He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets ( inspired by Halley's Comet ) and million selling hits such as, " Rock Around the Clock ", " See You Later Alligator ", and " Shake Rattle and Roll ".

The anonymous sleeve notes accompanying the 1956 Decca album " Rock Around The Clock " describe Haley's early life and career thus: " Bill got his first professional job at the age of 13, playing and entertaining at an auction for the fee of $ 1 a night.

In 1953, a song called " Rock Around the Clock " was written for Haley.

When " Rock Around the Clock " appeared behind the opening credits of the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle starring Glenn Ford, it soared to the top of the American Billboard chart for eight weeks.

" Rock Around the Clock " was the first record ever to sell over one million copies in both Britain and Germany and, in 1957, Haley became the first major American rock singer to tour Europe.

Haley continued to score hits throughout the 1950s such as " See You Later, Alligator " and he starred in the first rock and roll musical movies Rock Around the Clock and Don't Knock the Rock, both in 1956.

* A book on the history of Haley's most famous recording, Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution by Jim Dawson was published in June 2005.

* Jim Dawson, Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution!

His second album, 1986's The Secret Value of Daydreaming was panned by critics, but reached number 32 on the Billboard Magazines album chart, and produced the single " Stick Around ", which was his first # 1 single on the U. S. Album Rock Tracks chart.

Around the same time Kid Rock formed his back up band Twisted Brown Trucker, later recruiting Joseph " Joe C ." Calleja whom he met at a 1994 concert as part of the group.

* 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release " Rock Around the Clock ", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.

Bill Haley and his Comets performing " Rock Around the Clock " on TV in 1955

In terms of its wide cultural impact across society in the US and elsewhere, Bill Haley's " Rock Around the Clock ", recorded in April 1954 but not a commercial success until the following year, is generally recognized as an important milestone, but it was preceded by many recordings from earlier decades in which elements of rock and roll can be clearly discerned.

Three months earlier, on April 12, 1954, Bill Haley & His Comets recorded " Rock Around the Clock ".

" Rock Around the Clock " was a breakthrough for both the group and for all of rock and roll music.

If everything that came before laid the groundwork, " Rock Around the Clock " introduced the music to a global audience.

At the same time British audiences were beginning to encounter American rock and roll, initially through films including Blackboard Jungle ( 1955 ) and Rock Around the Clock ( 1955 ).

Both movies contained the Bill Haley & His Comets hit " Rock Around the Clock ", which first entered the British charts in early 1955 – four months before it reached the US pop charts – topped the British charts later that year and again in 1956, and helped identify rock and roll with teenage delinquency.

* March 20 – Evan Hunter's movie adaptation of the novel Blackboard Jungle premieres in the United States, featuring the famous single, Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley and His Comets.

* April-Bill Haley & The Comets record " Rock Around The Clock " thus starting the Rock and Roll craze.

is steeped with references to the 1960s popular music scene ( at one point a list of 200 fictional bands performing at the Walpurgisnacht rock festival is reeled off ( including a handful of actual bands of the 60s ), and there are numerous references to the famous rock and roll song, " Rock Around the Clock "), and has influenced many bands and musicians.

: For the movie named after the song, see Rock Around the Clock ( film ).

For the 1955 record album by Haley, see Rock Around the Clock ( album ).

* "( We're Gonna ) Rock Around the Clock "-US # 23 on May 29, 1954 only one week ; UK # 17, in December 1954

Its rise in popularity occurred in the late 1980s at the same time as Rock en Español and Latin Pop reached continental-wide audiences.

Later, beginning in 1982 with The Pogues ' invention of Celtic folk-punk and Stockton's Wing blend of Irish traditional and Pop, Rock and Reggie, there has been a movement to incorporate Celtic influences into other genres of music.

* List of singer-songwriters – see also Pop music and Rock music

The 2002 CD won " Best Pop / Rock Album of the Year " at the 2002 Native American Music Awards.

He lost to Coldplay's Viva La Vida for best Rock Album and John Mayer's " Say " for Best Male Pop / Rock Performance.

** 2008, Favorite Male Pop / Rock Artist ( Nominated )

** 2003, Favorite Male Pop / Rock Artist: ( Winner )

** 2003, Favorite Pop / Rock Album: Cocky ( Nominated )

** 2001, Favorite Male Pop / Rock Artist: ( Winner )

** 2000, Favorite Pop / Rock New Artist: ( Nominated )

** 2008 Worlds Best Pop / Rock Artist ( Winner )

He has also defeated Deadpool, who looks at him as a Rock God among mercenaries and has also referred to him as " The Keith Moon of spy trade " and " The Justin Timberlake of the Cherry Pop Club ".

" X-Ray Spex ", in All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul, 3d ed., ed.

" The Birthday Party ", in All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul, 3d ed., ed.

The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop ( St Leonards, Aus.

" British Punk ", in All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul, 3d ed., ed.

* Frith, Simon, Straw, Will, Street, John, eds, ( 2001 ), The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-55660-0.

* Hatch, David and Stephen Millward, ( 1987 ), From Blues to Rock: an Analytical History of Pop Music, Manchester University Press, ISBN 0-7190-1489-1

" The First Cut is the Deepest " earned her two American Music Awards for Best Pop / Rock Artist and Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year, respectively.

* Rock on Trial: Pop Music and its Role in Our Lives ( 1989 )

* The Stems entry in Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop ( 1999 ) by Ian McFarlane