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rhythm and blues
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Also known as: R & B
Category:
Arts & Culture
- Also called:
- rhythm & blues or R&B
- Key People:
- James Ingram
- H.E.R.
- Michael McDonald
- Jessica Mauboy
- Janelle Monáe
- Related Topics:
- blues
- doo-wop
- jump blues
- race
- new jack swing
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Apr. 9, 2024, 1:44 AM ET (MSN)
Clarence “Frogman” Henry | Rhythm and blues artist known for “Ain't Got No Home” dies aged 87
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. The term was coined by Jerry Wexler in 1947, when he was editing the charts at the trade journal Billboard and found that the record companies issuing Black popular music considered the chart names then in use (Harlem Hit Parade, Sepia, Race) to be demeaning. The magazine changed the chart’s name in its June 17, 1949, issue, having used the term rhythm and blues in news articles for the previous two years. Although the records that ...(100 of 1295 words)