 1955, on this day, Bill Haley and the Comets hit number one with that song, Rock Around the Clock. It is the song that many people consider to be the first rock and roll single. Bill Haley and the Comets. Boy, they were big, too, back then. Rock and roll. What has that done to our world? 6.30, bottom of the hour, Monday morning, short week, 4th of July on Thursday. I must have been through