50s performances of Bill Haley and his Comets

‘crazy, man, crazy’ & ‘straightjacket’ & ‘shake, rattle and roll’ from film short ‘Roundup of Rhythm’, 1954

‘rock around the clock’ over the opening credits of the film ‘Blackboard Jungle’, March 1955

‘rock around the clock’ on the ‘Milton Berle Show’, Spring 1955

‘rock around the clock’ on the ‘Ed Sullivan Show’, mid 1955

‘rock around the clock’ on the ‘Ted Steele Show’, late 1955

‘rock around the clock’ from opening credits of the film ‘Rock around the Clock’, March 1956

‘see you later, alligator’ from the film ‘Rock around the Clock’, March 1956

‘rock-a-beatin’ boogie’ from the film ‘Rock around the Clock’, March 1956

‘razzle dazzle’ from the film ‘Rock around the Clock’, March 1956

‘R-O-C-K’ from the film ‘Rock around the Clock’, March 1956

‘Rudy’s rock’ from the film ‘Rock around the Clock’, March 1956

Parts of other Haley songs can be heard on ‘Rock around the Clock’: ‘ABC boogie’ (first verse only, off-screen),  ‘happy baby’ (first verse and chorus), ‘mambo rock’ (chorus).

‘hot-dog, buddy, buddy’ on ‘The Sunday Spectacular’, mid 1956

‘don’t knock the rock’ over the opening credits of ‘Don’t Knock the Rock’, December 1956

‘hot-dog, buddy, buddy’ from the film ‘Don’t Knock the Rock’, December 1956

‘goofin’ around’ from the film ‘Don’t Knock the Rock’, December 1956

‘callin’  all Comets’ from the film ‘Don’t Knock the Rock’, December 1956

‘rip it up’ from the film ‘Don’t Knock the Rock’, December 1956

The Haley song ‘hook, line and sinker’ can be heard off-screen ‘Don’t Knock the Rock’.

‘rock around the clock’ on one of the Dick Clarke’s show, later 1950s

‘vive le rock’n’roll’ from the German film ‘Hier bin ich, Hier Bleib”ich’, January 1959

‘hot-dog, buddy, buddy’ from the German film ‘Hier bin ich, Hier Bleib’ ich’, January 1959