| Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists. Writer/producer Robert Palmer defined "rhythm & blues as a catchall term referring to any music that was made by and for black Americans." He has used the term R&B as a synonym for jump blues. 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. |
R&B Caravan: Norbert Schneider (guitar & vocals), David Ruosch (piano), Dani Gugolz (upright bass), Peter Müller (drums) with special guest Robert Kyle (tenor sax) Sentinel School R&B Band playing "Standing on Shaky Ground" by Delbert McClinton Draw Me Close (R&B) - Keith Anderson on soprano sax "Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by Percy Mayfield and recorded by Ray Charles. It hit number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning on Monday, October 9, 1961. |
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