"ROCK N' ROLL" WALKS THE LINE

THE TERM "ROCK N' ROLL" EXISTED LONG BEFORE IT BECAME ATTACHED
TO THE MUSIC OF ELVIS PRESLEY,CHUCK BERRY,BO DIDDLEY,LITTLE
RICHARD,FATS DOMINO AND JERRY LEE LEWIS.IT EXISTED AS A
BLACK SLANG WORD FOR PEOPLE DOIN' WHAT COMES NATURALLY.
AS THE TERM IS ASSOCIATED WITH SOMETHING NATURAL IT
SEEMS FAIR TO SAY THAT NATURALLY IT WOULD FIND OTHER
USE'S-AND AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE,IT DID.
SO IF YOU ARE A FILM CONSULTANT-WORKING ON A FILM ABOUT
AN ARTIST WHO WAS INVOLVED IN EARLIST STAGES OF ROCK N'
ROLL HISTORY-YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO SAY OR BE QUOTED
AS SAYING "THE TERM ROCK N' ROLL DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE{INSERT
ALL THE ROCK ARTISTS I STATED ABOVE AND AD JOHNNY CASH}.
THE REASON YOU MAY ASK-IS A SIMPLE ONE-BECAUSE THE TERM
DID EXIST BEFORE-WAY BEFORE-THE ARTIST'S WHOSE MUSIC TOOK
ON THE NAME AS A NOUN RATHER THAN A VERB.IN OTHER WORDS
WHAT USED TO MEAN DOING SOMETHING NATURAL-"ROCK N' ROLL"
IN IT'S NEW MODERN USE WAS A NAME GIVIN' TO A PARTICULAR
STYLE OF MUSIC.BE AWARE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL THE
FACT'S ABOUT THE HISTORICAL USE OF THIS TERM BE MADE
SIMPLE AND CLEAR OTHERWISE PEOPLE MIGHT START TO THINK
THE TERM "ROCK N' ROLL" DID NOT EXIST BEFORE ROCK N' ROLL
MUSIC EXISTED AND AS ANY OLD FOOL CAN TELL YOU THAT
IT DID-BUT APPARENTLY THEY FORGOT TO TELL THE
CONSULTANT TO THE FILM .

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