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rock 'n' roll

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'n'roll.

How To Use rock 'n' roll In A Sentence

  • Stuart began offering what he called hillbilly rock,'' an amalgam of energized honky-tonk and rock 'n' roll that he rode well into the '90s. Boston.com Top Stories
  • Rock 'n' roll has got nothing on these African rhythms.
  • They've also been called the saviours of rock 'n' roll.
  • In fact, my only similarity with the ultimate rock 'n' roll axeman is that I also like drinking inadvisable quantities of Jack Daniel's.
  • Apparently, these items are inspired by the classic drive-ins that sprang up during the Rock 'n' Roll era in the West.
  • Chapman couldn't help but notice that the brothers were remarkably well-behaved, contrary to their reputation for being rock 'n' roll hellraisers.
  • There is something about this musical distinction that vexes me, but for the sake of the argument I'd say upbeat rock 'n' roll.
  • He used to be the lead singer in a rock 'n' roll band.
  • When all is said and done, they come across as a rock 'n' roll Motown wall of sound.
  • When Music From Big Pink came out, people could hear mountain music in there, gospel music, blues, rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues, and all these things like it was a big gumball of music, and it was because we had really woodsheded it and educated ourselves in trying to hone our skills. Mike Ragogna: How To Become Clairvoyant: A Conversation with Robbie Robertson
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