rock-'n'-roll
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On Saturday another will make their mark on Slane's rock-'n'-roll history spanning 40 years as headliner Harry Styles gears up to entertain a crowd of 80,000 for his sold-out show.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023
Cue the intro credits, and we smash cut to Buddy BeBop, an uncool high schooler with dreams of becoming a rock-’n’-roll musician.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2022
Our trip to Langara this summer was marked by 25-mile-an-hour westerly winds, adding a rock-’n’-roll beat to the rhythm of our fishing boat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2018
Burning Guitars’ collection was bold, brash and too over-the-top for anyone but a rock-‘n’-roll frontman, while Datari Austin used fabrics that came across as a little blasé and — dare we say — cheap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2017
There’s no expiration date on raucous rock-’n’-roll fun.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2015
“We fully support Matt and hope to have his energetic rock n’ roll knowledge back on air soon,” the station said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
The wild child of rock n' roll had found a whole new generation to appal.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2022
Rydell and his fellow Philadelphia performers were ideal for “Bandstand” host Dick Clark, who sought to make rock n’ roll palatable to young and old.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
She politely asks the pianist providing gentle cocktail hour music to step aside, seizes control of the keys and belts out a raucous, rock n' roll version of Mahalia Jackson's spiritual "How I Got Over."
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2021
A child born in 1946 was a teenager by the early 1960s, in turn fueling the massive explosion of popular music that resulted in the most iconic musical expression of youth culture: rock n’ roll.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
