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17 hours ago · Rock. Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. [3] It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from ...
4 days ago · rhythm and blues, term used for several types of postwar African-American popular music, as well as for some white rock music derived from it. The term was coined by Jerry Wexler in 1947, when he was editing the charts at the trade journal Billboard and found that the record companies issuing Black popular music considered the chart names then ...
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4 days ago · Rock and soul music (especially the sophisticated but hook-laden variety of the latter, which took its name from the company that created it, Motown) quickly attracted the allegiance of Western teenagers and eventually became the sound track for young people throughout the world.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
17 hours ago · Progressive rock; Other names: Art rock; classical rock; prog; symphonic rock; Stylistic origins: Rock; psychedelia; progressive music; jazz; folk; classical; Cultural origins: Mid to late 1960s, United Kingdom: Derivative forms: Krautrock; new-age music; occult rock; post-rock; symphonic pop; new wave; Subgenres; Canterbury scene; neo-prog ...
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5 days ago · Elvis Presley (born January 8, 1935, Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.—died August 16, 1977, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American popular singer widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll” and one of rock music’s dominant performers from the mid-1950s until his death.
5 days ago · A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs on Apple Podcasts. 225 episodes. Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.
1 day ago · It tells the story of a man who becomes part of an organized crime family to pay off his debts. Nebraska also features many of Springsteen’s classic acoustic songs, including “My Father’s House,” “Johnny 99,” and “State Trooper.”. The album marked a sharp departure from Springsteen’s heartland rock sound.
