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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rhythm_and_bluesRhythm and blues - Wikipedia

    Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.

  3. www.masterclass.com › articles › r-and-b-music-guideR&B Music Guide: The Evolution of Rhythm and Blues

    Jun 7, 2021 · R&B Music Guide: The Evolution of Rhythm and Blues. Written by MasterClass. Last updated: Jun 7, 2021 • 4 min read. For decades, the Billboard Hot 100 and Top 40 charts have been populated with rhythm and blues, an American musical genre first developed by Black artists in the mid-twentieth century.

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  5. folklife.si.edu › magazine › freedom-sounds-tell-it-like-it-isTell It Like It Is: A History of Rhythm and Blues

    Sep 20, 2016 · The emergence of R&B as a music category reflects its simultaneous marginalization as a form of African American music and its centrality to the development of a wide repertoire of American popular music genres, most notably rock ’n’ roll.

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  6. www.allmusic.com › subgenre › early-r-b-ma0000002520Early R&B Music Subgenre Overview | AllMusic

    Early R&B. Evolving out of jump blues in the late '40s, R&B laid the groundwork for rock & roll. R&B kept the tempo and the drive of jump blues, but its instrumentation was sparer and the emphasis was on the song, not improvisation. It was blues chord changes played with an insistent backbeat.

  7. medium.com › @kyhana › the-evolution-of-r-b-0860ed73f26eThe Evolution of R&B - Medium

    Oct 18, 2023 · Early R&B remained intertwined with jazz and blues, but began charting its own course. 1950s/1960s. Credit: Specialty Archive. As R&B grew in the 1950s, pioneers like Ray Charles and Ruth...

  8. timeline.carnegiehall.org › genres › rbHistory of R&B Music — Timeline of African American Music

    In 1990, Billboard (the leading music trade magazine that charts popular music) reintroduced the term R&B—the retro label that had been coined (as rhythm and blues) in the 1940s—to categorize all styles of Black popular music other than hip-hop.

  9. genius.com › a › exploring-the-evolution-of-r-bExploring The Evolution Of R&B - Genius

    Jun 17, 2024 · In its early days, R&B was simply a catchall for music made by Black artists. Now, more than 75 years later, R&B denotes something more specific. With sounds and themes that have evolved...