Rock-a-ballad (English spelling) rockaballad

Japanese: rock-a-ballad(英語表記)rockaballad
Rock-a-ballad (English spelling) rockaballad

...It is said that it was radio disc jockey Alan Freed (who himself appeared in The School of Violence) who first called this new music "rock and roll." In addition, Presley and those who followed him, such as Carl Perkins (1932-), with "Blue Suede Shoes," and Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-), with "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On," all had strong elements of southern country music, so their music came to be called "rockabilly," a compound word of rock and hillbilly, while the music of singers who had a sensibility closer to popular songs, such as Pat Boone (1934-), with "I'll Be Home," and Paul Anka (1941-), with "Diana," came to be called "rock-a-ballad," a compound word of rock and ballad. As a result of this diversification and the creation of various derivative words, by the 1960s it had become common to use the term "rock" to refer to all of these genres, and "rock 'n' roll" to refer to the early rock music of the mid-1950s.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "rock-a-ballad" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… こうして生まれてきた新しい音楽を〈ロック・アンド・ロール〉と呼びはじめたのは,ラジオのディスク・ジョッキーをしていたアラン・フリードAlan Freedだとされている(彼自身も《暴力教室》に出演した)。また,プレスリーや彼に続いて現れた《ブルー・スウェード・シューズBlue Suede Shoes》のカール・パーキンズCarl Perkins(1932‐ ),《ホール・ロッタ・シェーキン・ゴーイング・オンWhole Lotta Shakin’ Going On》のジェリー・リー・ルイスJerry Lee Lewis(1935‐ )などがいずれも南部のカントリー音楽の要素を強くもっていたことから,彼らの音楽をロックとヒルビリーhillbillyの合成語で〈ロカビリーrockabilly〉と呼び,《アイル・ビー・ホームI’ll Be Home》のパット・ブーンPat Boone(1934‐ )や《ダイアナDiana》のポール・アンカPaul Anka(1941‐ )のようにポピュラー・ソングに近い感覚を示した歌手たちの音楽を,ロックとバラードの合成語で〈ロカバラードrock‐a‐ballad〉と呼ぶようになった。こうしてさまざまの派生語を生みだしつつ多様化していったため,1960年代になると,それらの全体を呼ぶ言葉がロック,1950年代中葉の初期のロックを指す言葉がロックンロール,と使い分けるのが一般的となった。…

※「rock-a-ballad」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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