Rock Rock Rock! (1956)

Alan Freed: Alan Freed

Quotes 

• Alan Freed : Gang, you all remember Maybellene, about the young man with the guitar who couldn't catch her with his car. Well, here he is to tell us all about it, with a brand new automobile, Chuck Berry and "You Can't Catch Me!"

  Chuck Berry : [singing]  I bought a brand new air-mobile, It was custom made, It was a Flight DeVille, With an outboard motor, And some hideaway wings, Push in on the button and you can hear her sing, Now you can't catch me, Baby, you can't catch me, Cause if you get too close, You know I'm gone like a coooooooool breeze...

• Alan Freed : [singing]  Rock-n-roll, boogie, Its the blue star boogie, We want rock-n-roll, We want rock-n-roll, We want rock-n-roll, All night long, We want rock-n-roll, We want rock-n-roll, We want rock-n-roll, All night long...

• Alan Freed : Now, nail down the roof, gang, because here's a new act that can blow it right off! The sensational Jimmy Cavallo & His House Rockers and "The Big Beat!"

  Jimmy Cavallo : [singing]  They used to dance to the two step and tango, And lindy hop through the dixieland, Now they dance to rock-n-roll, To the big, big beat of a rockin' band! Everybody dance to the big beat! Everybody dance to the big beat!

• Alan Freed : All right, let's get this Prom rocking with Jimmy Cavallo & the House Rockers and "Rock Rock Rock!"

  Jimmy Cavallo : [singing]  Grab your partner! Grab your gal! And Rock! Rock rock rock rock everybody, Rock rock rock rock everybody, Rock rock rock rock everybody, You rock it and you rock it and you rock it around! Roll roll roll roll everybody, Roll roll roll roll everybody, Roll roll roll roll everybody, You roll it and you roll it and you roll it around, Rock rock rock everybody! Roll roll roll everybody!

• Alan Freed : Rock-n-roll is a river of music - which has absorbed many streams. Rhythm and Blues. Jazz. Ragtime. Cowboy songs. Country songs. Folk songs. All have contributed greatly to the big beat.

• Alan Freed : Now, let's get into a real happy mood, with a twiddly-dee girl, La Vern Baker and "Tra la la."

  Jimmy Cavallo and the House Rockers : [singing]  Tra la la, Tra la la, You're as sweet as a candy bar...