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R&b Music

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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R&B MUSIC HISTORY

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R&B

  • Rhythm & Blues
  • Jerry Wexler
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WHY WAS IT CREATED?

  • More politically correct way of saying "race music"
  • Separate that style from racist names like "soul" and "funk"
  • Soul and funk was always associated with African-Americans
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ORIGIN

  • Late 1940s
  • Atlanta
  • Deep South
  • Just before World War II
  • Migration of Africans
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HOW WAS IT CREATED?

  • 1940s jazz musicians played upbeat styles
  • African- American dancers looked to big band music
  • Big band was blues inspired
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"Rhythm and Blues (R&B) is perhaps most commonly understood as the term used to describe the sophisticated urban music that grew out of the urbanization of the Blues, which began in the 1930s." soulmusicsanctuary.net

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OUR PIECE

  • Irreplaceable
  • By Beyoncé
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AS A RESULT...

  • Blended with influences of country and gospel
  • Created Rock and Roll
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ARTISTS

  • the Jackson 5
  • Janet Jackson
  • Ray Charles
  • Stevie Wonder
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MODERN ARTISTS

  • Mary J. Blige
  • Usher
  • Mariah Carey
  • Beyoncé
  • Alicia Keys
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SOURCES

Allie Wilson