Ask anyone what R&B stands for. Did you know? The answer goes back to his 1949. billboard magazine A pioneering PC movement that replaced the phrase race music was the phrase rhythm and blues.These were the categories used by signboard Other industry publications that describe music created by African American artists.
In 1949, rhythm and blues meant just about anything. The earliest forms of so-called R&B included the cool jazz of the Nat King Cole Trio.
Kee-Mo Ky-Mo (Magical Song) (1992 Digital Remaster)
Louis Jordan and the Timpani Five swing.
saturday night fish fry
Wynonie Harris' Jump Blues.
bloodshot eyes
Charlie “Yardbird” Parker’s bebop.
Charlie Parker – The Bird
The smooth vocal harmony of the Ravens and Sonny Till and the Orioles.
Tell Me So
It was all rhythm and blues, R&B. However, by the mid-1950s, when the rock and roll revolution was underway, one of the dominant black musical styles typically featured piano, guitar, bass, drums, and tenor saxophone.
This four-part harmony form, which later came to be known as doo-wop, was by then already outdated, overshadowed by soul, Motown, the innovative funk of James Brown, and, of course, the British Invasion. .
R&B harmony groups were extremely popular in the 1950s, and each major city in the United States could boast of having hundreds of groups making records for local mom-pop record labels. Many of these startups were little more than small studios behind record stores on Main Street.
The group itself was primarily made up of high school boys and rehearsed in juvenile rooms, subway stations, and local community centers. The romantic image of a group singing under a lamp on a street corner is nice, but it doesn't usually happen.
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Some girl groups were also in attendance. New York City had the Chantels and the Crickets.
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In New Jersey, a group called Kodox featured a female lead singer and a group of men behind her. The chances of any of these groups producing a hit record were very high. But one day it happened. One of the group's biggest hits of the '50s, “In the Still of the Night” was recorded by Five Satins in a church basement in New Haven, Connecticut.
In the Still of the Night (2019 Remastered Version)
Although most of the young men and women who created this music were amateurs, their youthful and innocent charm reached far beyond the city where it was created. Next time, let's take a look at some of the well-known R&B vocal groups from the 1950s.
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Recommended listening:
Orioles “Tell Me So” (Baltimore)
Crows' “Gee” (New York)
“This Silver Ring” by the Castells (Philadelphia)
“Desirie” by the Charts (New York)
“Lover's Prayer” Crickets (New York)
“In the Still of the Night” by Five Satin (New Haven)
Heartbeats' “A Thousand Miles Away” (New York)
Heartbeat – A Thousand Miles Beyond
