Date:    Fri, 22 May 1998 02:10:24 EDT
<br>From:    Bapopik <Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
<br>Subject: Rock 'n' Roll
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<br>    Gerald Cohen wrote "Material for the study of _Rock 'n' Roll_" in COMMENTS
<br>ON ETYMOLOGY, vol. 22, December 1992, pp. 2-12, reprinted in STUDIES IN SLANG,
<br>PART IV (1995), pp. 61-73.
<br>    Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed used "rock 'n' roll" in 1951, but the
<br>1948 hit "Good Rockin' Tonight" contained the lyric "rock and roll around."
<br>    A Worldcat title search shows a few other things to research:
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<br>1941--ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP: THE FATHER OF ROCK AND ROLL, a 1971 release of
<br>"original 1941-1954 recording," including the song "Rock me mamma."
<br>1949--CALIFORNIA JUMP BLUES, 1983 release of 1949-1953 recordings, including
<br>"I want to rock 'n' roll" by the Scatman.
<br>1950--ROCK 'N ROLL WITH "SCAT MAN" CROTHERS.
<br>1952--ROCK AND ROLL by Hen Gates and his Gaters, including "Rockin' and
<br>rollin' hop."
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