His dynamic and sensual style combined elements from virtually every form of popular music available in the postwar years. He and other rockabilly musicians such as Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis ...

Each band had its own arranger, who wrote the music. Although there were still some improvised solos in swing music, playing the parts that were written by the arranger was very important.

This style of Jamaican folk music was popular in the 1950s. Like calypso it is strophic in form and has light-hearted lyrics accompanied by offbeat chords on guitar and banjo, as can be heard in ...