Origins of rock and roll that inspired Alan Freed to coin the phrase "rock and roll" to refer to the music he played. Freed first started playing the music in 1951, and by 1953 the phrase "rock and roll" was becoming used much more widely to market the music beyond its initial black audience. The practitioners of the music were young black artists, appealing to the post-war community's need for excitement, dancing and increasing social freedoms, but the music also became very attractive to white teenagers. As well as "rocking" rhythm and blues songs, such as the massively successful and influential "Rocket 88" recorded by
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (album) substantial portion of the film was still missing until rediscovered in 1993 in a vault in London. The film was completed in 1996 and premiered at the New York Film Festival September of that year. "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" and a tie-in home video of the event was released in October 1996 and it reached #92 in the US. In 2004, a DVD edition was released. All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (album) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is the fifth release of