rock and roll

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Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century, blending rhythm and blues, country, and other styles into a driving, youth-oriented sound that transformed global music and culture.

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Label Occurrences
Rock and Roll 1
rock and roll canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music genre ⓘ
popular music genre ⓘ
associatedWith dance crazes ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
record industry ⓘ
teenage rebellion ⓘ
commercialFormat radio-friendly length ⓘ
singles-oriented ⓘ
culturalImpact became a symbol of postwar youth culture ⓘ
challenged racial segregation in music audiences ⓘ
helped integrate black and white musical styles ⓘ
culturalOrigin African-American communities ⓘ
United States ⓘ
white working-class communities ⓘ
developedInPeriod early 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
earlyPioneerArtist Bill Haley ⓘ
Buddy Holly ⓘ
Chuck Berry ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Fats Domino ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Little Richard ⓘ
etymology derived from African-American slang meaning to rock or roll in a rhythmic or sexual sense ⓘ
firstMajorMediaExposure 45 rpm singles ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television shows ⓘ
followedBy album-oriented rock ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
hasAlternativeName rock & roll ⓘ
rock ’n’ roll ⓘ
hasCharacteristic 4/4 time signature ⓘ
amplified instruments ⓘ
danceable rhythms ⓘ
emphasis on youth culture ⓘ
simple chord progressions ⓘ
strong backbeat ⓘ
verse-chorus song structures ⓘ
hasSubgenre British rock and roll ⓘ
Christian rock and roll ⓘ
doo-wop ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
influenced fashion ⓘ
global popular culture ⓘ
social attitudes ⓘ
youth identity ⓘ
influencedGenre alternative rock ⓘ
beat music ⓘ
garage rock ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
power pop ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
surf rock ⓘ
lyricalTheme cars ⓘ
dancing ⓘ
romance ⓘ
youth freedom ⓘ
notableSong Johnny B. Goode ⓘ
Rock Around the Clock ⓘ
Tutti Frutti ⓘ
peakPopularity 1960s ⓘ
mid-1950s ⓘ
precededBy big band music ⓘ
swing ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
relatedMovement British Invasion ⓘ
youth counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
stylisticOrigin boogie-woogie ⓘ
country music ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
jump blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
western swing ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drum kit ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
typicalTempo medium to fast ⓘ
UNESCORecognition Memphis, Tennessee recognized as a City of Music partly for rock and roll heritage ⓘ

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Alan Freed → influencedGenre → rock and roll ⓘ
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow → hasTrack → Rock and Roll ⓘ
linked to: rock and roll