rock and roll

Also known as rock 'n roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll, rock & roll, rock&roll, rock n roll

genre of popular music, early subgenre of rock music

AI overview

Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that emerged as an early form of rock music. It matters because it became a foundational style that influenced the development of modern popular music.

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Within Vinony's link graph, rock and roll is referenced by 9,374 other articles, and connects out to African-American music, hip-hop and country music.

It is catalogued under topics including 1950s fads and trends, 1950s neologisms and African-American culture.

Its subject is documented across 92 Wikipedia language editions.

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Commons category: Rock and roll
exact match: id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114675
inception: 1950-00-00
native label: Rock and roll
P8168: International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme
hashtag: RockAndRoll

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Encyclopedic overview

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 roll's early elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s, the genre did not acquire its name until 1954.

By the mid-1960s, rock and roll had developed into "the more encompassing international style known as rock music, though the latter also continued to be known in many circles as rock and roll". For the purposes of differentiation, this article deals with the first definition.

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