  rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the united states during the late 1940s and early 1950s,farley, christopher john, 1946 is similar in style to elvis rocks but he's not the first, july 6, 2004.jim dawson and steve propes, what was the first rock'n'roll record (1992), isbn 0-571-12939-0. primarily from a combination of african-american genres such as blues, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music,christ-janer, albert, charles w. hughes, and carleton sprague smith, american hymns old and new (new york: columbia university press, 1980), p. 364, isbn 0-231-03458-x. together with western swing and country music.peterson, richard a. creating country music: fabricating authenticity (1999), p. 9, isbn 0-226-66285-3. though elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920sdavis, francis. the history of the blues (new york: hyperion, 1995), isbn 0-7868-8124-0. and in country records of the 1930s, the genre did not acquire its name until the 1950s."the roots of rock 'n' roll 1946â1954". 2004. universal music enterprises.dawson, jim & propes, steve, what was the first rock 'n' roll record?, faber & faber, isbn 0-571-12939-0, 1992. the term "rock and roll" now has at least two different meanings, both in common usage: referring to the first wave of music that originated in the us in the 1950s and would later develop into the more encompassing international style known as "rock music", and as a term simply synonymous with the rock music and culture in the broad sense."rock and roll" (2010). encyclopÃ¦dia britannica. encyclopÃ¦dia britannica ultimate reference suite. chicago: encyclopÃ¦dia britannica. for the purpose of differentiation, this article deals with the first definition. in the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950
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