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rock-and-roll

roc·kand·roll

US/ˈrɑˈkæˈndroʊl/ uncommon

noun

1.

a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western

  • “rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock”
  • “roll.”
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2.

a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western

  • “rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock”
  • “roll.”
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