[OldPossum]

I love the 50’s,...any year would do,...’51, ‘53, ‘54, etc., just love that decade.

I was born in 1940, so I was privileged to grow up in the 1950s. Things were so, so much different then. There were moral standards, for one thing, and you knew you had to meet them...or else. Among the other experiences I had, I got to see the dawn of rock 'n roll with Bill Haley & The Comets in 1955 and shortly thereafter, The King arrived.

Wow, I just consider myself blessed to have been born when I was.

[a fool in paradise]

Several song live soundie of Bill Haley and the Comets in 1954 (right after they’d changed from being the Saddlemen and before they had Rock Around The Clock):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYIE5lkjXAo

Crazy Man Crazy
Straight Jacket
Shake Rattle & Roll

[a fool in paradise]

Bill Haley and the Comets, 1972, Wembley Stadium:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84qeTP2L9j4

See You Later Alligator
Rock Around the Clock

The London Rock and Roll Show was a concert held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on August 5, 1972. It was the first ever concert held at the stadium.The concert included performances by major performers including Screamin’ Lord Sutch, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Bill Haley and His Comets. The concert ended with Chuck Berry.

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The whole film is online (and DVD). I think Bill Haley has more clips in it than this.

[a fool in paradise]

Elvis, homecoming in Tupelo Mississippi, 1956.

short outdoor concert with synched sound (originally shot for a newsreel).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtY9GL8hm2k

[a fool in paradise]

The film of Bill Haley and Elvis in concert together remains locked in Polydor’s vault.

[pallmallman]

I’ll say you were blessed..