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rockabilly

[ rok-uh-bil-ee ]

noun

  1. a style of popular music combining the features of rock-'n'-roll and hillbilly music.


rockabilly

/ ˈɒəˌɪɪ /

noun

    1. a fast, spare style of White rock music which originated in the mid-1950s in the US South
    2. ( as modifier )

      a rockabilly number

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rockabilly1

1955–60, Americanism; rock(-'n'-roll) + -a- connective + (hill)billy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rockabilly1

C20: from rock ( and roll ) + ( hill ) billy
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The bolo makes Lynch look a bit like “Blue Velvet’s” demented antagonist, Frank Booth, a rockabilly nightmare played by Dennis Hopper.

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Simpson said she first came up with the idea for the rockabilly EP when she was in Nashville celebrating her daughter Maxwell’s birthday.

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For rockabilly musician Brian Setzer, his hands “cramping up” while on tour with Stray Cats last year was an early sign of a larger health issue.

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He also referred to early rockabilly music and a lot of ’60s-era rock music.

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Besides torch songs, sea shanties, Latino roots and rockabilly tunes have been heard.

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