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In 1987, he recorded a single with Kim Wilde for Comic Relief: a cover of the Christmas song " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " with some extra comedy lines written by Smith and Jones.
( This event is cited in the Haley biographies Sound and Glory by John Haley and John von Hoelle, and Bill Haley by John Swenson and in Still Rockin ' Around The Clock, a memoir by Comets bass player, Marshall Lytle.
* 1968-Biggest Hits ( re-recordings plus new tracks ) ( Sonet 9945 ); issued in England as Rock Around the Clock ( Hallmark SHM 668 ) and in North America as Rockin ' ( Pickwick SPC 3256 )
** Still Rockin ' Around the Clock ( Rollin ' Rock Records, 1999 )
* " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree "
* Rockin ' Around the World – Bill Haley & His Comets
She is best known for her 1960 hit " I'm Sorry ", and 1958's " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree ", a US holiday standard for more than 50 years.
Lee recorded the song, " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree ", in July with a prominent twanging guitar part by Hank Garland.
In 2008, her recording of " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " marked 50 years as a holiday standard, and in February 2009, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gave Lee a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
" Rockin ' Around The Christmas Tree " was heard in the 1990 movie Home Alone.
She followed it up with a version of Nat " King " Cole's " Unforgettable ", and then two highly successful duets in 1960 with Brook Benton, " Baby ( You've Got What It Takes )" ( Number 5 pop, Number 1 R & B ) and " A Rockin ' Good Way ( To Mess Around and Fall in Love ) (# 7 pop, # 1 R & B ).
# " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree "
; The Archies Christmas Album ( 2008 ): Here Comes Santa Claus / Up on the Housetop / Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree / Holly Jolly Christmas / Jingle Bell Rock / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Run Rudolph Run / Santa Claus is Coming to Town / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / Sleigh Ride / Archies Christmas Party / Christmas in Riverdale
Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many standards, including " Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer " ( a hit for Gene Autry and others ), " I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day " ( first recorded by Bing Crosby ), " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " ( a hit for Brenda Lee ), " A Holly Jolly Christmas " ( recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives ), Sliver and Gold ( for Burl Ives ) and " Run Rudolph Run " ( recorded by Chuck Berry ).
* Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree – 1958
" Her popularity, especially in her native UK, was revitalised and she scored further Top 10 hits in 1987 with " Another Step ( Closer to You )" ( recorded with Junior ) and " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " ( a Comic Relief charity single, recorded with comedian Mel Smith ).
* Rockin ' Around Britain-Pete Frame-Omnibus Press-Bio Data
* Rockin ' Around The Christmas Tree Tour ( December 2007 )
On January 3, 2007, the standard onboard audio track for California Screamin ' was temporarily replaced with a remixed version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers ' " Around the World ," and the attraction was renamed Rockin ' California Screamin.
His compositions included " Birth Of The Boogie ", " A Rockin ' Little Tune ", " Goofin ' Around " with Franny Beecher, " Lean Jean ", " Better Believe It ", and " Two Shadows ".
In 2010 Williams contributed a cover version of " The Way You Dog Me Around " for the compilation LP Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos.
Marks ' holiday standard " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " appears as instrumental background music when Rudolph first arrives at the Reindeer Games and meets Fireball.
He is also author of Rockin ' Around Britain.
Rockin ' Around Britain.

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* Rockin ' around the Christmas tree at kimwildetv. com.
Four of its cuts made the country music charts based on seasonal airplay: the title track, " Hangin ' ' round the Mistletoe ", " Rockin ' Little Christmas " and a rendition of " Winter Wonderland ".
They recorded a cover of The Misunderstood's " Children of the Sun " for Timberyard Records ' Christmas compilation Rockin Bethlehem.

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Tracks included old classics such as " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ", " Rockin Around the Christmas Tree ", and " Silver Bells ", as well as original Christmas music.
Along with the title track, the album featured a variety of original Christmas tunes and Christmas classics, such as " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " and " You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch ".
* " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree " ( 2010 ) Last Rockers
#"( I Saw Santa ) Rockin ' Around The Christmas Tree " ( Brian Wilson / Al Jardine ) – 2: 23

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", for example, and in the 1940s were already playing " Rockin ' Is Our Bizness ," which was a reworded version of Jimmie Lunceford's " Rhythm Is Our Business " of the 1930s ( the Trenier twins got their start playing in Lunceford's band ).
Huey Meaux got the original leased to Epic Records ( a division of Columbia Records ), who released it nationally, and for a brief moment Rockin ’ Sidney made musical history.
Farley got his start in the music industry in 1981 as a one of the original members of the Hot Mix 5, a DJ team at WBMX-FM 102. 7 FM, Oak Park, Illinois ( original members of Kenny " Jammin " Jason, Mickey " Mixin " Oliver, Scott " Smokin " Silz, Farley " Funkin " Keith and Ralphi " Rockin " Rosario ).

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In 1962, while playing a gig at the Pypo Club in Seaside, Oregon, the band noticed Rockin ' Robin Roberts's version of " Louie Louie " being played on the jukebox for hours on end.

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It was previously known as Labatt Saturday Night ( later just called Saturday Night, after Labatt dropped its title sponsorship ), and was best known for the theme song " The Place'll Be Rockin ' ' Cause It's Saturday Night " performed by The Carpet Frogs member Michael Zweig.
The song was also featured in Alvin and the Chipmunks ' 1990 television special Rockin ' Through the Decades, as part of the fifties medley and its soundtrack.
" Cozy Corner " was formerly " Rockin ' Rodney's " a business famous throughout the region for its giant hamburgers.
1977's Rockin ' All Over the Worlds title track, a minor hit for its writer John Fogerty ( formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revival ) became one of Status Quo's most enduring anthems.
One of the numbers recorded at the first session was the ebullient boogie " Rockin ' the House ," from which his band would take its name.
Grimms ' second album, Rockin ' Duck, received generally favorable press, but shortly after its release, the tensions among the band's leaders reached a breaking point and prevented the group from capitalizing on the good reviews.
Between 12: 00 pm and 2: 00 am ET, Nicktoons utilizes a network generic closing credit format ( similar to that used by Nickelodeon, TeenNick and most of the other MTV Networks channels ) to allow promotion of its programming and includes traditional commercial advertising during breaks within each program ; at other times, the current program's regular production closing credits are shown at the end of a program, while commercial breaks exclusively consist of promos for Nicktoons and Nickelodeon programming, along with three-minute clips of Nicktoon series under the banner " Rockin ' Nicktoons Moments ", with no traditional advertising.
" Despite this, the song became the de facto anthem of the collapse of communism ( specifically the Fall of the Berlin Wall which occurred a month into the album's release ) because of its repeated chorus of ' Keep on Rockin ' in the Free World '.
" After Monument closed its Nashville branch, Diffie began touring with Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence on the Rockin ' Roadhouse Tour, which began in 2002.
In its rock-and-roll heyday, the station was known colloquially as " Famous 56 " and employed the slogan " Rockin ' in the Cradle of Liberty.
Following Guy Lombardo's death in 1977, the popularity of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin ' Eve quickly grew, and soon became a television tradition of its own.
On March 27, 1994 Badd Company wrestled its last match for ECW, a house show victory over Rockin ' Rebel and Pitbull # 1.
In May 2006, Bayou 95. 7 changed its slogan from " Rockin ' The Bayou " to " Everything That Rocks " and broadened its playlist as the station became the only terrestrial ROCK format in the Crescent City as the previous Modern Rock station KKND also suffered transmitter damage and was subsequently reformatted to country music.
Ultimately, the entertainment in Rockin ' in the Rockies derives from its wacky and upbeat musical acts.
Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for the 1990 TV special Rockin ' Through the Decades and its corresponding soundtrack.

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