Rhythm and blues music

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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. It replaced the term "race music", which originally came from within the black community, but was deemed offensive in the postwar world. Writer/producer Robert Palmer defined rhythm & blues as "a catchall term referring to any music that was made by and for black Americans". He has used the term R&B as a synonym for jump blues. Lawrence Cohn, au… read more

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8	Play track	Love this track	She	Tyler, The Creator	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
9	Play track	Love this track	Pink Matter	Frank Ocean	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
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