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   @mommipreneur

   February 15, 2026 at 3:02 pm

   I would love to get this encyclopaedia

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     @jwyllor

     February 17, 2026 at 2:00 am

     Same! Dude, sign me up. These are the type of treasures that make life worth experiencing.

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     @KeepRockinLikeaHurricane

     February 17, 2026 at 8:48 am

     It would be lovely to have, but the mini version is $4500.00. 😢

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     @jwyllor

     February 17, 2026 at 12:40 pm

     ​@KeepRockinLikeaHurricaneouch!

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   @Toko_the_Gamer

   February 15, 2026 at 3:02 pm

   First

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     @steelersluv

     February 15, 2026 at 4:32 pm

     Grow up

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   @RedTornado7942

   February 15, 2026 at 3:07 pm

   ROBERT SMALLS!!! 🤙🏻

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   @PiotrKaszuba8403

   February 15, 2026 at 3:09 pm

   I need to buy it and read it.

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   @Seda1979

   February 15, 2026 at 5:19 pm

   Nice…I wouldn’t mind a copy if I may say so myself.

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   @willkelly86

   February 16, 2026 at 5:14 pm

   Robert Smalls was a badass and someone I learned about in high school. I didn’t realize that his story was considered obscure. Everyone should learn about Robert Smalls; he was the embodiment of point yourself up by his own bootstraps. If he can do all that he did with the crappy hand he was dealt, then the rest of us have no excuses.

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   @westrim

   February 16, 2026 at 8:29 pm

   I’ve never seen that encyclopedia before so it must be very successful.

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   @Baritocity

   February 16, 2026 at 9:09 pm

   Don’t put your socks in the dryer

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   @KevingalvezGalvez

   February 17, 2026 at 6:27 pm

   There isn’t a single “first person” who invented rock and roll. Most historians describe it as a sound that emerged in the United States in the early-to-mid 1950s, built out of earlier styles, especially African-American rhythm & blues plus country influences. 

   That said, a few people are often brought up depending on what you mean by “invent”:
   • Who helped name and popularize it: Alan Freed didn’t invent the music, but he popularized the term “rock and roll” on mainstream radio and helped bring the sound to a wider (especially youth) audience. 
   • Early “rock-and-roll-before-it-was-called-that” pioneer: Sister Rosetta Tharpe is often called the “Godmother of Rock and Roll” because her gospel-driven electric guitar style strongly influenced what came next. 
   • If you force a single most-cited “closest” figure: Chuck Berry is frequently argued to be the closest to a one-person answer because he pulled together key ingredients (guitar riffs, storytelling lyrics, rhythm) into a blueprint that tons of later rock followed. 

   So: no single inventor, but if someone insists on one name, Chuck Berry is a common pick, while Sister Rosetta Tharpe is a major “before the boom” origin figure, and Alan Freed is crucial for the label and mainstream breakthrough.

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