"Rock Around the Clock" (early seasons)

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"Rock Around the Clock" (early seasons) refers to the use of Bill Haley & His Comets’ classic 1950s rock and roll hit as the original opening theme song for the TV sitcom *Happy Days* in its initial seasons.


Statements (25)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Happy Days opening theme
television theme song usage
associatedWithDecade 1950s
associatedWithTVDecade 1970s
associatedWork ABC television network
basedOn Rock Around the Clock
song by Bill Haley & His Comets
basedOnRecording 1954 recording of Rock Around the Clock
composer James E. Myers NERFINISHED
Max C. Freedman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States
genre rock and roll
language English
linkedToCharacterEra Richie Cunningham’s teenage years
mediaType television audio track
notableFor being the first opening theme of Happy Days
openingThemeFor Happy Days NERFINISHED
partOf Happy Days early seasons
performer Bill Haley & His Comets
replacedBy Happy Days theme (Sunday, Monday, Happy Days)
usedAs original opening theme song
usedFor title sequence of Happy Days early seasons
usedInOpeningCredits Happy Days NERFINISHED
usedInTVSeries Happy Days
usedToEvokeSetting 1950s Americana

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Happy Days
openingTheme

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