Bill Haley and His Comets made music history in 1954 with their live debut of "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" at the HofBrau Hotel in Wildwood.
(Photo: Great Wildwood Chamber of Commerce)
Officials and residents in Wildwood, which in recent years has put a high polish and a healthy dose of kitsch on its 1950s- and ’60s-era motels to promote tourism, are saying that their town is the birthplace of rock ’n’ roll, according to a story in the New York Times. But Gloucester City in Camden County wants to cut in right there.
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