Tuesday, January 22, 2008

History Of R&B

R&B music began in United States right before World War II began in 1939. Africans began to move north and different musical styles were put together to make R&B

Early R&B:
  • Blues is a part of R&B music and it began to be used in clubs in the 1950s Popular Blues singers at were like Nat King Cole and Charles Brown

Motown and Soul:

  • The 1960s were marked by three main styles: 1. Chicago soul (influenced by gospel music); 2) Motown sound; and 3) southern soul. Each style had its own key features and musicians who made it popular.

Funk and Disco: I

  • n the late 1960s funk was born and it changed the way people viewed black people Disco also developed during this time and rivaled funk's popularity.

Dance and Rap:

  • Rap was developed in between the 1980s the 1990s Artists like Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Prince used dance moves from funk and other styles The first rap that was recorded was the Sugerhill "Rapper's Delight"

White people were attached to rap by Run DMC remake of Aeorsmith's song "Walk This Way"

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