Rhythm and Blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular. The term "R&B" became used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music.
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