One O'Clock Jump Decca in 1937, for Columbia in 1942 and 1950 and on a number of occasions in the fifties. "Two O'Clock Jump" was a performance by Harry James and his big band in 1939, slightly based on "One O'Clock Jump" but using triplets. Several versions of the original by Harry James and Benny Goodman feature the "Two O'Clock Jump" ending. Lionel Hampton used the song as his theme song for a while as well. Basie later released "Jumpin' at the Woodside" in a similar style. A popular jazz standard for virtually all top swing bands and their fans and jitterbuggers, it
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