[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rockabilly"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Actually, I see that the OED already has a citation slighlty earlier than the one I posted.

Fred Shapiro


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Subject: Antedating of "Rockabilly"

rockabilly (OED 1956 Dec.)

1956 _Miami Herald_ 20 June 4-C in Elijah Wald _How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll_ (2009) 270

Fred Shapiro

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