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Rhythm & Blues is from African American origins and started in the 1940's evolving out of Jump Blues. The emphasis was put on the song, rather than the improvisation, separating it from Jump Blues.

It's previous term was 'Race Music' which was changed by Jerry Wexler in 1948 as it was deemed offencive.

A producer named Rober Palmer defined R&B as "a catchall term referring to any music that was made by and for black Americans".

In the 50's R&B morphed into soul which was more funkier and looser than the driving rhythm's of R&B. Soul was used to describe music from Motown, to Stax/Volt with huge diversity depending on the area that it was created.

Soul in the urban areas focused on vocal interplay and smooth production, while in Detroit, Motown became pop-oriented and used gospel, r&b and rock & roll as influence. In the south use of syncopation and brass instruments became more apparent.

R&B peaked during the 50's and began to split apart around the 60's and 70's with the introduction of soul and other styles. By the 90's R&B was completely different, hip-hop features were beginning to become part of the culture and by the end of the 90's artists even began to rap on their tracks and by the 2000's R&B had changed dramatically but still kept some of the features. (However new R&B is terrible)

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The song was made from Blues chord progressions, along with a steady and insistent backbeat and was widely described as a urban, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat.

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The bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, and saxophone.

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R&B was dominated by vocalists like Ray Charles, Martin Gaye and Ruth Brown, as well as vocal groups like the Drifters and the Coasters.

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (Released August - 1986)

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (Released August - 1986)

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Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls....... :// (Released July - 2007 and somehow hit #1 in the UK Singles Chart ... ? )

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Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls....... :// (Released July - 2007 and somehow hit #1 in the UK Singles Chart ... ? )

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Quoted from the wise words of Mr Simon Prentice; "There are two types of music, good music, and 'poo' music." - This is an example of 'poo' music.

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Boogalo

Brown-Eyed-Soul

Contemporary R&B

Crunk&B

Deep Funk

Doo-Wop

FunkFunk

Future Soul

Nederbeat

Neo Soul

New Jack Swing

PBR&B

Slow Jam

Smooth Jazz

Soul