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Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.[1][2] It originated from African American music such as jazz, rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, electric blues, gospel, and jump blues,[3] as well as country music.[4] While rock and roll's formative elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s[5] and in country records of the 1930s,[6] the genre did not acquire its name until 1954.[7][2] According to journalist Greg Kot, "rock and roll" refers to a style of popular music originating in the United States in the 1950s. 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."[8] For the purpose of differentiation, this article deals with the first definition. In the earliest rock and roll style

Rock and roll - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Genre of popular music This article is about the 1950s style of music. For the general rock music genre, see Rock music . For other uses, see Rock and roll (disambiguation) . "RnR" redirects here. For other uses, see RNR (disambiguation) . "},"stylistic_origins":{"wt":"*[[Rhythm and blues]]\n* [[country music|country]]\n* [[gospel music|gospel]]\n* [[honky-tonk]]\n* [[electric blues]]\n* [[boogie-woogie]]\n* [[folk music|folk]]\n* [[jazz]]\n* [[western swing]]\n* [[jump blues]]"},"cultural_origins":{"wt":"Late 1940

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