American rock there was a Garage rock/post-punk revival. The development of digital technology led to the development of new forms of digital electronic rock. The foundations of American rock music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its immediate origins lay in a mixing together of various black musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music; in addition to country and western. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, and is credited with first using the
God Gave Rock and Roll to You under the title "Final Solo". "God Gave Rock and Roll to You II" would also be included on the Kiss album "Alive III", which was released in 1993. God Gave Rock and Roll to You "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" is a 1973 song by the British band Argent and covered by both Petra, in 1977 and 1984, and Kiss in 1991, both with modified lyrics. Argent recorded the song in 1971 during the sessions for their album "All Together Now", but it originally did not appear as an album track until 1973's "In Deep", and was released