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Rhythm and blues (also known as '''R&B''' or '''RnB''') is a format and Boogie-woogie with a Back Beat , which later became a fundamental element of Rock And Roll . In 1948, RCA Victor was marketing Black music under the name ''Blues and Rhythm''. The words were reversed by Wexler of Atlantic Records , the leading label in the R&B field in the early years.duplicate ref Writer/producer He has the term ''R&B'' as a synonym for Jump Blues ..Palmer, Robert, ''Deep Blues'', 1981 Lawrence Cohn, author of ''Nothing but the Blues'', writes that ''rhythm and blues'' was an Umbrella Term invented for industry convenience. According to him, the term embraced all black music except Classical Music and Religious Music , unless a gospel song sold enough to break into the charts. By the 1970s , ''rhythm and blues'' was being used as a Blanket Term to describe Soul and Funk . In the 2000s, the Acronym ''R&B'' is almost always used instead of the full ''rhythm and blues'', and mainstream use of the term refers to a modern version of soul and funk-influenced pop music that originated as Disco became less favorable. HISTORY In its first manifestation in the late 1940s, rhythm and blues was played by small combos of four or five musicians; usually a bass, drums, one or two Saxophone s, and possibly a Rhythm Guitar or Piano . In 1951 it was also being called Rock And Roll . It was strongly influenced by Jazz , Jump Blues and Black Gospel Music . It also influenced jazz in return. Rhythm and blues, Blues , and gospel combined with Bebop to create Hard Bop . Several musicians recorded both jazz and R&B, such as the Swing Band s of Jay McShann , Tiny Bradshaw and Johnny Otis . Count Basie had a weekly live rhythm and blues broadcast from Harlem . Bebop icon Tadd Dameron Arranged music for Bull Moose Jackson and spent two years as Jackson's pianist after establishing himself in bebop. Most of the R&B Studio Musicians were jazz musicians, and many of the musicians on Charlie Mingus ' breakthrough jazz recordings were R&B veterans. Lionel Hampton 's Big Band of the early 1940s — which produced the classic recording '' Flying Home '' ( Tenor Sax solo by Illinois Jacquet ) — was the breeding ground for many of the bebop legends of the 1950s. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson was a bebop saxophonist and a Blues Shouter . In the 1950s, overlapping with other genres such as jazz and rock and roll, R&B developed regional variations. A strong, distinct style straddling the border with blues came out of New Orleans , and was based on a rolling piano style first made famous by Professor Longhair . In the late 1950s, Fats Domino hit the national charts with the songs " Blueberry Hill " and " Ain't That A Shame ". Other artists who popularized this Louisiana flavor of R&B included Clarence "Frogman" Henry , Frankie Ford , Irma Thomas , The Neville Brothers and Dr. John . The first rock and roll hits consisted of R&B songs such as " Rocket 88 " and " Shake, Rattle And Roll ", which appeared on popular music charts as well as R&B charts. The song " Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On ", the first hit by Jerry Lee Lewis , was an R&B Cover Song that reached number one on the Pop , R&B and Country And Western charts. By the early 1960s, rhythm and blues had taken on more gospel-influenced elements, as pioneered by artists such as , Casuals and Scooterboy s. SEE ALSO
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