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    Rhythm and Blues

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    Rhythm and Blues What is Rhythm and Blues? Rhythm and Blues‚ or R and B‚ can be used to describe the stylish urban music that grew out of the urbanization of the blues. It is a form of popular music based on a mixture of blues and black folk music. Its melody is simple‚ but has strong repetitious rhythms. It has been influenced by jazz‚ jump music‚ as well as by black gospel music. R and B got its roots from the blues‚ and took upon some of the blues principles such as‚ the

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    The True Meaning of Rhythm and Blues I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs‚ my kidneys‚ my liver‚ my heart‚ [sic} Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like [sic] or water. - Ray Charles Rhythm and blues has become an original heartbeat of America. People love the sound. The term "rhythm and blues" emerged as the most acceptable designation for the music that

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    Jazz & Blues Concert Tickets‚ Schedule & Tour Dates As a particular complex term‚ Jazz Blues can allude either to a blues artist who utilizes more propelled harmonies or potentially rhythms which break out of customary‚ direct blues designs. The outcomes may sound more like one side of the condition with a touch of the other blended in‚ or even approach R&B. Blues and jazz were established in a similar African-American melodic customs in any case‚ and they have dependably sufficiently crossed that

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    Rhythm And Blues

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    Rhythm and blues is a music genre that combines elements of soul‚ funk‚ pop‚ hip pop and dance. Rhythm and blues (R&B)‚ which combines soulful singing and a strong backbeat‚ was the most popular music created by and for African Americans between the end of the world war 1 (1941-45) and the early 1960s. Such Georgia artists as Ray Charles and Little Richard and James Brown rank among the most influential and innovative R&B performers. At the start of their careers in the 1960s‚British rock bands

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    Blues Executive Summary The blues music has gone through a massive evolution since it first started out as a musical tradition for the African Americans and their slave culture. Since then we have seen many important improvements and milestones for when it comes to human rights and black music. The end of slave import and the end of segregation lead to black music in the radio among others. It became possible to record and possess music by African Americans with help from record labels like

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    hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhThe blues is one of America’s greatest musical treasures. A roots music form that evolved out of African-American work songs‚ field hollers‚ spirituals‚ and country string ballads more than a century ago‚ the blues is the foundation of virtually every major American music form born in the 20th century‚ including jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ rock and roll‚ and hip-hophhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhThe blues is one of America’s greatest musical treasures. A roots music form that evolved out

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    Music Through the Ages

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    and roll genre‚ however this was too general‚ and it was referred to as vocal group harmony. The first Doo-wop song recorded was ‘It’s too soon to know’ by the Orioles in 1948. At this time it was called race music because of the rhythm influences from jump blues music. Other groups such as the Ravens and The Clovers increasingly used the energetic beats with gospel influences. The Penguins "Earth Angel" was the first "pure" doo-wop record. "Earth Angel" blended pop’s melodic patterns and lyrical

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    Rock And Roll Speech

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    the late 1940s and early 1950s. Rock and roll is also written as rock & roll or rock’n’roll. It adopted musical styles from African American that included styles such as gospel‚ jump blues‚ jazz‚ boogie woogie‚ and rhythm and blues‚ along with country music. The elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s. Nonetheless this genre did not acquire its name until 1954. ( Farley) The earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s

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    Hip/Hop Versus R&B

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    Hip-Hop versus R&B Rhythm and blues was considered strictly black music. The black culture is a phenomenal subject representing the life style‚ imagination and accomplishments of people. One of the most outstanding and unique characteristic that makes this culture one of a kind is the music I has produced. Music has a common characteristic that is unique to all cultures throughout the world. Today‚ I want to focus on the comparing of two music styles Hip-Hop versus R&B and the

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    When thinking about the word “soul”‚ as it refers to music‚ what do you think of? Most people think about rhythm and blues‚ passionate lyrics‚ or even the concept of unity and togetherness. But‚ for most‚ soul was much more than music and Soulsville was much more than just a record label. Soul music is music that feeds the soul‚ relating to people on a personal level. Soulsville‚ which stands on the corner of College Street and E. McLemore Ave‚ was the connection between the frustration that African

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