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Michael Herman's Folk Dance OrchestraRock music Rock music Broad genre of popular music For the original 1950s style of rock music, see Rock and roll. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation) and Rock (disambiguation). Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and… (Source: Wikipedia)
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