78 RPM - Sonny Dae And His Knights - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock / Moving Guitar - Arcade - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Sonny Dae And His Knights
Label:	Arcade
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	AR-123
Date:	Mar 1954
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Want
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Sonny Dae And His Knights	(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock	Jimmy DeKnight, Max Freedman	Rate
B	Sonny Dae And His Knights	Moving Guitar	S. Dae, A. Buono, M. Bennett	Rate

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Billboard, Mar. 20, 1954, p. 43: Reviews of New R&B Records

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KeithS SUBS 4th Nov 2019		Interesting comparisons of Rack Around The Clack



23skidoo 4th Nov 2019		In recent months I've come across a few articles that have erroneously referred to Haley's record as a cover of a black original. Just for the benefit of people doing research, Sonny Dae was the stage name for Paschal Vennitti (I might have that spelling wrong), and he and the band were white. It's likely folks are getting this song mixed up with one recorded earlier by Hal Singer that had the same title but was a totally different song. There's also another "Rock Around the Clock" by Wally Mercer but I've never seen a photo of Mercer.



Pridesale 🍰 5th Jun 2018		I should wander over to Ashford to find out what is on the B side of this bootleg 45 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rock-Around-The-Clock-Sonny-Dae-and-His-Knights-The-original-version/253550137318?hash=item3b08c40fe6:g:SDkAAOSwnB1Zq~Hf I wonder what the audio source was cos if off CD then naughty if unlicenced. If dubbed off 78 then interesting. Popsike records a 2013 sale with diff A side image - in so far as centre hole is worn with a finish price of USD 2133. I assume it is unlikley a copy would arise in the UK even at the overpriced second hand warehouses in Otley or similar.



23skidoo 6th May 2018		@Pridesale - Or a B-side label scan? Although the a-side is pretty easy to find and has been included in compilations, even bigtime Haley collectors and fans have been unable to get their hands on Moving Guitar. I personally have never seen an image of the b-side.



Pridesale 🍰 24th Mar 2018		anyone got an audio for the B side?



xiphophilos 30th Apr 2017		Bill Haley claimed that Dave Miller, co-owner of the Essex label, couldn't stand James Myers (who published the song under the pseudonym Jimmy DeKnight) and tore up the sheet music three times when he noticed that Haley's band was trying to record it in his studio (http://www.rockabillyhall.com/RockClockTribute.html).



Pridesale 🍰 30th Apr 2017		Original Version Supposedly written for Bill Haley but he could not get recording time in for this while tour commitments happend

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