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rhythm and blues

rhythm and blues: what it is, how it sounds and 95 musicians associated with it.

Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music... [with a] heavy, insistent beat" was starting to become more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of a piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African American history and experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of societal racism, oppression, relationships, economics, and aspirations. The term "rhythm and blues" has undergone a number of shifts in meaning.

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rhythm and blues musicians

Quincy Jones 1933–2024 · American record producer and composer (1933–2024) Amy Winehouse 1983–2011 · English singer-songwriter (1983–2011) Ray Charles 1930–2004 · American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004) Herbie Hancock b. 1940 · American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940) Etta James 1938–2012 · American singer (1938–2012) Fats Domino 1928–2017 · American pianist and singer (1928-2017) Al Jarreau 1940–2017 · American jazz and pop singer (1940–2017) George Benson b. 1943 · American guitarist and singer (born 1943) Sade Adu b. 1959 · British singer Chaka Khan b. 1953 · American singer (born 1953) Al Green b. 1946 · American singer Kool & The Gang 1964– · American R&B, soul and funk band Nancy Wilson 1937–2018 · American singer (1937–2018) Steely Dan 1972– · American musical group Dr. John 1941–2019 · American singer-songwriter (1941-2019) Donald Byrd 1932–2013 · American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues… Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1915–1973 · American gospel musician (1915–1973) The Pointer Sisters 1969– · American family R&B vocal group Frankie Laine 1913–2007 · American pop singer, songwriter, and actor (1913–2007) Della Reese 1931–2017 · American actress and singer (1931-2017) Tina Arena b. 1967 · Australian singer, songwriter and television personality Mamamoo 2014– · South Korean girl group Allen Toussaint 1938–2015 · American musician, songwriter and record producer… Marcus Miller b. 1959 · American musician, composer and producer David Sanborn 1945–2024 · American saxophonist (1945-2024) Kimbra b. 1990 · New Zealand singer Sade 1982– · British band Patti Austin b. 1950 · American singer Randy Crawford b. 1952 · American jazz and R&B singer Jill Scott b. 1972 · American singer Corinne Bailey Rae b. 1979 · British singer Philip Bailey b. 1951 · American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter… The Mills Brothers 1925– · American jazz and pop vocal quartet (1923-1981) Tom Scott b. 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948) J.Y. Park b. 1971 · South Korean singer and producer (born 1971) Ernestine Anderson 1928–2016 · American jazz and blues singer (1928–2016) King Curtis 1934–1971 · American saxophonist (1934–1971) Les McCann 1935–2023 · American jazz pianist and vocalist (1935–2023) Hubert Laws b. 1939 · American flutist and saxophonist Donald Fagen b. 1948 · American recording artist, musician (born 1948) Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924–2005 · American blues musician (1924-2005) Dakota Staton 1930–2007 · American jazz vocalist (1930-2007) Freda Payne b. 1942 · American singer and actress (born 1942) Esther Phillips 1935–1984 · American singer (1935–1984) Earl Klugh b. 1954 · American acoustic guitarist and composer (born 1953) Julie Driscoll b. 1947 · English singer and actress Lisa Fischer b. 1958 · American vocalist and songwriter (born 1958) The Gap Band 1967– · American R&B and funk band Lizz Wright b. 1980 · American jazz and gospel singer Nicholas Payton b. 1973 · American musician Bobby Caldwell 1951–2023 · American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist… Ronnie Cuber 1941–2022 · American musician (1941-2022) Knut Reiersrud b. 1961 · Norwegian musician, composer, blues guitarist Greg Phillinganes b. 1956 · American keyboardist and session musician Anthony Jackson 1952–2025 · American electric bass guitar player, session musician… Michael Henderson 1951–2022 · American musician (1951–2022) Napoleon Murphy Brock b. 1943 · American singer, saxophonist and flautist Eddie Vinson 1917–1988 · American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist… Earl King 1932–2003 · American songwriter and guitarist (1934–2003) Cornell Dupree 1942–2011 · American R&B/soul jazz guitarist (1942–2011) Reggie Lucas 1953–2018 · American musician, songwriter, record producer (1953–2018) Tommy Smith b. 1967 · Scottish saxophone player Junior Walker 1931–1995 · American saxophonist (1931-1995) Carla's Dreams Moldovan music project Clarence "Frogman" Henry 1937–2024 · American rhythm and blues singer and pianist (1937–2024) Lonnie Liston Smith b. 1940 · American pianist Lucky Millinder 1910–1966 · American bandleader (1910–1966) Salome Bey 1933–2020 · American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and… Chuck Rainey b. 1940 · American bass guitar session musician Akiko Wada b. 1950 · Japanese singer and talent Oscar Brown, Jr. 1926–2005 · American recording artist; singer, songwriter, playwright… Playing for Change 2002– · world music movement and multimedia project Benjamin Herman b. 1968 · Dutch saxophonist Marla Glen b. 1960 · German singer Jerry Jemmott b. 1946 · American bassist Divine Brown b. 1974 · Canadian singer Juju b. 1976 · Japanese jazz singer Joe Jones 1926–2005 · American musician (1926–2005) Roy Milton 1907–1983 · American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader Jazzmeia Horn b. 1991 · American jazz singer Lenny Pickett b. 1954 · American saxophonist and musical director James Crawford 1934–2012 · New Orleans R&B musician (1934-2012) Abu Talib 1939–2009 · American guitarist; born Fred Leroy Robinson (1939–2009) James Mtume 1947–2022 · American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record… Lee Allen 1927–1994 · American saxophonist (1927-1994) John Tropea b. 1946 · American musician Big Jay McNeely 1927–2018 · American rhythm and blues saxophonist (1927–2018) Mildred Anderson b. 1953 · American jazz singer Wah-Wah Watson 1951–2018 · American guitarist Smiley Lewis 1913–1966 · American musician (1913-1966) Dira Sugandi b. 1979 · singer Bea Booze 1920–1986 · American musician (1920–1986) Duke Henderson 1925–1972 · American blues shouter and jazz singer Mervyn Warren b. 1964 · American songwriter Victor Conte 1950–2025 · American musician (1950–2025)