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You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church.
Art Blakey

Meaning of "rhythm and blues" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RHYTHM AND BLUES

rhythm and blues play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RHYTHM AND BLUES

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Rhythm and blues is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RHYTHM AND BLUES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B or RnB, is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular. The term rhythm and blues has undergone a number of shifts in meaning; for example, in the early 1950s it was frequently applied to blues records. Starting in the mid-1950s, after this style of music contributed to the development of rock and roll, the term "R&B" became used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music. By the 1970s, rhythm and blues was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as "Contemporary R&B".

Definition of rhythm and blues in the English dictionary

The definition of rhythm and blues in the dictionary is any of various kinds of popular music derived from or influenced by the blues R & B.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RHYTHM AND BLUES

rhyta
rhythm
rhythm guitar
rhythm method
rhythm section
rhythmal
rhythmic
rhythmic gymnastics
rhythmical
rhythmically
rhythmicity
rhythmics
rhythmisation
rhythmist
rhythmization
rhythmize
rhythmless
rhythmometer
rhythmopoeia
rhythmus

WORDS THAT END LIKE RHYTHM AND BLUES

baby blues
blues
city blues
classic blues
country blues
Delta blues
family values
lues
midterm blues
production values
swamp blues
the blues
tristimulus values
urban blues
values
Victorian values
winter blues

Synonyms and antonyms of rhythm and blues in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rhythm and blues» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RHYTHM AND BLUES

Find out the translation of rhythm and blues to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rhythm and blues from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rhythm and blues» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

节奏蓝调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rhythm and blues
570 millions of speakers

English

rhythm and blues
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ताल और उदास
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الإيقاع و البلوز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ритм и блюз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rhythm and blues
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছন্দ এবং ব্লুজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rhythm and blues
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Irama dan blues
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rhythm and Blues
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リズム·アンド·ブルース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리듬 앤 블루스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irama lan blues
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nhịp điệu và blues
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராகமும் தாளமும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताल आणि संथ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ritim ve Blues
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rhythm and blues
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rhythm and blues
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ритм і блюз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ritm și blues
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

rhythm and blues
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

ritme en blues
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rytm och blues
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

rhythm and blues
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rhythm and blues

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RHYTHM AND BLUES»

The term «rhythm and blues» is regularly used and occupies the 74.111 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RHYTHM AND BLUES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rhythm and blues

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9 QUOTES WITH «RHYTHM AND BLUES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rhythm and blues.
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Art Blakey
You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church.
2
Ray Davies
Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.
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Jackie DeShannon
I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.
4
Patty Griffin
I grew up listening to AM radio in the '70s and hearing all of that great soul and rhythm and blues music, which definitely influenced the way I sing. But singing gospel has made me a much more humble person. There are so many people who were geniuses who only a few people knew about when they were alive.
5
Justin Hayward
When I came to The Moody Blues, we were a rhythm and blues band. I was lousy at rhythm and blues - I think the rest of us were.
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Wolfman Jack
I want to go back to the format that radio started with rock n' roll, with country artists and rhythm and blues with that oldies type feeling. I want to put it all together and create a Top 40 of rhythm and blues and country and straight blues with Wolfman at the reins.
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Etta James
I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.
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Bill Medley
The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.
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Jesse Stone
Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It was done for entertainment. Most white people didn't know anything about this because prejudice kept them from ever seeing what was going on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RHYTHM AND BLUES»

Discover the use of rhythm and blues in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rhythm and blues and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Death of Rhythm and Blues
This passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society.
Nelson George, 2003
2
Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm And Blues, Black ...
A study of the links between Black consciousness and Black American popular music from the advent of R&B in the 1950s to the militant hip-hop groups of the 1990s.
Brian Ward, 2012
3
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of ...
In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with these legendary performers, Peter Guralnick captures the boundless passion that drove these men to music-making and that kept them determinedly, and sometimes almost desperately, on ...
Peter Guralnick, 2012
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Rhythm And The Blues: A Life in American Music
Atlantic Records partner and producer, Wexler presided over the evolution of the modern music business and made prodigious contributions through to our cultural history.
Jerry Wexler, 2012
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Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups
A guide to more than one thousand rhythm and blues and doo-wop vocal groups provides a brief biography, personnel list, the group's place of origin, and discography.
Mitch Rosalsky, 2002
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The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming: A ...
" ---Modern Drummer "Simply put, this is an essential requirement for every drummer's library." ---Drummer "I am so impressed with what Daniel and Zoro have done to secure the heritage of the modern drum set.
Zoro, Daniel Glass, Alfred Publishing, 2008
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Rhythm and Blues
Yet, of all the unexpected things in her life, Alya is most surprised when she finds herself questioning the person she is, and feeling things that she never imagined feeling...all for one of her friends. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Jill Murray, 2010
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Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues
A search for the sources and sounds of an often overlooked sister genre of Cajun and zydeco music.
Shane K. Bernard, 2009
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Songs in the Key of Black Life: A Rhythm and Blues Nation
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Mark Anthony Neal, 2014
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Soul Covers: Rhythm and Blues Remakes and the Struggle for ...
The only book-length examination of the role of remakes in American popular music, Soul Covers is itself a refreshing new take on the lives and work of three established soul artists.
Michael Awkward, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RHYTHM AND BLUES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rhythm and blues is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rhythm and Blues Giant BB King Dies in Las Vegas
U.S. blues legend B.B. King performs during the 46th Jazz Festival in San Sebastian July 21, 2011. King's death at 89 years old was confirmed late Thursday. «Newsweek, May 15»
2
Rhythm and blues music festival at Kasauli defeats rain
The fourth edition of the Kasauli Rhythm and Blues Music Festival had an unforeseen problem, which came pouring when the event's second day was about to ... «Hindustan Times, Apr 15»
3
2015 Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival
The 2015 Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival roster is set for its third year! The festival is August 14th & 15th at the MS Ag Museum. Keeping with the grounds ... «WDAM-TV, Apr 15»
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Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame planning gets underway
(AP) - Los Angeles-based architect, Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY Architecture Inc., is teaming up with organizers of the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame to get the ... «Washington Times, Mar 15»
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Rhythm and Blues in All Black flanker Steven Luatua's goals for 2015
But after an at-times troubled campaign with the Blues in 2014, he made just three appearances for the All Blacks before being shelved for November. «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
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Rhythm and blues star Jools Holland and KT Tunstall to perform in …
Ivor Novello-winning KT Tunstall will join Jools on selected dates including Northampton and will be accompanied by Jools' rhythm and blues orchestra. «Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Feb 15»
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CD reviews: Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra
It's ''go big or go home'' for any vocalist fronting Jools Holland's robust orchestra, and on this collection of Holland's collaborations with high-profile female artists ... «Otago Daily Times, Dec 14»
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Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame set for Clarksdale in Mississippi
Blues guitarist and vocalist John Lee Hooker is shown at an unknown location ... The Official Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame will be in Clarksdale, says ... «The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, Nov 14»
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Cosimo Matassa, Hall of Fame Inducted New Orleans R&B Musician …
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Cosimo Matassa, who recorded New Orleans rock and rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the 1970s, has died. He was 88. «Billboard, Sep 14»
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Jackson Rhythm & Blues Festival Artist Lineup
With “Original,” blues singer Janiva Magness took big leaps and let the muses .... Janiva Magness performs at the Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival at 6 p.m. ... «Jackson Free Press, Aug 14»

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