Alan Freed - Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees a

Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues and rhythm. It's the rhythm that gets to the kids – they're starved of music they can dance to, after all those years of crooners.

- Alan Freed

topic: Music, Dance, Song, Blues Music, Levees, Folk Music, Folk Art, Folk Songs