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The precursors of rhythm and blues came from jazz and blues, which overlapped in the late-1920s and 30s through the work of musicians such as the Harlem Hamfats, with their 1936 hit "Oh Red", as well as Lonnie Johnson, Leroy Carr, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, and T-Bone Walker.
Vor 4 Tagen · Ed Ward. Rhythm and blues, term used for several types of postwar African-American popular music, as well as for some white rock music derived from it. Perhaps the most commonly understood meaning of the term is as a description of the sophisticated urban music that had been developing since the 1930s.
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Rhythm and Blues (auch Rhythm & Blues oder Rhythm ’n’ Blues, abgekürzt R&B, R & B, R ’n’ B oder auch RnB) bezeichnet den in den 1940er Jahren vorherrschenden Stil afroamerikanischer Popmusik: eine rhythmisch stark akzentuierte Form des Blues, aus der später Rock ’n’ Roll wurde, die von Weißen gespielte und produzierte ...
15. Aug. 2008 · In 1949, he coined the term “Rhythm and Blues” for the magazine’s black music chart to replace the term “Race Music.”. Wexler was the wordsmith, and revered and respected his favorite ...
Mark Edward Nero. Updated on 09/27/18. Rhythm & Blues (abbreviated R&B) is a term used to describe the blues-influenced form of music which has been predominantly performed by African-Americans since the late 1930s.
20. Sept. 2016 · Hear “Rhythm & Blues,” a Smithsonian Folkways playlist. One important stylistic prototype in the development of R&B was jump blues, pioneered by Louis Jordan, with his group Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. Originally from Arkansas, Jordan was a former member of Chick Webb’s swing band that had dominated New York City’s ...
Johnny Otis. Rhythm and blues is a form of Black dance music that has its origins in the post-World War II era (1939–1945); the term itself is attributed to Jerry Wexler, a writer for Billboard, who coined it in 1949 for the magazine’s Black music chart to replace the term “Race Music” (a term in use since 1920).
