There's something special about this meeting of two reasons to get out and have some fun. As if Saturday night is not good enough by itself!
Just after midnight any Saturday or December 31 but especially in the wee small hours of January 1, bands around the world are likely to launch into what some consider to be the greatest rock 'n' roll number of all time.
Bill Haley and the Comets recorded Rock Around the Clock in 1954 and it spread faster than a winter flu epidemic.
The fever was raging in Australia in 1955, when I was a newborn who, according to family legend, jived to the infectious beat when I should have been snoozing in my cot, as my sisters played a 45 disc on the old radiogram.
Rock Around the Clock is not only a great tune but also one of the musical milestones for the crossover of the 12-bar sequence from the blues to popular music.
At its dawning in the 1950, rock 'n' roll, according to one post on the internet, was "the music that our parents hated us to love".
It wasn't all that long, however, until mum and dad were up on the dancefloor too. And still, 60 years on, Rock Around the Clock is a favourite for young and old alike on any day of the week and year.
It is among the tunes I will perform this week in a Redland aged care centre's dementia unit. A bit of rock 'n' roll went down well on my last visit, so I looked for some good tunes for next time.
There's not much better than this.
Sources consulted for this article:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Around_the_Clock
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