Rock Around The Clock

Forty Shades Of The Anthem
 

 

44 covers of the rock'n roll anthem (it seems) from the sublime to the bad, even to the very bad, through the simply boring, overseas versions, raps, reggae, instrumentals, marching bands, whistled versions, iconoclast or faithful covers : it was a pleasure to compile these songs.  Hope you'll have as much fun as me!

tracklist

- Artie Malvin - Rock Around The Clock
 - Big Freedia - Rock Around the Clock                                      
 - Bill Haley - Al Compás del Reloj                                         
 - Buddy Knox - Rock Around the Clock                                       
 - Caroline - Rock Around The Clock With Jesus Tonight                      
 - Chiemi Eri - Rock Around The Clock                                       
 - CookiePine - Rock Around the Clock                                       
 - David Paul - Rock Around the Clock
 - Dick Parker - Rock Around the Clock                                      
 - Die Optimisten - Rund um die Uhr                                         
 - Ernie Smith - Rock Around the Clock                                      
 - Frankie Carle - Rock Around the Clock                                    
 - Gary's Gang - Rock Around the Clock
 - Gilgiola Cinquetti  - Rock Around the Clock                              
 - Gloria Ríos - El Relojito                                           
 - Gunnar Siljabloo Nilson - Rock Around the Clock                          
 - Jimmy Sturr - Rock Around The Clock                                      
 - Kimiko Wakiyama - Rock Around The Clock                                  
 - Laxmikanth Kumar Kandiah  - Rock Around The Clock                        
 - Lillo - Rock Around The Clock                                            
 - Line Renaud  - Rock Around The Clock                                     
 - Mae West - Rock Around The Clock                                         
 - Major Worries - Rock Around the Clock                                    
 - Maria Angelica - Graine De Violence                                      
 - Marthe Fleurant et les Persuaders - Rock Around The Clock                
 - Michael Fobes - Rock Around The Clock (Stairway To Stardom)
 - Mickey Katz - Knock Around the Clock                                     
 - Mortier Dance Organ - Rock Around the Clock                              
 - Pat Boone - Rock Around the Clock                                        
 - Sex Pistols - Rock around the Clock                                      
 - Swiss Army Central Band (Dir.Christoph Walter) - Rock Around The Clock   
 - Telex - Rock Around the Clock                                            
 - The Countdown Kids - Rock Around the Clock                               
 - The Dixie Harmonairs - Rock Around the Clock                             
 - The Evans Sisters - Rock Around The Clock                                
 - The Isley Brothers - Rock Around the Clock                               
 - The Melody Sisters - Onder De Klok                                       
 - The Ohio State University Marching Band - Rock Around the Clock          
 - The Peter Pan Singers - Rock Around The Clock                            
 - The Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band - Rock Around the Clock             
 - The Snowmen - Rock Around the Clock                                      
 - Tiny Tim - Rock Around The Clock (Live in Chicago)
 - Vesa-Matti-Loiri  - Rock Around The Clock                                
 - Waterford High School Wildcat Marching Band - Rock Around the Clock      

Freddie Ross Jr. (born 1978), better known by her stage name Big Freedia
is a gay American rapper known for her work in the New Orleans
genre of hip hop called bounce music.

Shirley and Anne Evans (the Evans Sisters) from Manitoba, Canada

Laxmikanth Kumar Kandiah from Kuala-Lumpur (Malaysia) whistling Rock Around The Clock.
One of the best whistled cover available on youTube

Line Renaud had her own revue at the Casino de Paris

Wayne Jones, a.k.a. Major Worries, a Reggae artist, born 1966, Jamaica, killed August 1987.

The Melody Sisters, a Dutch singing duo consisting of twin sisters
Julie Lankester and Elly Lankester, both born 1933, Amsterdam

 

Michael Fobes [Forbes?] from his performance on "Stairway To Stardom", a TV show. Stairway to Stardom, a public-access television series that aired in New York City from 1979 to the early 1990s hosted by Frank Masi.

Mortier Dance Organ: "Rock Around the Clock", Museum Speelklok, Utrecht. May 2013.
A dance organ is a mechanical organ designed to be used in a dance hall or ballroom. Being intended for use indoors, dance organs tend to be quieter than the similar fairground organ.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dance_organ (I had no idea)

"Al Compás del Reloj"  =Rock Around The Clock redone in Mexico in the sixties,
El Señor Haley, the originator, backed by Sus Cometas (His Comets) a group of unidentified local musicians. Arriba! Arriba!

Swiss Army Central Band (Dir.Christoph Walter)

The Snowmen before the melting

Gloria Ríos, nee Gloria Ramírez Gómez (1928-2002)
"The Mexican Rita Hayworth"

See her performance at YT here
"Gloria in excelsis Deo"