rockabilly

Noun

Meaning

a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

popular music popular music genre

Examples

I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America. Wanda Jackson

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer. Buck Owens

To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better. Brian Setzer

For every rockabilly festival staged here, there are 10 held overseas. Brian Setzer

That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was. Carl Perkins

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten. Brian Setzer

Close letter words and terms

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