rockabilly
noun
rock·a·bil·ly
ˈrä-kə-ˌbi-lē 
: popular music marked by features of rock and country music
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Travel through his rockabilly, military, movie and Las Vegas concert years.
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives opened the show with a blend of rockabilly, honky-tonk and bluegrass.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The presentation is pure camp, delivered with schlocky B-horror movie flair, dozens of pop culture references, and tributes to different rock genres in the form of trope-y boss fights with parodies of punks, rockabillies, and so on.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024
Charlie Gracie, an early rockabilly singer and guitarist who influenced a generation of 1960s rock stars has died at 86.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2022
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives opened the show with a blend of rockabilly, honky-tonk and bluegrass.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The presentation is pure camp, delivered with schlocky B-horror movie flair, dozens of pop culture references, and tributes to different rock genres in the form of trope-y boss fights with parodies of punks, rockabillies, and so on.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024
Charlie Gracie, an early rockabilly singer and guitarist who influenced a generation of 1960s rock stars has died at 86.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2022
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“Rockabilly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rockabilly. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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