TY - BOOK AU - O'Connor,Jim AU - Copeland,Gregory TI - What is rock and roll? SN - 9780451533814 (pbk.) : U1 - 781.66 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Grosset & Dunlap KW - Rock music KW - History and criticism KW - Juvenile literature KW - Non-Fiction 9+ KW - ukslc KW - Music and Entertainment N2 - Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music. Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock became so much more than just a style of music influencing fashion, language, and lifestyle ER -