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Two CD set. In the United States, Rock 'n' Roll had evolved organically, equal parts Blues, R&B, Hillbilly and Western Swing, flourishing prolifically throughout the South in the early '50s before exploding nationally, in 1954. But it's arrival in the UK underwent an entirely different process - indeed, it actually came here in installments, the first of which we'd been blissfully unaware. At that stage (circa 1953/54) it wasn't yet called Rock & Roll, but around this time a number of the UK's popular Variety singers (Alma Cogan, Frankie Vaughan, etc) began to cover various American 'Big Beat' hits which would subsequently have Rock 'n' Roll status bestowed upon them.