rhythm and blues
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English
Etymology
From early 1940s, replacing earlier race music.
Noun
- (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
Translations
rhythm and blues
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See also
Further reading
rhythm and blues on Wikipedia.Wikipedia