Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Bill Haley: Bill Haley
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Quotes
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Bill Haley : Are you serious? You mean you've never heard of Bill Haley and the Comets?
Steve Hollis : Well, I - I been kinda sick. I don't get out much.
Bill Haley : Well, stick around alligator, Rock will cure anything you have.
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Bill Haley : [singing] You gotta jump! You gotta jive! You gotta dance! To be alive! You do the rock-a-beatin' boogie, Rock-a-beatin' boogie beat! Rock-a-beatin' boogie, b. o. o. g. i. e!
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Corny LaSalle : Say, that was real keen.
Bill Haley : Thank you.
Corny LaSalle : Would you mind telling me what you fellas were playing?
Bill Haley : Well, it's easy alligator, all you do is play the music upside down.
Corny LaSalle : I suppose for waltzes you play it sideways?
Bill Haley : Waltzes - watch your language, man. There are ladies present.
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Bill Haley : On your mark!
The Comets : On your mark!
Bill Haley : Get set!
The Comets : Get set!
Bill Haley : Now, ready!
The Comets : Ready!
Bill Haley , The Comets : Go!
Bill Haley : [singing] Everybody razzle dazzle, Everybody razzle dazzle, Everybody razzle dazzle, If it's all night long, Now here's a dance
The Comets : A-waka-do, waka-do
Bill Haley : Everyone can do
The Comets : A-waka-do, waka-do
Bill Haley : It's the hipster's dance
The Comets : A-waka-do, waka-do...
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Bill Haley : [singing] One, Two, Three O'clock, Four O'clock rock, Five, Six, Seven O'clock, Eight O'clock rock, Nine, Ten, Eleven O'clock, Twelve O'clock rock, We're gonna rock around the clock tonight...
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Bill Haley : [singing] Oh, Strauss discovered waltzes, The Handy man found the blues, Then Haley came along with a rocking song
Bill Haley , The Comets : Crazy man, crazy, crazy news!
Bill Haley : R is all the rock, here's the band, it's a moving, O more than act, it's a go-go, grooving, C what I mean is a heart attack action, K like a kiss it's a cool attraction, Ooh, it'll getcha, I'm gonna betcha, R-O-C-K, Rock!