rhythm and blues

English

Etymology

First use appears c. 1924, in Billboard, replacing earlier race music.

Noun

rhythm and blues

  1. (music) A style of music combining elements of jazz and blues, with syncopated rhythms and a strong backbeat, originating among African Americans in the 1940s.
    Synonym: (initialism) R & B
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang) Shoes.

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