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Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie is a 1952 song composed by Bill Haley and first recorded by The Esquire Boys in 1952. Bill Haley and the Comets recorded the song in 1955 for Decca. The song was featured in the 1956 movie ''Rock Around the Clock''. ==Background== Danny Cedrone recorded the first version of the song with his group The Esquire Boys. The first release was as a 78 single on Rainbow 200 backed with "If It's Love You Want To Borrow" with Kay Karol in December, 1952.〔Reviews of This Week's New Records. Popular. ''Billboard'', March 14, 1953. page 32.〕 The second release of "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie", as Guyden 705-A, reached no. 42 on the ''Cash Box'' pop singles chart on October 30, 1954.〔''Cash Box'' charts: http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19541030.html〕 "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" was also recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets on September 22, 1955 and was released in October 1955 as a single in the U.S. on Decca, 29713, backed with "Burn That Candle", as Brunswick 5509 in the UK, as Festival SP45-807 in Australia, and as Decca 333510A in Argentina as "Boogie En Rock". "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" reached #23 on ''Billboard'', #24 on Cash Box, and #4 on the RU charts in January, 1956.〔''Billboard'' charts: http://tsort.info/music/3m2pga.htm〕 The song was featured on the 1970 live album ''Bill Haley's Scrapbook: Live at the Bitter End'' on Kama Sutra Records as KSBS 2014 which was recorded on December 16, 1969. The single appeared on the 1955 Decca album ''Rock Around the Clock''. The recording was featured on the 1989 song medley "Swing the Mood" by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, which was no. 1 for five weeks on the UK charts, becoming the second best-selling single of 1989 in the UK, and also went no. 1 in these countries in 1989: Norway, Ireland, Germany, France, Austria, Australia, and Holland. The single reached no. 11 in the US on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and no. 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance chart. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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