Rockabilly
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Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre, it blends the sound of country and western mus
Classic instruments associated with rockabilly are a hollow-body electric guitar, an upright bass, and a pared-down drum kit.
Elvis Presley in a promotional shot for Jailhouse Rock in 1957
Bill Haley and His Comets during a TV appearance
Teddy & The Tigers, a Finnish rockabilly band from Kerava, pictured in Helsinki, 1978
Rock and roll
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Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The origins of rock and roll are rooted in a blending of African-American musical gen
Rockabilly
…Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre, it blends the sound of country and western music with…
Sign commemorating the role of Alan Freed and Cleveland, Ohio, in the origins of rock and roll
Disc jockey Alan Freed is credited with popularizing the term "rock and roll" and introducing the genre across racial barriers in the 1950s
Chuck Berry in 1958
Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson's record "Roll 'Em Pete" is regarded as a precursor to rock and roll.