Origins of rock and roll but it was used by the early 20th century, both to describe a spiritual fervor and as a sexual analogy. Various gospel, blues and swing recordings used the phrase before it became used more frequently – but still intermittently – in the late 1930s and 1940s, principally on recordings and in reviews of what became known as "rhythm and blues" music aimed at black audiences. In 1951, Cleveland-based disc jockey Alan Freed began playing this music style while popularizing the term "rock and roll" to describe it. Various recordings that date back to the 1940s have been named as the
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