Because the same year that the authority was born, 1954, the newest threat to civilization emerged: rock-and-roll music.
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America gave Elvis the freedom to become a rock-and-roll star; now it was time for him to help protect that freedom.
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Plus: rock-and-roll looks on the runways at Lanvin, Balmain, Mugler, and Dries Van Noten.
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Dresses that resembled tapestries from the front often laced up the back in a manner that hinted at rock-and-roll youthfulness.
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Rag & Bone creatively layered a dark, rock-and-roll palette that would appeal to the skinny-jean hipster.
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British Dictionary definitions for rock-and-roll
rock and roll
rock'n'roll
noun
a type of pop music originating in the 1950s as a blend of rhythm and blues and country and western. It is generally based upon the twelve-bar blues, the first and third beats in each bar being heavily accented
(as modifier)the rock-and-roll era
dancing performed to such music, with exaggerated body movements stressing the beat