The Golden Decade 1954 - 1963
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Rock-and-Roll (räk'n roll') n. first so used (1951) by Alan Freed, Cleveland disc jockey, taken from the song "My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll". The use of rock, roll, rock and roll, etc., with reference to sexual intercourse, is traditional in blues, a form of popular music that evolved in the 1950's from rhythm and blues, characterized by the use of electric guitars, a strong rhythm with an accent on the offbeat, and youth-oriented lyrics. A form of popular music arising from and incorporating a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music, and gospel. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, it is characterized by electronically amplified instrumentation, a heavily accented beat, and relatively simple phrase structure

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Guess the Song
Who wrote and performed the following lyrics:
"Hey hey hey yeah; How unlucky can one man be; Well every quarter I get;
Lord, blackjack takes it away from me."

A) Ray Charles
         B) Smokey Robinson
     C)  Kenny Rogers


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