rock-and-roll
noun
a variant of rock-'n'-roll.
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rock and roll
rock and rollnoun
rock-and-roll
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[rok-uhn-rohl]
/ ˈrɒk ənˈroʊl /
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rock and roll
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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
“I remember right before ‘El Camino’ thinking this might be too rock-and-roll for our base,” Carney says, “but to me the change was a sign we weren’t phoning it in.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
“I’m a rabble-rouser who does humorous social commentary within a rock-and-roll setting,” he told The New York Times in 1990.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
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
There were dozens of women and rock-and-roll playing and champagne glasses and bright glittering lights.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Richards tosses off one indelible riff after another, making “Rocks Off,” “Happy,” “Tumbling Dice” and “All Down the Line” rock and roll perfection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Obviously, it’s rock and roll, this stuff has always been a thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The Boys Of Dungeon Lane will be the star's 19th solo album, in a recording career that spans 63 years and changed the sound of rock and roll forever.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
She came of age in Montreal’s alternative scene, the child of unconventional parents, and fell in love with rock and roll.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
The real truth is to be found in rock and roll: “Hearts Made of Stone” is more like it.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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