Rock Around The Clock

Japanese: 《Rock Around The Clock》(英語表記)RockAroundTheClock
Rock Around The Clock

… Rhythm and blues is a type of popular music for black people that took shape during the early to mid-1940s, during the Second World War. However, during the postwar period of turmoil, some white young people also started to enjoy dancing to rhythm and blues music, and some white singers and bands noticed this and began to incorporate the sensibility of rhythm and blues. One example of this is the recordings of “Shake, Rattle and Roll” and “Rock Around the Clock” by the band (Bill Haley and His Comets) of the white Bill Haley (1927-81) in 1954. Both of these were imitations of records by black people (the former by Joe Turner and the latter by Sonny Dee). The following year, Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” was featured in the film “Blackboard Jungle” (MGM…

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Rock Around The Clock" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… リズム・アンド・ブルースは1940年代の初頭から中葉にかけての,第2次大戦下の時期に形を整えた黒人の大衆音楽であるが,戦後の混乱期に,白人の若者のなかにもリズム・アンド・ブルースの音楽で踊るのを好む者が現れ,それに目をつけた白人の歌手や楽団の一部がリズム・アンド・ブルースの感覚を取り入れ始めた。その一例として挙げることができるのが,54年に白人のビル・ヘーリーBill Haley(1927‐81)の楽団(ビル・ヘーリー・アンド・ヒズ・コメッツ)が録音した《シェーク・ラトル・アンド・ロールShake,Rattle And Roll》と《ロック・アラウンド・ザ・クロックRock Around The Clock》で,ともに黒人(前者はジョー・ターナー,後者はサニー・ディー)のレコードを模倣したものだった。翌55年,ヘーリーの《ロック・アラウンド・ザ・クロック》が映画《暴力教室Blackboard Jungle》(MGM。…

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