Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences. Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine coined the term rhythm and blues in 1948 as a musical marketing term in the United States. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Barbara Lynn

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Tuesday 14 February 2012
Lenny Kravitz Raphael Saadiq Tuesday 14 February 2012	The Fox Theater Oakland, San Francisco, United States 37.807717 -122.270059	7 going Add shout
Thursday 16 February 2012
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears Thursday 16 February 2012	The Earth House Collective Indianapolis, United States 39.77073 -86.14857	Add shout
Friday 17 February 2012
Charles Bradley Little Barrie Friday 17 February 2012	Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee, United States 43.043781 -87.915524	2 going Add shout
Allen Toussaint Trombone Shorty Friday 17 February 2012	Ruby Diamond Concert Hall Tallahassee, United States	1 going Add shout
Sunday 19 February 2012
Charles Bradley Sunday 19 February 2012	The Bluebird Bloomington IN, United States 39.168132 -86.533561	3 going Add shout
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Charles Bradley at Headliners Charles Bradley Tuesday 21 February 2012	Headliners Louisville KY, United States 38.250878 -85.723633	Add shout

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Piratesquid wrote:
November 2011

Justin Timberlake >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Piratesquid wrote:
November 2011

Goddamn I love Rhythm & Blues but if you can't appreciate contemporary R&B just because it's poppy, then you're a Class A asshole.

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SmokinWickerman wrote:
November 2011

You asked for the good old days of music back like R'n'B and look what you get, "shiver"

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Ariues wrote:
November 2011

rhythm n blues is one genre. r&b is contemporary rnb. rhythm n blues; rnb/contemporary rnb

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Holms wrote:
November 2011

R&B or r'n'b? it's completely different genres

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kelt51 wrote:
November 2011

Excuse me if my english is not very good, I'm spanish and this is the first time writing in LastFm. I think you forgot a lot of british groups that were fundamental in R&B: Animals, Them, Spencer Davis Group, Pretty Things...and afterwards Eric Burdon, Van Morrison, Steve Winwood, Joe Cocker, Paul Carrack Regards

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phil210 wrote:
October 2011

If you're unsure of what "real" R&B is then take a look at this video counting down the top 50 R&B songs. No Beyonce here! http://www.thegoodmusicguide.com/2011/01/top-50-rhythm-blues-songs-1950-1980.html

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Ariues wrote:
September 2011

r&b is basically modern soul-pop music. rhythm and blues is described above. r&b is what people who listened to disco or funk in the 70s would listen to now. rhythm and blues i think is the jazz and blues styles that gave way to rock n roll and soul. r&b is a term that describes pop music especially after funk and disco dominance. thats my take on it.

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adam_wrong wrote:
September 2011

v what they said

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ei77 wrote:
July 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[20

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Who_Scared_You wrote:
July 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[19] -.-

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toper1991 wrote:
July 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[18]

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CalvinMousse wrote:
July 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[17]

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Dzukac wrote:
July 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[16]

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AK-K wrote:
July 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[15]

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rewixas wrote:
July 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[14]

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KingKRule wrote:
June 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B.[13]

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LothlorienQueen wrote:
June 2011

It's a disgrace what people today call R&B. [12]

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kmullin wrote:
May 2011

@LaszloBartok ‘It's sad Beyonce and Big Joe Turner actually have the same tag.’ I don’t think they do. Look at the weighting of the ‘rhythm and blues’ tag for Beyonce: it’s at the same font as ‘latin’. And, Big Joe Turner’s ‘rnb’ and ‘r&b’ are the same as ‘beach music’.

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kmullin wrote:
May 2011

a comment on these comments: ‘rhythm and blues’ does not mean the same thing as ‘R&B’ as evidenced by a comparison of the tags ‘rnb’ and ‘R&B’ with ‘rhythm and blues’ (despite the origin of the abbreviations). So, they are different semantic categories. Perhaps using different labels is a sign of respect for the older musicians. That is, using separate labels distances the new from the old so that whatever ‘disgracing’ that’s going down is clearly not a reflection on the beautiful thing called ‘rhythm and blues’.

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