| LC control no. | gf2014027052 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Rhythm and blues music |
| Variant(s) | R & B (Music) R and B (Music) R&B (Music) |
| See also | Popular music |
| Found in | All music guide website, Oct. 13, 2000 (R&B: Evolving out of jump blues in the late 40's, R&B laid the groundwork for rock & roll) New Grove dict. of Am. mus.: (style of popular music performed principally by Blacks from the late 1940s to the early 1960s; grew out of the blues and blues-related styles, particularly those of the Mississippi delta; unlike traditional blues, which is generally performed by soloists, rhythm-and-blues is performed by an ensemble) |
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