rock-and-roll
a variant of rock-'n'-roll.
Words Nearby rock-and-roll
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How to use rock-and-roll in a sentence
Because the same year that the authority was born, 1954, the newest threat to civilization emerged: rock-and-roll music.
Before Videogames, Comic Books Were Society’s Great ‘Menace’ | Jeff Greenfield | September 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPlus, she communicates with her family through rock-and-roll records, making her almost impossibly cool.
That film, The Last Waltz, is widely considered the best rock-and-roll film ever made.
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Behind the Levon Helm Biopic 'Ain't in It For My Health' | Jamie Malanowski | April 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAmerica gave Elvis the freedom to become a rock-and-roll star; now it was time for him to help protect that freedom.
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British Dictionary definitions for rock and roll
a type of pop music originating in the 1950s as a blend of rhythm and blues and country and western. It is generally based upon the twelve-bar blues, the first and third beats in each bar being heavily accented
(as modifier): the rock-and-roll era
dancing performed to such music, with exaggerated body movements stressing the beat
(intr) to perform this dance
Derived forms of rock and roll
- rock and roller or rock'n'roller, noun
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