rock-and-roll
noun
a variant of rock-'n'-roll.
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rock-and-roll
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rock and roll
rock and rollnoun
rock-and-roll
American
[rok-uhn-rohl]
/ ˈrɒk ənˈroʊl /
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rock and roll
British
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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
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the rock-and-roll era
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dancing performed to such music, with exaggerated body movements stressing the beat
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The finest rock-and-roll biographies are defined by their capacity for losing the reader inside the music.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025
“It was 24 hours a day of worrying, trying to keep the creeps away. Fame and money in rock-and-roll — it’s all a very dangerous area to live in.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025
At the time, the magazine agreed to credit photographer Goldsmith, known for portraits of rock-and-roll stars including Mick Jagger, and paid her $400 to license her 1981 black-and-white portrait as an artist reference.
From BBC • May 18, 2023
“In my mind, it was the only place that you could go and see rock-and-roll music.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023
Mixed in with them were fifties rock-and-roll singers with greased pompadours, and Mexican singers with big mustaches and bigger hats.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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