Rock and roll "Rock and Roll Inn" in South Merchantville, New Jersey, was established as a music venue. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing this music style while popularizing the phrase to describe it. The origins of rock and roll have been fiercely debated by commentators and historians of music. There is general agreement that it arose in the Southern United States – a region that would produce most of the major early rock and roll acts – through the meeting of various influences that embodied a merging of the African musical tradition with European instrumentation. The migration of
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through Ontario in 2007. It can also be found on the special 2 CD edition of "Bat Out of Hell II" and most recently on the live album "Casa De Carne", a bonus CD with the Special Edition (US) Deluxe and Super Deluxe versions (UK) of Meat Loaf's 2010 album "Hang Cool Teddy Bear". Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" is a song composed and written by Jim Steinman. It was first featured on Steinman's 1981 solo album "Bad for Good", with lead vocals by an uncredited Rory Dodd (though the song is credited to