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R&B History

The document traces the evolution of R&B music over several decades from the 1940s to the present. It started as an offshoot of jump blues in the 1940s that emphasized vocals over instruments. Major R&B artists in the 1950s included Ray Charles and Ruth Brown. By the 1960s, R&B incorporated soul music elements and diversified in style. In subsequent decades, R&B incorporated influences from funk, disco, hip hop, and neo soul, gradually blurring the lines between genres. By the 2010s, R&B incorporated more electronic elements and production techniques while still focusing on themes of love and relationships.

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R&B History

The document traces the evolution of R&B music over several decades from the 1940s to the present. It started as an offshoot of jump blues in the 1940s that emphasized vocals over instruments. Major R&B artists in the 1950s included Ray Charles and Ruth Brown. By the 1960s, R&B incorporated soul music elements and diversified in style. In subsequent decades, R&B incorporated influences from funk, disco, hip hop, and neo soul, gradually blurring the lines between genres. By the 2010s, R&B incorporated more electronic elements and production techniques while still focusing on themes of love and relationships.

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R&B

R&Bevolvedfromjumpbluesinthelate40sandgaveastaringpoint
forrock&roll.R&Bemphasizesmostlyonthevocalswhichexpressed
thefeelingsoftheBlues,withtheinstrumentshavingalesserimportance
yetstillaccompanyingthemainsinger,suchinstrumentsastheclassic
bottleneckfrommanygreatbluesguitarists,theharmonicawhichis
meanttoimitatethevocals,theguitarstringsetc.Thisstyleofmusic
remainedthetempoanddriveofjumpbluesnotimprovisation,ithas
multipletechniqueswhichhelpedcreatethedesiredeffects.

50s
ThemainR&BvocalistswerewellknownstarsatthattimesuchasRay
CharlesandRuthBrown.
R&Beventuallybecamemorefunkierandlooserthanthepiledriving
rhythmsofR&B.R&BbasedmusicstylesweredescribedbySoul.
Therebecameanimmenseamountofdiversitywithinsoulbetweenthe
catchy,funkyactstothehorndriven,roughsoulofVolt/Saxt.

60s
FromitsoriginintheSouththeBluesbecameoneofthemostpopular
influencesontheprogressonAmericanmusicintheearly20thcentury.

70s80s
In70sSoulandfunkmusicwasthoughttobethemotiveofrhythmand
blues.Duringthe80sRhythmandBlueswaspracticallyamodern
versionofFunkandSoulinfluencedpop,whichemergedattheexpiryof
disco.IntodaysworlditisraretohearthefullRhythmandBlues,
insteadweusetheacronymR&B.

90s
R&Bartistsandgroupsduringthe90sbeganaddingevenmoreofahip
hopsoundtotheirR&BmusicwhichbegantoflourishintoHipHop
Soul.Inthelate1990sR&Bbecameneosoul,whichincreasedthe1970s
soulsoundstothehiphopsoulblend,soon,thelinebetweenR&Band
HipHopstartedtofade.

20s
DuringthefollowingyearsR&Bisoneofthemostfamousmusictypes
whichbegantobeheardeverywhere.Itstartedtomakeitswayupthe
BillboardsChartsandR&Bartistsstartedtobecomesomeofthemost
successfulartists.
2010s
Thedevelopedtechnicalinnovationsstartedtoreplacecertaininstruments
withmodern,machinemade,technicalsounds.SoonAutoTuneand
computerizedSynthsdevelopedR&Byetstillaimedtoincorporatethe
basisofR&Bsthemes;LoveandRelationships.

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