Record #0825: (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock / Thirteen Women – BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

Rhythm BM 5317 (original) Finland, November 1955
Words & Music by:  Side A – Jimmy DeKnight, Max C. Freedman; Side B – Dickie Thompson
Musicians: Bill Haley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Franny Beecher (guitar), Danny Cedrone (lead guitar), Marshall Lytle (upright bass), Billy Williamson (steel guitar), Joey Ambrose (tenor sax), Johnny Grande (piano), Billy Gussak (drums)
Recording sessions: Produced by Milt Gabler at Decca Studios, Pythian Temple, New York, NY, 12. April 1954
Highest chart positions:  US #1, US R&B #3, UK #1, Australia #1, Germany #18

I have posted the original US release here.

This record could be said to have introduced rock ’n’ roll to Finland. As in many other countries, “Rock Around the Clock” received a major boost from its appearance in the 1955 film “The Blackboard Jungle”, released in Finland as “Älä käännä heille selkääsi” (“Don’t Turn Your Back on Them”).

This was the second best selling foreign record in Finland in January 1956.

List price:  Discogs.com shows a median price of 10 euros for this.