Rock Around the Clock

Play track

  • Listeners

    118K

  • Scrobbles

    514.4K

  • Listeners

    118K

  • Scrobbles

    514.4K

Play track
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this song

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Play album
Skip to YouTube video

Replace video

Length
2:12
Lyrics

Add lyrics on Musixmatch

"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song 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. It was the first rock and roll record to top the pop charts in both the US and UK. The recording is widely considered to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture around the world. The song is ranked No. 15… read more
"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym "J… read more
"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The be… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Featured On

Bill Haley & Comets

113 listeners

2,745 more albums featuring this track

Similar Tracks

  1. Legends Play track

  2. Hard To Find Jukebox Classics – Stereo Explosion Volume 5: Pop (1955-64) Play track

  3. For Cool Grandkids Everywhere Play track

  4. 100 Super Oldies Play track

  5. The Great Twenty-Eight Play track

  6. 18 Greatest Hits Play track

  7. Be-Bop A-Lula: His 30 Original Hits Play track

  8. Now 10 1988' Play track

  9. La Bamba Play track

  10. Chantilly Lace Play track

  11. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On - Remastered 2022 Play track

  12. At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition) Play track

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
49
54
65
64
55
59
66
56
61
63
63
53
50
58
59
42
65
56
57
62
48
57
57
51
72
57
57
50
54
59
64
53
59
69
51
59
61
59
51
63
57
59
70
51
62
52
54
61
43
55
58
65
49
59
45
70
63
47
55
60
70
48
63
68
51
46
47
49
74
59
65
66
68
60
64
42
69
49
60
64
46
58
54
65
61
61
65
73
55
59
65
64
53
56
72
60
67
47
58
60
42
58
42
54
50
50
44
52
58
59
58
71
60
58
65
44
50
56
55
58
42
53
58
56
65
41
52
54
56
56
61
69
57
73
57
49
55
72
70
61
67
48
73
60
60
55
60
64
78
80
65
50
57
46
58
56
48
49
56
65
65
57
57
46
59
57
47
56
67
59
55
54
62
42
74
67
61
62
55
66
60

Play this track

External Links

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

3 more

Bill Haley & His Comets

337,198 listeners

Related Tags

Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band (sometimes referred to as Bill Haley and The Comets or Bill Haley's Comets; and as The Comets after the death of Haley) was the earliest group of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of white America and the rest of the world. From late 1954 to late 1956, the group scored nine singles in the US Top 20, one of those a number one and three more in the Top Ten. In 1987, Bill Haley was inducted … read more
Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band (sometimes referre… read more
Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 in Chester, Pennsylvania, and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band (sometimes referred to as Bill Haley and The Comets or Bill Hale… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 453,841 listeners

    Avatar for Carl Perkins

  2. 960,327 listeners

    Avatar for Jerry Lee Lewis

  3. 571,861 listeners

    Avatar for Chubby Checker

  4. 602,870 listeners

    Avatar for Eddie Cochran

  5. 90,364 listeners

    Avatar for Billy Lee Riley

  6. 254,256 listeners

    Avatar for Bill Haley

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss