“Almost Famous,” 2000. Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures. At first, rock music signaled teenage rebellion in films like “Blackboard Jungle,” but it didn’t take long for studios to recognize its ...

Bill Haley and the Comets' “Rock Around the Clock” during the opening credits of “Blackboard Jungle” was the “chicken jockey” of 1955. Kids would dance is the aisles, fight and tear up ...