<P> `` Rock Around the Clock '' is a rock and roll song in the 12 - bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers ( the latter being under the pseudonym `` Jimmy De Knight '' ) in 1952 . The best - known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca . It was a number one single on both the United States and United Kingdom charts and also re-entered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s . </P>
<P> `` Rock Around the Clock '' is a rock and roll song in the 12 - bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers ( the latter being under the pseudonym `` Jimmy De Knight '' ) in 1952 . The best - known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca . It was a number one single on both the United States and United Kingdom charts and also re-entered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s . </P>
who made the song rock around the clock famous
who made the song rock around the clock famous
Bill Haley & His Comets
Bill Haley & His Comets