Rhythm and blues
%3 Rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues Soul blues Soul blues Rhythm and blues->Soul blues Louisiana blues Louisiana blues Rhythm and blues->Louisiana blues Soul music Soul music Rhythm and blues->Soul music Philadelphia soul Philadelphia soul Rhythm and blues->Philadelphia soul Chicago soul Chicago soul Rhythm and blues->Chicago soul Ska Ska Rhythm and blues->Ska Christian R&B Christian R&B Rhythm and blues->Christian R&B Hard bop Hard bop Rhythm and blues->Hard bop Disco Disco Rhythm and blues->Disco Soul jazz Soul jazz Rhythm and blues->Soul jazz V-pop V-pop Rhythm and blues->V-pop Adult contemporary music Adult contemporary music Rhythm and blues->Adult contemporary music Rockabilly Rockabilly Rhythm and blues->Rockabilly Doo-wop Doo-wop Rhythm and blues->Doo-wop Reggae fusion Reggae fusion Rhythm and blues->Reggae fusion Palingsound Palingsound Rhythm and blues->Palingsound Pub rock (United Kingdom) Pub rock (United Kingdom) Rhythm and blues->Pub rock (United Kingdom) New York soul New York soul Rhythm and blues->New York soul Mod revival Mod revival Rhythm and blues->Mod revival Lovers' rock Lovers' rock Rhythm and blues->Lovers' rock Psychedelic soul Psychedelic soul Rhythm and blues->Psychedelic soul Boogaloo Boogaloo Rhythm and blues->Boogaloo Group sounds Group sounds Rhythm and blues->Group sounds Lao pop Lao pop Rhythm and blues->Lao pop Post-disco Post-disco Rhythm and blues->Post-disco K-pop K-pop Rhythm and blues->K-pop Garage rock Garage rock Rhythm and blues->Garage rock British soul British soul Rhythm and blues->British soul Memphis soul Memphis soul Rhythm and blues->Memphis soul Korean ballad Korean ballad Rhythm and blues->Korean ballad Thai pop music Thai pop music Rhythm and blues->Thai pop music Car song Car song Rhythm and blues->Car song Zydeco Zydeco Rhythm and blues->Zydeco New Orleans rhythm and blues New Orleans rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues->New Orleans rhythm and blues British blues British blues Rhythm and blues->British blues Contemporary R&B Contemporary R&B Rhythm and blues->Contemporary R&B Smooth jazz Smooth jazz Rhythm and blues->Smooth jazz Funk Funk Rhythm and blues->Funk Reggae Reggae Rhythm and blues->Reggae Heartland rock Heartland rock Rhythm and blues->Heartland rock New Orleans blues New Orleans blues Rhythm and blues->New Orleans blues Hip hop music Hip hop music Rhythm and blues->Hip hop music Tejano music Tejano music Rhythm and blues->Tejano music Zhongguo feng (music) Zhongguo feng (music) Rhythm and blues->Zhongguo feng (music) Brill Building (genre) Brill Building (genre) Rhythm and blues->Brill Building (genre) Rock and roll Rock and roll Rhythm and blues->Rock and roll Rock music Rock music Rhythm and blues->Rock music Jazz-funk Jazz-funk Rhythm and blues->Jazz-funk Dance-rock Dance-rock Rhythm and blues->Dance-rock Americana (music) Americana (music) Americana (music)->Rhythm and blues Blues Blues Blues->Rhythm and blues Swing music Swing music Swing music->Rhythm and blues Jump blues Jump blues Jump blues->Rhythm and blues Gospel music Gospel music Gospel music->Rhythm and blues Jazz Jazz Jazz->Rhythm and blues Boogie-woogie Boogie-woogie Boogie-woogie->Rhythm and blues Traditional black gospel Traditional black gospel Traditional black gospel->Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R’n’B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when “urbane, rocking, jazz based music … [with a] heavy, insistent beat” was becoming more popular.In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, economics, and aspirations.
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