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Since Rock and Roll is a very widely used phrase, it is difficult to trace its origins to one person. Many credit its popularity to a DJ from Cleveland, Ohio named Alan Freed who, in 1951, referred to the music he aired on his first radio show as Rock and Roll. Freed was soon hired in New York and his show was broadcast in over 40 market.
Although Alan Freed undoubtedly helped popularize the phrase, he by no means invented it. It's nearly impossible to correctly trace the origins of such a popular phrase, but here are some early occurrences.
- The term was used in the Hal Roach's 1932 film "Asleep in the Feet."
- The song "Get rhythm in Your Feet and Music in Your Soul" was recorded in 1935 by Harry "Red" Allen and included the line "If Satan starts to hound you, commence to rock and roll." This lyric was co-written by J.Russel Robinson and Bill Livingston, although 'rock and roll' is often assumed to have already been in use in the musical industry. Since many other musicians covered this particular song, the phrase gained a wider audience because of it.
- .As early as 1916 the term was used on a phonograph record entitles "The Camp Meeting Jubilee." It was used with religious connotations, with the word 'rocking' a reference to spiritual rapture.
- "Rock" has been used as a metaphor for changing or inciting things, even in other languages.
- "Roll" meant "having sex" in medieval times, for example "the couple rolled in the hay."
- In 1922 both of the words appeared together on Trixie Smith's record "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll." Much like Roy Brown's 1948 "Good Rocking Tonight," the title was a double entendre, it could have referred to dancing or sex.
- Both words were often used to describe the motion of a boat ("Rock and Roll" by the Boswell Sisters in 1934) or of a railroad train ("Rockin and Rollin" by Tommy Scott in 1951).
- Steel drivers in the South during Reconstruction, who would time their work to songs, used the words rock and roll. The men who held the steel spikes that were driven into the ground would "rock" the spike to clear dirt out of the way or "roll" the spike to improve the way it cut through the earth.
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Who is credited with coining the phrase rock and roll?
Disk jockey Alan Freed is widely credited with coining the term "rock and roll."
Who was the first disk jockey to popularize rock'n roll?
Alan Freed coined the term rock-and-roll, meaning a kind of music.
Who is credited with coining the phrase ''rock and role''?
You... I have never heard the term "rock and role" i've heard to term "rock and roll" though, that was credited by Nick Tosches who used the words rock and roll in a title of his song (My daddy Rocks me (with one steady roll)
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Rock is short for rock and roll, they are essentially the same. The term rock and roll is typically associated with classic rock more.
Where did rock and roll get its name from?
Rock 'n' roll is about fun, dancing, and teenage angst. I know, I was there. Actually, back in the 1950's and prior to this the term " Rock and Roll " was used among the African - American as a slang term for sex. Many R & B songs in the 30's and 40's make reference to this fact, and this is why to this day sex is such a main stream in our popular music, or what we have come to know as ROCK AND ROLL!
Who is credited with coining the phrase rock and roll?
Disk jockey Alan Freed is widely credited with coining the term "rock and roll."
Who was the first disk jockey to popularize rock'n roll?
Alan Freed coined the term rock-and-roll, meaning a kind of music.
Who is credited with coining the phrase ''rock and role''?
You... I have never heard the term "rock and role" i've heard to term "rock and roll" though, that was credited by Nick Tosches who used the words rock and roll in a title of his song (My daddy Rocks me (with one steady roll)
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