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Sean Thomas Erlington has retired. https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/04/running-back-sean-thomas-erlington-announces-retirement/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/04/sean-thomas-erlington-retires-after-eight-cfl-seasons/ ***** Lorenzo Mauldin has retired. https://3downnation.com/2026/03/04/cfl-award-winner-lorenzo-mauldin-iv-announces-retirement-after-joining-ufl/ ***** Combine analyses https://www.cfl.ca/combine/2026-cfl-invitational-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/04/5-players-to-watch-at-the-invitational-combine-2/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/a-position-by-position-preview-of-the-cfl-invitational-combine/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/04/eight-offensive-players-to-watch-at-the-2026-cfl-invitational-combine/

I think there are two distinct concepts - the music and the perception. I think of Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock to be the first rock 'n' roll record because it combined jump blues with country.  Maybelline did as well.  And Bill Haley's was the first the American public became aware of.   And promptly after came Elvis with his country style of singing black music. However, Alan Fried coined the term "rock 'n' roll", and he did it playing the r&b and doo wop of the day. PS - If we consider only the music, I would go back to Louis Jordan's Saturday Night Fish Fry for the first hit.  It had the beat, and he sang, "Rock! Rock! Rock!"

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What kind of a car was a Rocket 69 anyway? 1947 Intentional distortion, not happy accident, again from 1947:. Not Rick & Raoul. Just something else that happened, because electric guitar.