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Rock and roll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Origins of rock and roll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s, though elements of rock and roll can be seen in rhythm and blues (R&B) records as far back as the 1920s. Early rock and roll ...
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Timeline of Rock and Roll History from Cousin Steve's classic rock website. ... 1957 - Chuck Berry releases the hits "School Day" and "Rock And Roll Music"
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In the early fifties we see the emergence of a new type of music, Rock and Roll. This new sound was derived from jazz and blues from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Such musicians as Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery led the way performing jazz on their Gibson guitars.
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In turn, rock 'n' roll can only be a movement if all of its widely disparate strains and offshoots are in some way connected to a common, unifying origin. This is in fact true;
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Even his face--Rawlings subtitles his biography "The Origin of a Rock and Roll Face"--is, while distinctive, not as instantly recognisable as his co-Stone Mick Jagger's, or as heroically wrinkled as Keef''s. But in a sense that is Ronnie's charm, his ordinariness, the way he refuses to stand out as a superstar.
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