| Rock and roll has become so familiar to music lovers | | | | region. From thereon, the music grew as many freed |
| that very few ask about its roots or origins or how the | | | | slaves along with their descendants migrated to major |
| name came about. The history of rock and roll still | | | | urban cities like Memphis and in the north to Detroit, |
| remains a matter of research. | | | | Chicago, New York City, Buffalo and Cleveland. In |
| While there are several theories about the history of | | | | these cities, both white and black residents have had |
| rock and roll. Many researchers agree that the music | | | | lived closely and thus began emulating each other's |
| genre got its name after the World War II. Its sound | | | | style. |
| was then born out of a fusion of R&B (rhythm | | | | During the 1930s, swing and jazz were among the |
| and blues) along with influences from Afro-American | | | | very first kinds of music to produce Afro-American |
| culture as also from gospel music and American | | | | sounds to a mainly white audience. The 1940s followed |
| country music. Many are of the opinion that rock and | | | | this sound with saxophones, horns, boogie-woogie |
| roll has its roots in country records during the 1930s | | | | beats and shouted lyrics. During and immediately |
| and blues records during the 1920s, even though the | | | | following World War II, limited audiences and shortage |
| music was never labeled as rock and roll. | | | | of fuel made large jazz bands less economical. They |
| Regardless of the uncertainty about the history of | | | | were replaced with smaller combos, using drums, bass |
| rock and roll music or its true beginnings, it's believed | | | | and guitars. |
| that rock and roll originated in the south as a result of a | | | | The history of rock and roll continues to evolve for |
| conglomeration between several music traditions in the | | | | several reasons, technology being one of them. |