'''Rock and roll''' ('''Rock music''') is an [[American]] music genre started in the early 1950s. It evolved from [[rhythm and blues]], [[blues music]] and [[country music]].
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'''Rock and roll''' ('''Rock music''') is an [[American]] music genre started in the early 1950s. It evolved from [[rhythm and blues]], [[blues]] and [[country music]].
The name comes from a traditional blues reference to fornication.<ref>http://www.history-of-rock.com/</ref>
The name comes from a traditional blues reference to fornication.<ref>http://www.history-of-rock.com/</ref>