Antedating of "Rock and Roll"

[Sam Clements]

What about your major antedating of 1946?
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Sam Clements

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> rock and roll (OED 1954 Dec.)
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> 1954 _Chicago Defender_ 17 July 18 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
> Rounding out the bill are the nation's top vocal groups, The Drifter, The
> Counts and The Spaniels.  And, of course, the two top delineators of the
> rock and roll school, La Vern Baker and Faye Adams.
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> Fred Shapiro
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