Never missed Laugh In.
1965 Alan Freed, age 42 - US deejay who coined the phrase "Rock'n'Roll"
I knew that but I wonder what inspired him to come up with that phrase?
None of the answers seemed to hit the nail on the head but this seems the closest... if it's correct.
Why was it called rock and roll?
The story: The term rock 'n' roll derives from the more literal "rocking and rolling", a phrase used by 17th-century sailors to describe the motion of a ship on the sea. Any phrase that is used to suggest rhythmic movement of this sort - particularly by lonely seamen - runs the risk of being purloined as an euphemism.
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