On This Day in Rock and Roll History – June 7, 1954 The fuse was lit, and the world was about to shake, rattle, and roll… It was 70 years ago today that Bill Haley and His Comets stepped into Decca Records’ New York studio and cut their version of Shake, Rattle and Roll — a bold, backbeat-driven cover of Big Joe Turner’s R&B smash that would soon ignite jukeboxes and sock hops across America. At the time, Big Joe Turner's original was tearing up the R&B charts, but Haley’s version gave the song