Talk:Rock Around the Clock

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Citations missing[edit]

Please see WP:V and WP:CITE. Thanks! Mattisse (talk) 15:02, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs recommendations (copied from their page).

The following are a list of featured articles on songs and singles. These are articles that the community as a whole have judged as being some of the best articles on Wikipedia. They can serve as excellent examples for articles on singles and songs.

"[[1987 (What the Freak Is Going On?)]

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"All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song)"
"Cool"
"Freak the Millennium"
"Get Back"
"A Hard Day's Night"
"Hey Jude"
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
"Layla"
"The Long and Winding Road"
"Something"
"Yesterday"

Mattisse (talk) 15:16, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The featured article process in Wikipedia is fatally flawed and I do not support it nor do I subscribe to it. I've seen one too many articles that I've worked hard on be named to Good or Featured status only to lose that status because of the changing whims of editors. 23skidoo 19:50, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not suggesting trying for the featured article status. I'm just pointing out the need for real citations in any article per WP:V and WP:CITE as there are people who don't understand about citations. Mattisse (talk) 19:58, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If people want to read more about the facts here, they can track down the three books listed. All the information here is in those 3 sources. That's my point. Footnotes do not work on an Internet-based forum, and fact tags basically ruin the article, too. Not every statement has to be crossreferenced if there are books and websites clearly listed that people can look for themselves. 23skidoo 15:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Germany[edit]

Why is there no mention or details about the song inadvertently causing a riot at a German concert? Source: [1] 68.60.90.240

For one thing there's no source saying this particular song started riots. Haley and the Comets had riots occur during their German tour of 1958 but by all accounts the riots broke out during their opening number, or otherwise very early on in the show, and in fact where riots broke out Haley never did get to perform Rock Around the Clock. And it's not just Germany, anyway. There were also riots in France and the UK, so to single out Germany would be inaccurate. 23skidoo 20:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't state that the song itself caused a riot, I asked why the circumstances of the riot in Germany concerning the song were not included. I'm curious as to why it made a "shocking" moment in music history via the VH1 special but was left off this article. It's simply a curiosity. No harm, no foul. 71.238.55.175

foreign language covers[edit]

This song has been covered in other languages too, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVldb1R1QeE Kowloonese (talk) 18:44, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]