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