Origins of rock and roll "Rock and Roll" Harris. These songs were generally classed as "race music" or, from the late 1940s, "rhythm and blues", and were barely known by mainstream white audiences. However, in 1951, Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed began broadcasting rhythm, blues, and country music for a multi-racial audience. Freed, familiar with the music of earlier decades, used the phrase rock and roll to describe the music he aired over station WJW (850 AM); its use also is credited to Freed's sponsor, record store owner Leo Mintz, who encouraged Freed to play the music on the radio. Originally Freed used the name
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