the band made rock around the clock (used in the tv show happy days) popular in the 1950s.
the band made rock around the clock (used in the tv show happy days) popular in the 1950s.
who made rock around the clock (used in the tv show happy days) popular in the 1950s?
the band
season one used a newly recorded version of "rock around the clock" by bill haley & his comets (recorded in the fall of 1973) as the opening theme song. this recording was not commercially released at the time, although the original 1954 recording returned to the american billboard charts in 1974 as a result of the song's use on the show. the "happy days" recording had its first commercial release in 2005 by the german label hydra records. (when "happy days" entered syndication in 1979, the series was retitled "happy days again" and used an edited version of the 1954 recording instead of the 1973 version). in some prints intended for reruns and overseas broadcasts, the original "rock around the clock" opening theme is replaced by the more standard "happy days" theme.
happy days
from seasons three to ten inclusive, a longer version of "happy days" replaced "rock around the clock" at the beginning of the show. released as a single in 1976 by pratt & mcclain, "happy days" cracked the top 5. the show itself finished the 1976–77 television season at #1, ending the five-year nielsen reign of "all in the family". on the season 2 dvd set release and later re-releases of the season 1 dvd set, the song "rock around the clock" was replaced with a reconstructed version of "happy days" because of music rights issues.
happy days