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Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The origins of rock and roll are rooted in a blending of African-American musical genres, mainly rhythm and blues, with stylistic influences from gospel, jazz, boogie-woogie, electric blues, jump blues, swing, and folk music. While rock and…

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Cultural origins
Late 1940s – early 1950s, United States
Derivative forms
Rock · beat · pop · surf · Rockabilly
Stylistic origins
Rhythm and blues · country · gospel · honky-tonk · electric blues

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Early rock and roll

Decline and later developments

British rock and roll

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Rock and roll

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Rock and roll

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related to British rock and roll · 38
Rock and roll → Adam Faith, American, American Rock, At, Bill Haley, Billy Fury, Blackboard Jungle, Both, Britain, British, Cliff Richard, Clock, During, His Comets, In, It, Joe Brown, Johnny Kidd, Lonnie Donegan, Marty Wilde
related to Cover versions · 33
Rock and roll → Amos Milburn's, Baby Let's Play House, Before, Birmingham Bounce, Covers, Famously, Fats Domino, Flamingos, Freed, Good Rocking Tonight, Hardrock Gunter's, Hound Dog, Ivory Joe Hunter, Jerry Leiber, Johnny Otis, Later, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Little Richard, Louis Prima, Many
related to Decline and later developments · 33
Rock and roll → Alan Freed, April, Big Bopper, Bill Haley's, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, December, During, Eddie Cochran, Europe, Fabian, February, Frankie Avalon, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Clanton, Little Richard, March
related to Teen culture · 19
Rock and roll → American Bandstand, Belmonts, Dion, In, In America, In Britain, It, Love, On, Rock, Roll, Ruth Padel, Teddy Boy, Teenager, The, There's No Romance, This, True Life Romance, TV
related to Origins · 18
Rock and roll → African-American, American South, At, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Commentators, Detroit, Louis, Memphis, New York City, North, Particularly, Radio, St, The, While, While European
related to Rhythm and blues · 16
Rock and roll → According, Blues, Fats Domino, Fifties, Forties, Further, I've, In, It's Still Rhythm, Little Richard, New Orleans, Rock, Rolling Stone, The, The Wall Street Journal, What
related to Rockabilly · 13
Rock and roll → Arthur Crudup, BB King, Black, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, His, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Many, Presley, Rockabilly
Stylistic origins · 10
Rock and roll → boogie-woogie, country, electric blues, folk, gospel, honky-tonk, jazz, jump blues, Rhythm and blues, western swing
related to Race · 10
Rock and roll → According, African-American, Bertrand, In, Mina Carson, Rock, Supreme Court, The, United States, US
related to Terminology · 10
Rock and roll → Encyclopædia Britannica, Greg Kot, James Madison Carpenter, Rock, Roll, The, The Baffled Knight, Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Welsh, William Fender

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rock roll music blues rhythm black early white american many electric first 1950s became british jazz country genre african-american song

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Rock and rollCultural originsLate 1940s – early 1950s, United States1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formsRock1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formsbeat1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formspop1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formssurf1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formsRockabilly1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formsGarage rock1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formsPunk rock1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formsInstrumental rock1.00infobox
Rock and rollDerivative formsBritish rock and roll1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originsRhythm and blues1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originscountry1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originsgospel1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originshonky-tonk1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originselectric blues1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originsboogie-woogie1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originsfolk1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originsjazz1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originswestern swing1.00infobox
Rock and rollStylistic originsjump blues1.00infobox
Rock and rollis agenre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s0.90text
Rock and rollis aelectrification and acceleration of African-American musical traditions0.90text

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