rock 'n' roll

Thân thiện

A teenager listens to rock 'n' roll music on a record player.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A genre of popular music that originated in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It evolved from a combination of African-American musical styles such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, and rhythm and blues, with country music and western swing.

Usage

• Noun:
  • The radio station plays classic rock 'n' roll from the 1950s.
  • Elvis Presley is often called the "King of Rock 'n' Roll".
  • The dance was inspired by the energetic spirit of rock 'n' roll.

Advanced Usage

• Cultural Impact: The term "rock 'n' roll" is often used to describe more than just the music; it signifies a cultural movement associated with youth rebellion, distinctive fashion, and new social attitudes in the mid-20th century.
  • The rock 'n' roll era changed teenage culture forever.

Variants and Related Words

• Rock and roll: The full, unabbreviated spelling of the term.
• Rock music or rock: The broader, generic term for the wide range of musical styles that evolved from rock 'n' roll in the subsequent decades.
  • While she loves early rock 'n' roll, her brother prefers modern rock.

Synonyms

• Rock music (in its earliest, foundational form)
• Rockabilly (an early subgenre blending rock 'n' roll with country music)

Related Phrases

• Rock 'n' roll lifestyle: A phrase describing a lifestyle perceived as hedonistic, rebellious, or devoted to the music culture.
  • The documentary explored the excesses of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
   • rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.

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