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Rock-a-bye Baby
"Rock-a-bye Baby", also known as "Hush-a-Bye Baby", is an English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby first printed in London around 1765, picturing a cradle in a treetop.
Rocka Rolla
Rocka Rolla is Judas Priest's debut album, released September 6, 1974 on Gull, produced by Rodger Bain, recorded live in London studios; the band criticized its sound and omitted songs later appeared on Sad Wings of Destiny.
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is an early rock and roll style from the mid-1950s American South, blending country (hillbilly) music with rhythm and blues; born at Sun Records with Elvis Presley, defined by slapped upright bass and bluesy lead guitar.
Rockabye (song)
Rockabye is a 2016 Clean Bandit single featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie; a dancehall-tinged tropical pop track about a single mother. It topped the UK chart for nine weeks, was 2016's Christmas Number 1, and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Rockaway Festival
Rockaway Festival, also billed as Rockaway Fest, is a rock music festival held in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, described as the country's biggest and first of its kind.
Rockbitch
Rockbitch were a British gothic-industrial metal band (formed mid-1990s from Red Abyss members) whose feminist, pagan French commune informed explicit live shows, one 1999 album Motor Driven Bimbo, European bans, a 2002 split, and the MT-TV successor.
Rocket 88
Rocket 88 (1951), by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm, recorded at Sam Phillips' Memphis studio, released on Chess 1458; five weeks at No. 1 on the R&B chart and often called the first rock and roll record.
Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt is a San Diego punk rock band formed in 1990 by John Reis (Speedo) after Pitchfork, known for adding a sax-and-trumpet horn section to punk, for Scream, Dracula, Scream! and the UK hit On a Rope, and for its 2005 breakup and 2013 reunion.
Rocket Man (song)
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) is a 1972 Elton John and Bernie Taupin song from Honky Château, inspired by a Ray Bradbury story, peaking at UK No. 2 and US No. 6.
Rocket Punch (로켓펀치)
Rocket Punch (로켓펀치, RCPC) was a six-member Woollim Entertainment girl group, debuting August 7, 2019 with Pink Punch and "Bim Bam Bum"; all members left the agency by August 2026.
Rocket Queen
Rocket Queen: closing track (6:13) of Guns N' Roses' 1987 debut Appetite for Destruction, credited to Rose, Slash, Stradlin, McKagan, and Adler; riff from Slash's 1984 band Road Crew, dedicated to Barbi Von Greif, with real recorded sex sounds in the bridge.
Rocket to Russia
Rocket to Russia is the Ramones' third studio album, released November 4, 1977 on Sire Records. The punk classic featuring Sheena Is a Punk Rocker and Rockaway Beach was the last album recorded by all four founding members.
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: Johnny Marks song recorded October 1958 by 13-year-old Brenda Lee, produced by Owen Bradley in Nashville. Flopped at first, then hit UK No. 6 (1962) and Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in 2023, making 78-year-old Lee the oldest chart-topper.
Rockin' in the Free World
"Rockin' in the Free World" is a 1989 Neil Young song from the album Freedom, debuted in Seattle in February 1989; a satirical anthem criticizing homelessness, drugs, and Bush-era rhetoric despite its patriotic-sounding chorus.
Rocking the Daisies
Rocking the Daisies is a South African music and lifestyle festival founded in 2005, held each spring at Cloof Wine Estate near Darling and drawing more than 15,000 attendees.
Rocko (rapper)
Rocko (Rodney Ramone Hill Jr., born 1979, Atlanta) is a rapper, producer, and label executive behind Rocky Road Records and A1 Recordings; known for "Umma Do Me", "U.O.E.N.O.", and signing Future.
Rocks (Aerosmith album)
Rocks, Aerosmith's fourth studio album (Columbia, May 3, 1976), produced by Jack Douglas and the band, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, was the band's first platinum album, and is widely ranked their finest record.
Rockstar (Lisa song)
Rockstar is a June 27, 2024 English-language solo single by Lisa (Lalisa Manobal) of BLACKPINK, released via LLOUD Co./RCA Records, produced by Ryan Tedder and Sam Homaee, sampling Tame Impala's "New Person, Same Old Mistakes"; it peaked at No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and appears on Alter Ego (2025).
Rockstar (Nickelback song)
Rockstar is a 2005 satirical Nickelback song from All the Right Reasons, written by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake, and Daniel Adair; it peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100 and No. 2 in the UK, and is distinct from songs of the same name by Dolly Parton, Post Malone, and DaBaby.
Rockstar (Post Malone song)
"Rockstar" is a 2017 hip-hop single by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage, produced by Tank God and Louis Bell, released September 15, 2017 via Republic Records as the lead single of Beerbongs & Bentleys; it was both artists' first Billboard Hot 100 number one, spent eight weeks at the top, and earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Performance.
Rocksteady
Rocksteady: Jamaican popular music style of roughly 1966–1968, between ska and reggae; half-speed ska with prominent bass, piano for trombone, vocal trios like the Heptones and Paragons, Alton Ellis and Ken Boothe as key figures.
Rockwell (musician)
Rockwell is the stage name of Kennedy William Gordy (born 1964), son of Motown founder Berry Gordy, whose 1983 single "Somebody's Watching Me" featuring Michael Jackson hit No. 2 on the Hot 100 and went gold.
Rocky Raccoon
"Rocky Raccoon" is a comic folk-rock song by the Beatles, written mainly by Paul McCartney in India in 1968 and released on their self-titled double album, the White Album.
Rocky Top
Rocky Top is a 1967 bluegrass song by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, first recorded by the Osborne Brothers, an official Tennessee state song since 1982, and the University of Tennessee Volunteers' unofficial fight song.
Rod Argent
Rod Argent (Rodney Terence Argent, born 1945) is the English keyboardist-songwriter who founded the Zombies, wrote "She's Not There" and "Time of the Season", led the 1970s band Argent, and retired from touring in 2024 after a stroke.
Rod Evans
Rod Evans (born 1947, Eton, England) is the original lead vocalist of Deep Purple (1968-1969, three albums including the Hush hit) and first singer of Captain Beyond; known for the 1980 bogus Deep Purple lawsuit.
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen (Rodney Marvin McKuen, 1933–2015), American poet, songwriter, and singer; Brel translator behind "Seasons in the Sun" and "If You Go Away"; Grammy winner and best-selling yet critically dismissed poet.
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart (Roderick David Stewart), British singer born 1945 in London, known for his raspy voice; Jeff Beck Group and Faces frontman, "Maggie May" hitmaker, over 150 million records sold, twice a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and knighted in 2016.
Rod Stewart discography
Rod Stewart discography: catalog of the British singer's roughly 32 solo studio albums (1969–2024, Mercury, Warner Bros., Capitol), Faces and Jeff Beck Group recordings, UK number-one singles like Maggie May, certifications, and 2024–2025 releases.
Rod Temperton
Rod Temperton (Rodney Lynn Temperton), English songwriter and Heatwave keyboardist, wrote Boogie Nights, Rock With You, Off the Wall, and Thriller for Michael Jackson, plus Give Me the Night; nicknamed the Invisible Man; died 2016 of cancer.