Rhythm and blues music
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Rhythm and blues music
- This heading is assigned to rhythm and blues music for two or more performers.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113834
- info:lc/authorities/sh85113834
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85113834#concept
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Variants
- Music, Rhythm and blues
- R & B (Music)
- R&B (Music)
- Rhythm and blues music--United States
- Rhythm 'n' blues music
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Sources
- found: All music guide website, Oct. 13, 2000 (R&B: Evolving out of jump blues in the late 40's, R&B laid the groundwork for rock & roll)
- found: New Grove dict. of Am. mus.: (style of popular music performed principally by Blacks from the late 1940s to the early 1960s; grew out of the blues and blues-related styles, particularly those of the Mississippi delta; unlike traditional blues, which is generally performed by soloists, rhythm-and-blues is performed by an ensemble)
LC Classification
General Notes
- This heading is assigned to rhythm and blues music for two or more performers.
Change Notes
- 2005-06-01: new
- 2012-05-03: revised
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