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" When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues. "

Little Richard

Blues

Rock

You

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Rock

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Banging

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True

Rock

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Here

Sing

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Omnipotent

Present