Rhythm and Blue this is abbreviated as R&B or RnB, is a genre of music which originated in the 1940s.This term was originally used by record companies describe recordings marketed hugely to urban African American , at a time when " rocking , jazz ,base music with a heavy , beat" was becoming popular . For the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s , the bands usually had a piano, a guitar or two , bass, drums , and background vocalist. rhythm and blues lyrical themes normally had the African-American experience of agony and the thrive for their liberty and happiness. the lyrics often focused on the themes of freedom .However modern R&B lyrics tend to have themes of triumphs and failure in terms of relationships economics/money, aspirations , and sex.
British rhythm and blues began in the early 1960s , mainly as a response to the recordings of African American artists, who were usually brought over by African American servicemen stationed in Britain during the cold war , or merchant seamen visiting ports such as London , or Belfast. Most bands , tried to mirror black rhythm and blues artists , giving them a new raw sound.
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