While the music of Kanye West rarely acknowledges 50s rock 'n' roll in particular, and he doesn't rock a quiff or wear brothel-creepers (yet), he does share one key element with at least one of ...

"Rock Around the Clock" was the first time rock 'n' roll had ever been featured in a ... a story of juvenile delinquency — that other '50s bugaboo — set in a big city vocational high school.