April in Paris (song) inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. On this recording, trumpeter Thad Jones played his famous "Pop Goes the Weasel" solo, trombonist Benny Powell performed his much noted bridge, and Basie directs the band to play the short chorus "one more time" and then "one more once." The song is also featured in the film "Blazing Saddles" from 1974, being played by Count Basie in a cameo appearance. Basie's recording is also featured in the video game "Grand Theft Auto IV", on the fictional jazz radio station JNR 108.5. April in Paris (song) "April in Paris" is a popular song
Rock Around the Clock (film) debuted in the 1955 teen flick "Blackboard Jungle", and is considered the first major rock and roll musical film. Haley's 1954 recording was previously played over the opening credits of "Blackboard Jungle" and the same recording was used for the opening of "Rock Around the Clock", marking a rare occasion where the same recording opened films released in such a short interval (the recording would be used once again to open the 1973 film "American Graffiti"). "Rock Around the Clock" tells a highly fictionalized rendition of how rock and roll was discovered. As band manager Steve Hollis observes that big