Does anyone knows what is the difference between "rockabilly" and "rock 'n' roll"?

So far NO ONE really gave any sensible answer. Everybody are writing that "rockabilly" is a mix of rhythm 'n' blues and hillbilly/country and western music which as well can be the definition for "rock 'n' roll". When someone is trying to define "rock and roll" always says/writes that it is a fusion of blues/rhythm 'n' blues with hillbilly/country/western swing type of music. Can anyone tell the difference between those two, presumably different types of music? And please, give me the definition, not examples of both genres.|||Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early 1950s.





The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock (from rock 'n' roll) and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music (often called hillbilly music in the 1940s and 1950s) that contributed strongly to the style's development. Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues. While there are notable exceptions, its origins lie primarily in the Southern United States.





The influence and popularity of the style waned in the 1960s, but during the late 1970s and early 1980s, rockabilly enjoyed a major revival of popularity that has endured to the present, often within a rockabilly subculture.














Rock and roll (often written as rock %26amp; roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of the blues, country music, jazz and gospel music. Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s, and in blues records from the 1920s, rock and roll did not acquire its name until the 1950s. An early form of rock and roll was rockabilly, which combined country and jazz with influences from traditional Appalachian folk music and gospel.





The term "rock and roll" now has at least two different meanings, both in common usage. The American Heritage Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary both define rock and roll as synonymous with rock music. Encyclopaedia Britannica, on the other hand, regards it as the music that originated in the mid-1950s and later evolved "into the more encompassing international style known as rock music." For the purpose of differentiation, this article uses the latter definition, while the broader musical genre is discussed in the rock music article.|||Peepaw has it down.There is a discernible difference or there wouldn't be separate


Halls of Fame for the 2 styles.Rockabilly is usually associated with the fast paced


hard driving guitars like Eddie Cochran,Buddy Holly,Ricky Nelson and The Rock and


Roll Trio to name a few.