rhythm and blues
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From early 1940s, replacing earlier race music.
Noun[edit]
- (music) A style of music combining elements of jazz and blues, with syncopated rhythms and a strong backbeat, originating among African Americans in the 1940s.
- Synonym: R & B
- (Cockney rhyming slang) shoes
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
rhythm and blues
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- rhythm and blues on Wikipedia.Wikipedia