rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roller
variant spellings of rock and roll, rock and roller
: popular music usually played on electronically amplified instruments and characterized by a persistent heavily accented beat, repetition of simple phrases, and often country, folk, and blues elements : rock entry 2 sense 2
If many older people had been suspicious of the jukebox in the early fifties, they were even more affronted by the success of rock and roll after 1954.—Dominic Sandbrook
The industry has changed. Is it no longer sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll?—AP News
—often used before another nounrock and roll legends/albums
… Jack is in his corset, Jane is in her vest. And me, I'm in a rock 'n' roll band …—The Velvet Underground
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