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rhythm and blues
[ rith-uhm uhn blooz ]
noun
- a folk-based but urbanized form of Black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
rhythm and blues
noun
- functioning as singular any of various kinds of popular music derived from or influenced by the blues R & B
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rhythm and blues1
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
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