rockabilly
pronunciation
How to pronounce rockabilly in British English:
UK [ˈrɒkəbɪli]
How to pronounce rockabilly in American English:
US [ˈrɑːkəbɪli]
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- Noun:
- a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat
Word Origin
- rockabilly (n.)
- 1956, from noun sense of rock (n.2) in the music sense + second element abstracted from hillbilly music. One of the first uses is in a "Billboard" item about Johnny Burnette's "Lonesome Train."