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23 hours ago · The origins of rock and roll are complex. Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the United States in the early to mid-1950s. It derived most directly from the rhythm and blues music of the 1940s, [1] which itself developed from earlier blues , the beat-heavy jump blues , boogie woogie , up-tempo jazz , and swing music .
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