, ▁although ▁its ▁exact ▁author ship ▁is ▁disput ed , ▁with ▁many ▁spec ulating ▁that ▁Fre ed man ▁wrote ▁the ▁song ▁on ▁his ▁own . ▁There ▁were ▁several ▁earlier ▁songs ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁" R ock ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁C lock " ▁( by ▁Hal ▁S inger ▁and ▁W ally ▁Mer cer ), ▁but ▁they ▁are ▁un related ▁to ▁the ▁Fre ed man / My ers ▁song . ▁In ▁addition , ▁it ▁is ▁sometimes ▁err one ously ▁stated ▁that ▁" R ock ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁C lock " ▁is ▁copied ▁from ▁a ▁late - 1 9 4 0 s ▁Big ▁Joe ▁Turner ▁recording , ▁" Ar ound ▁the ▁C lock ▁Blues ". ▁Though ▁the ▁titles ▁are ▁similar , ▁the ▁two ▁songs ▁bear ▁little ▁res embl ance . ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁bl ues ▁songs ▁with ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁part ying ▁or ▁making ▁love ▁" round ▁the ▁clock ", ▁with ▁various ▁actions ▁specified ▁at ▁various ▁hours . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁verse ▁mel ody ▁of ▁" R ock ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁C lock " ▁does ▁bear ▁a ▁very ▁close ▁similarity ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁H ank ▁Williams ' ▁first ▁hit , ▁" Move ▁It ▁On ▁Over ", ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁ ▁Williams ' ▁song ▁was ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁Char ley ▁Pat ton ' s ▁" Go ing ▁to ▁Move ▁to ▁Alabama ", ▁recorded ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁– ▁which ▁itself ▁was ▁at ▁least ▁partly ▁derived ▁from ▁Jim ▁Jackson ' s ▁" K ansas ▁City ▁Blues " ▁from ▁ 1 9