Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Haley's reception was indeed fantabulous up and down England, which, far more than the U.S., is now in the grip of the rock 'n' roll frenzy. In fact, rock has lately shown signs of becoming fashionable. Once the identifying oddity of the notorious Teddy Boys, it is now played at coming-out balls and high-toned birthday parties (including the Duke of Kent's, who was 21 last October), in the ballroom of Claridge's and in the drafty Victorian splendor of Balmoral Castle itself, where Queen Elizabeth last summer requested a showing...
...current English tour Rock 'n' Roller Haley has reaped the profits of the craze. Haley and his Comets played to packed houses for four days in London, are now zooming through the industrial cities of the north. At one rocking session Bassist Al Rex was so carried away by the shrieks of 3,000 fans he ripped his pants straddling his big fiddle, played on anyway. Haley's disk of Rock Around the Clock has become the first record to sell a million copies in Great Britain. And even the more dignified of the British papers have...
...English success, the U.S. career of onetime Hillbilly Singer Haley, 31, has picked up speed. He has scheduled a major U.S. TV appearance, expects to play Las Vegas. The credit for his new good fortune he attributes solely to the perception of the British teenager, who has embraced rock 'n' roll slang as enthusiastically as he has the music. An Oxonian departing the university has been overheard saying goodbye to his dean in the words: "See you later, alma mater...
...that "no guarantees have been obtained yet for definite stoppage of Egypt's belligerence and sea blockade of Israel." Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's Cabinet had decided that until such guarantees are obtained, Israel will defy the world. Said an Israeli spokesman: "We are down to rock bottom. Our stand is vital for Israel's security and there is no further room for retreat...
Giant. A big (3 hr. 18 min.), tough picture based on Edna Ferber's bestseller about Texas, directed by George Stevens; with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean (TIME...