2007-08-31 10:57:29 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ R&B & Soul
Rhythm & Blues.
2007-08-31 10:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists. The term was coined as a musical marketing term in the United States in 1947 by Jerry Wexler at Billboard magazine. It replaced the term race music (which originally came from within the black community, but was deemed offensive in the postwar world) and the Billboard category Harlem Hit Parade in June 1949. The term was initially used to identify the rocking style of music that combined the 12 bar blues format and boogie-woogie with a back beat, which later became a fundamental element of rock and roll. In 1948, RCA Victor was marketing black music under the name Blues and Rhythm. The words were reversed by Wexler of Atlantic Records, the leading label in the R&B field in the early years.
2007-08-31 11:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by TAZ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rhythm and Blues. Something that 60% of Americans know nothing about because the 13% introduced it to America
2007-08-31 10:59:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhythm and Blues
2007-08-31 11:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhythm and Blues
2007-08-31 11:00:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhythm & Blues
2007-08-31 11:13:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhythm & Blues
2007-08-31 11:00:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhythm & Blues
2007-08-31 11:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhythm and Blues
2007-08-31 10:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by MeanKitty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhythm & Blues
2007-08-31 11:00:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋