rhythm and blues
noun
: popular music typically including elements of blues and African American folk music and marked by a strong beat and simple chord structure
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Muddy’s version hit No. 4 on Billboard magazine’s list of rhythm and blues record sales.
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
By the 1950s, Barge was jamming with local jazz and rhythm and blues groups and leading the Gene Barge Band.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
An influential musician, songwriter and record producer, Toussaint created volumes of music and left his mark on the industry by representing the distinctive New Orleans style of rhythm and blues.
—Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Carlos was one of the pioneering musicians and composers who forged ska from Jamaican jazz, American rhythm and blues, and Jamaican mento, and ska was the music that Marley and Cliff performed before becoming world-renowned for reggae.
—Heather Augustyn, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
By the 1950s, Barge was jamming with local jazz and rhythm and blues groups and leading the Gene Barge Band.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
An influential musician, songwriter and record producer, Toussaint created volumes of music and left his mark on the industry by representing the distinctive New Orleans style of rhythm and blues.
—Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Carlos was one of the pioneering musicians and composers who forged ska from Jamaican jazz, American rhythm and blues, and Jamaican mento, and ska was the music that Marley and Cliff performed before becoming world-renowned for reggae.
—Heather Augustyn, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Rhythm and blues.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rhythm%20and%20blues. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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