rock-'n'-roll

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Reportedly shot in under 10 days, the film features such fun needle drops as the Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love,” Gerry Rafferty’s “Family Tree” and, of all things to accompany a seduction scene, “The Girls of Rock ‘n’ Roll” sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Chipettes.

From Los Angeles Times

His own sound is heavily indebted to both 1960s rock 'n' roll and 1990s Britpop, and he has described his band's new single For Your Love as "a modern take on a vintage sound".

From BBC

“In the early days of rock ’n’ roll,” Mr. Rachel writes, “Hitler and the Nazis were easy targets for mockery, yet they also evoked a sense of wonder and reverence. This conflicting emotion sits at the core of rock history’s flirtation with Nazism.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s easy to adore the star in the mid-to-late 1950s when he’s young and svelte, scandalizing and delighting America with his wiggly hips, popularizing a new sound dubbed rock ‘n’ roll.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Presley was filming “Tickle Me” and “Clambake,” the Beatles and Bob Dylan had happened; now one of rock ‘n’ roll’s architects was at risk of looking passé compared to the countless younger acts he’d inspired.

From Los Angeles Times