernovas he had set in motion. But the Original Comets, of which Mr Lytle was the bass player, are still rocking away on the old numbers - the ones that ended the age of the Great American Songbook and brought on de noise and de funk. Long live Rock 'n' Roll!Kvarner