http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HLOniKqfoX0
Bill Haley & His Comets’ Rock Around the Clock was the number one song for virtually the entire summer of 1955.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HLOniKqfoX0
Bill Haley & His Comets’ Rock Around the Clock was the number one song for virtually the entire summer of 1955.
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