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The term "rhythm & blues" was invented as a marketing term in the late 1940s, but it quickly replaced the term race records to describe popular African American recordings and remained the dominant term to describe popular African American music through the mid 1960s. Early 1950s rhythm & blues was a direct descendant of and the blues shouters, who may be categorized as either jump-blues or rhythm & blues, are generally credited with the first recordings. The increasingly melodic and -friendly sound of rhythm & blues in the ear… read more
The term "rhythm & blues" was invented as a marketing term in the late 1940s, but it quickly replaced the term race records to describe popular African American recordings and remained the dominant term to describe popular African American music through the mid 1960s. Early 1950… read more
The term "rhythm & blues" was invented as a marketing term in the late 1940s, but it quickly replaced the term race records to describe popular African American recordings and remained the dominant term to describe popular African American music through the mid 1960s. Early 1950s rhythm & blues was a direct descendant of and the blues… read more

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4 Play track I Wish You Love Sam Cooke
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