It originated in the United States from the 1940s to the 1950s.

The foundation of rock music is rock and roll, which originated in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s and quickly spread to other parts of the world. Its immediate origins were the fusion of various black music genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel with country music. In 1951, Alan Freed, a disc jockey in Cleveland, Ohio, began playing rhythm and blues music (then called "ethnic music") to multiracial audiences and first used the term "rock and roll" to refer to the genre. Describe music.

Debate surrounds which record should be considered the first rock and roll recording. Contenders include 1949's "?Rock Awhile?" by Goree Carter.

McPreston's "Rock and Roll United?" in 1949, later covered in 1952 by Bill Haley & His Comet; and "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brunston & His Delta Cats (Actually, Ike Turner and his band were the Rhythm Kings.) Recorded by Sam Phillips' Sun Records in 1951, four years later, Bill Haley's "Rock 24" became a Billboard magazine major The sale and play of chart-topping rock songs opened the door to this new wave of popular culture around the world.

Historical evolution

In fact, as early as the early 1930s, there was a song called Rock & Roll in the United States, but there was no such music name at that time. The most well-known name for this term was DJ-Alan Freed, who first used the term "rock concert" on his radio show in 1951. It is said that New York still calls him the King of Rock and Roll.

And Bill Haley and his Comets' band "His Comets" made a splash with their song "Rock Around The Clock" which stayed on the charts for 8 weeks in 1955. With the help of 1955, Rock became well-known to the world, so some people called 1955 the Rock Era, and Bill Harry was also nicknamed the father of rock and roll.

American rock music finally underwent a huge change in the early 1960s. Starting with The Beatles, a group of British bands broke into the American market in an instant. Some people call this the first British incident. Invasion, but fortunately there were still some groups in the United States at that time to compete with them, such as the Beach boys, whose group was similar to Beatles and whose music style was full of California scenery such as beaches, sunshine, beauties, and surfboards.

In addition, folk rock and roll full of national music also emerged, but in addition to Bob Dylan, there are also many British singers with distinct styles such as Gults or Ireland. However, in the late 1960s, the United States The band once again took the lead, and psychedelic rock, led by 3J, became the most popular rock music at the time. However, except for the Grateful Dead, most of the psychedelic bands died young. After psychedelic rock declined, Then we entered the glorious rock and roll era.