The 50's was an unreal time for rock and roll music. This came out before I was born and I reckon I heard it lots while in the womb -- I can't remember ever not loving it from very young.
I was 7 years old in 1955 when this movie hit the neighborhood movie theater. I don't think there were any adults at the Saturday afternoon matinee, and it was pandemonium in the theater whenever the music would start on screen, Dancing on the seats, dancing in the aisles, kids having a hell of a time to the music we knew our parents hated. It was our first act of collective rebellion. This is why I hold my tongue whenever the subject of the awful stuff kids listen to today comes up. I have too good a memory to be such a hypocrite.