Rock and roll arrived at a time of considerable technological change, soon after the development of the electric guitar, amplifier and microphone, and the 45 rpm record.There were also changes in the record industry, with the rise of independent labels like Atlantic, Sun and Chess servicing niche audiences and a similar rise of radio stations that played their music.It was the realization that relatively affluent white teenagers were listening to this music that led to the development of what was to be defined as rock and roll as a distinct genre.The phrase "rocking and rolling" originally described the movement of a ship on the ocean, but was used by the early twentieth century, both to describe the spiritual fervor of black church rituals and as a sexual analogy. Various gospel, blues and swing recordings used the phrase before it became used more frequently - but still intermittently - in the mid to late 1940s, on recordings and in reviews of what became known as "rhythm and blues" music aimed at a black audience.In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio, disc jockey Alan Freed began playing this music style while popularizing the term "rock and roll" to describe it.Steinway pianos

Because the development of rock and roll was an evolutionary process, no single record can be identified as unambiguously "the first" rock and roll record.One contender for "first rock and roll record" is "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in March 1951.In terms of its wide cultural impact across society in the US and elsewhere, Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", recorded in April 1954 but not a commercial success until the following year, is generally recognized as an important milestone, but it was preceded by many recordings from earlier decades in which elements of rock and roll can be clearly discerned.The alliterative phrase "rocking and rolling" was originally used by mariners at least as early as the 17th century, to describe the combined "rocking" and "rolling" motion of a ship on the ocean.Examples include an 1821 reference, "...prevent her from rocking and rolling...",and an 1835 reference to a ship "...rocking and rolling on both beam-ends".As the term referred to movement forwards, backwards and from side to side, it acquired sexual connotations from early on; the sea shanty "Johnny Bowker" probably from the early nineteenth century, contains the lines "Oh do, my Johnny Bowker/ Come rock and roll me over" Private stripper Las Vegas|Las Vegas Escort|Girls Las Vegas|Best Web Girls