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How would a booming economy help with the development of a new genre like Rock and Roll?

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New genres usually develop with youth. Youth by nature reach a stage where they believe that the previous generation is old news: their culture is no longer applicable.

Eventually they hunt for something new. They can do this only if making a living is not a problem. If it is, then all attention must follow the economy. The 50s were not exactly a booming time, but employment was on the upswing. The 60s were a booming time especially in America and Canada. That meant that youth had the time to look at other alternatives.

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