Rock With Bill Haley and The Comets

by Bill Haley and His Comets

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1955
  • Label: Essex
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:39
  • Community rating: 3.22/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Tony Yayo, Focus, Punch

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released by Essex Records to capitalize on the band's massive success at Decca, this compilation gathers their foundational early 1950s singles. Featuring early versions of 'Crazy Man, Crazy', the collection documents the exact moment Western swing and rhythm and blues coalesced into early rock and roll.

Genres

Descriptors: Gangsta

Tracklist

  1. (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (2:09)
  2. Shake, Rattle And Roll (2:29)
  3. ABC Boogie (2:27)
  4. Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town) (2:52)
  5. Razzle Dazzle (2:41)
  6. Two Hound Dogs (2:57)
  7. Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (2:30)
  8. Happy Baby (2:34)
  9. Birth Of The Boogie (2:14)
  10. Mambo Rock (2:37)
  11. Burn That Candle (2:44)
  12. Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie (2:19)

Credits

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