[Ads-l] Antedating of "Folk Rock"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Fun topic, Fred. Following your lead I found a pertinent match in 1963.

Date: November 2, 1963
Periodical: Billboard
Article: Pop Spotlight: The Glencoves
https://books.google.com/books?id=UAsEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22folk+rock%22#v=snippet&

[Begin excerpt]
POP SPOTLIGHT
THE GLENCOVES
DEVIL'S WAITIN'
(Jay, ASCAP) (2:18)-Select 727
Powerhouse singing and swinging from the group with a wide open folk-rock sound.
[End excerpt

Garson

On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 2:43 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> I should have typed "developing in contemporary pop music."
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> Fred Shapiro
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> From: Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2023 2:41 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Subject: Antedating of "Folk Rock"
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> I have discovered the earliest known occurrences of "jazz," "ragtime," and the names of almost every other genre of popular music.  Here's another one:
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> folk rock (OED 1965 [17 Sept.])
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> 1965 _Billboard_ 12 June 1/1 (ProQuest)  With Bob Dylan as the stimulus and the Byrds as disciples, a wave of folk-rock is developing for contemporary pop music.
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> Fred Shapiro
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