rock 'n' roll

Noun

Meaning

a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rock rock and roll rock music rock'n'roll

Hypernyms

popular music popular music genre

Hyponyms

punk progressive rock psychedelic rock art rock heavy metal punk rock

Examples

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll... take out the drugs and you've got more time for the other two. Steven Tyler

I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture. Etta James

After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower. Nancy Sinatra

I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it. Vince Neil

He could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll. Miles Davis

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll. John Cale

Close letter words and terms

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