Rock and roll (often written as a rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music was born and developed in the United States in the 1940s and early 1950s, mainly from a combination of blues, country, jazz and gospel music. Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s, and in the records of blues rock and roll in the 1920s did not have his name until 1950. An early form of rock and roll was rockabilly, which combined country and jazz with influences from traditional folk music and Appalachian gospel.
The "rock and roll", the term has at least two different meanings, both in common usage. TheAmerican Heritage Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines good rock and roll as synonymous with rock music. Allwords.com However, referring specifically to music in the 1950s. For purposes of differentiation, this article uses the second definition, while the music genre most discussed in the section of rock music.
In the style of rock and roll in the early 1940s and early 1950s, a piano or saxophone was often the main instrument, but generally replaced or fitted with a guitar in the middle of the late 1950s. beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with backbeat highlight, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum. Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, rhythm), bass or (after mid-1950), electric bass guitar and drums.
Rock and roll has begun to achieve great popularity in the 1960s. great popularity around the world and view any rock and roll to give a broad social impact. Bobby Gillespie writes that "When Chuck Berry sings" Hi, hello, rock and roll, deliver me from the old days, that is what music is. Chuck Berry has launched a jailbreak rock'n'roll global psyche. "
Much more than just a style of rock and roll, as seen in movies and television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. He went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the characteristic backbeat originally, now more often called simply "rock" or "rock".