appeared on the 1972 MCA career retrospective compilation album Golden Hits and the 1985 From the Original Master Tapes CD album. Other versions "Rudy's Rock" has been performed live in concert by Bill Haley's New Comets featuring Bill Turner on their 2011 European Tour, The Ballroom Kings, The Crown Vics, The Metrotones in Senigallia, Italy in 2007, Josh Joy, Rhythmically Challenged at the 2008 Redwood Coast Jazz Festival, The Gangsters, TR and The Rockets in 2008, The Jive Romeros in 2007, The Dynamite Band on a 1982 UK 6-5 TV Special, Franny and the Fireballs in Hamburg, Germany, and by Phil Haley and His Comments. Personnel (original 1956 recording) Rudy Pompilli - tenor saxophone Bill Haley – rhythm guitar Franny Beecher – lead guitar Billy Williamson – steel guitar Johnny Grande – piano Al Rex – bass Ralph Jones – drums References Sources Jim Dawson, Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution! (Backbeat Books, 2005). John W. Haley and John von Hoëlle, Sound and Glory (Wilmington, DE: Dyne-American, 1990) John Swenson, Bill Haley (London: W.H. Allen, 1982) Songs about rock music 1956 songs Bill Haley songs