It was at a Ball at the Trocadero in August 1955, sixty years ago this month, that I first heard it live; ‘Rock Around the Clock’ changed everything.
The film Blackboard Jungle starring Glenn Ford was playing at the St James Theatre; ‘Rock Around the Clock’ was its soundtrack theme. But hearing it live was terrific.
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