rhythm and blues

== English == === Etymology === First use appears c. 1924, in Billboard, replacing earlier race music. === Noun === rhythm and blues (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: R & B (initialism) (Cockney rhyming slang) Shoes. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== race music === Further reading === rhythm and blues on Wikipedia.Wikipedia