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Rock and roll is a form of rock music developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Rock music combines many kinds of music from the United States, such as country music, folk music, gospel music, work, blues and jazz.
Rock and roll developed in the early 1950s from a kind of music called rhythm and blues performed by black singers and musicians.
At first, this music was popular only with African-Americans.
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In the later 1950s and in the 1960s, rock and roll became popular across the United States and in Europe.
History of rock and roll
1950s: Rockabilly
During the early 1950s, the popularity of rhythm and blues music spread.
It became very popular among young white people. They listened to this music on radio stations that broadcast across the country late at night. Some teenagers began buying rhythm and blues records as a form of rebellion.
Alan Freed had a radio show in Cleveland, Ohio in the early 1950s.
He is said to be the first person to use the expres