Presto! It's 1957 again and nothing could be finer. The solos [on Rock It] may be a tad less brash, the beat a mite slower—otherwise Chuck's still the genius who wrote the rock 'n' roll book of rules…. Try "They put a Grand Dragon posse on his trail" or "She dresses like a fish" for a reminder of how the best can say a lot with a little.

Jon Young, "Hit and Run: 'Rock It'," in Trouser Press (copyright © 1979 by Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press, Inc.), Vol. 6, No. 10, November, 1979, p. 42.