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Rock and roll has also been seen as leading to a number of distinct sub-genres, including rockabilly ( see below ) in the 1950s, combining rock and roll with " hillbilly " country music, which was usually played and recorded in the mid-1950s by white singers such as Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and with the greatest commercial success, Elvis Presley.

Another sub-genre, Doo Wop, entered the pop charts in the 1950s.

Its popularity soon spawns the parody " Who Put the Bomp.