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The Rock And Roll SocietyRock and roll Rock and roll Genre of popular music This article is about the 1950s style of music. For the general rock music genre, see Rock music. For other uses, see Rock and roll (disambiguation). "RnR" redirects here. For other uses, see RNR (disambiguation). Rock and roll[a] is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.[1][2] The origins of rock and roll are rooted in a blending of African-American musical genres, mainly rhythm and blues, with stylistic influences from gospel, jazz, boogie-woogie, electric blues, jump blues, swing, and folk music.[3][4] While rock and roll's early elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s[5] and in country records… (Source: Wikipedia)
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