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'''Rock and roll''' is a broad category of [[music]] typified by songs featuring an energetic drumbeat, usually accompanied by one or more [[guitar]]s, a [[bass (instrument)|bass guitar]], and possibly a [[electronic keyboard]] or [[piano]]. It is generally agreed that the music that falls within this category originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s, deriving from the existing rhythm and blues category. The name "rock and roll" comes from an African-American vernacular reference to sexual activity.
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'''Rock 'n' roll''' or '''rock and roll''' is the earliest form of [[rock music]], originating in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and deriving from [[rhythm and blues]]. The name "rock and roll" comes from an African-American vernacular reference to sexual activity.  Segregation existing in the Southern [[United States]] at the time meant that 'rhythm and blues' was used to describe the 'black' or 'race' version of the music, with its [[jazz]]-derived instrumentation including [[piano]]s and [[saxophone]]s, while the contemporaneous 'white' (European American) form of the music, with its emphasis on [[guitars]], is what is often nowadays often called [[rockabilly]].


Rock and roll is frequently shortened to "rock", and encompasses [[genres of music]], including alternative, classic rock, and some forms of pop music.
Early black exponents include [[Chuck Berry]] and [[Bo Diddley]] ([[singer-songwriter]]s before the term was invented), [[Fats Domino]], [[Louis Jordan]], [[Little Richard]] and [[Lloyd Price]]; among the earliest white ones are [[Bill Haley]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Johnny Burnette]], [[Gene Vincent]] and [[Carl Perkins]].


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==See also==
*[[Rock music]]

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Rock 'n' roll or rock and roll is the earliest form of rock music, originating in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and deriving from rhythm and blues. The name "rock and roll" comes from an African-American vernacular reference to sexual activity. Segregation existing in the Southern United States at the time meant that 'rhythm and blues' was used to describe the 'black' or 'race' version of the music, with its jazz-derived instrumentation including pianos and saxophones, while the contemporaneous 'white' (European American) form of the music, with its emphasis on guitars, is what is often nowadays often called rockabilly.

Early black exponents include Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley (singer-songwriters before the term was invented), Fats Domino, Louis Jordan, Little Richard and Lloyd Price; among the earliest white ones are Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette, Gene Vincent and Carl Perkins.

See also