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What exactly is rock and roll?

Rock and Roll is a music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1940s. It became popular in the early 1950s and quickly became popular all over the world. Rock music expresses emotions with its flexible and bold expressions and passionate music rhythm. It is loved by most people around the world and formed a craze in the 1960s and 1970s.

The origin of rock and roll:

Since the 1950s, people have recognized a new kind of pop music on the radio and records, which has a very strong rhythm in every beat. , the lyrics were also written very freshly, and it suddenly conquered the hearts of many Americans. In 1951, when Cleveland Radio in the United States played this kind of music for the first time, in order to make the audience feel fresh, an announcer named Alan Fried named this music "rock and roll" when introducing it before playing. In 1955, a singer named Bill Haley sang and recorded a record called "Rock Around the Clock", which caused a great sensation and sold more than 15 million copies, becoming a world record. One of the best-selling records in the world, from which the name of rock music comes.