Happy 50th Birthday!

50 years ago today, Bill Haley and the Comet's hit, "Rock Around the Clock," hit #1. Some people like to say this is the beginning of rock and roll.
I love Haley, I love this song, and the guitar solos on "Rock Around the Clock" are absolutely knocked out. But in my opinion, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys invented rock and roll kinda gradually in the mid to late 40's. And sure enough, in this article, Haley makes my case, saying Wills was his idol. Now, the article mentions other songs, "Good Rockin' Tonight (1947)" being the oldest. Now, I personally would also give a nod to the man with the tuxedo and the shiny 335*, who cut his first records in 1949. Also, this article mentions one of the great movies of all time, "Blackboard Jungle" which is also credited with kinda starting the rock n roll generation. "Blackboard Jungle" starred, among others, a very very BAD Vic Morrow**, and Sidney Portier. Man, I love that movie. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROCK N ROLL! I'm gonna PLAY some damn rock n roll at the BLUE SHARK this weekend... on my bad-ass 61 Fender Stratocaster Hardtail WOODY!
* Eric Clapton's description of BB in "Riding With The King." In the original version of the song, John Hiatt described Elvis, the original subject of the song: "A red cape and a shiny Colt 45."
** Vic Morrow was one of the greats. He starred in "Combat." He was a guest on The Untouchables starring Robert Stack as Elliott Ness. But his greatest role was with Elvis in a truly EXCELLENT movie, "King Creole." By the way, "King Creole's" soundtrack featured the song "Crawfish," of which JGLB does a bastardized version.