rhythm and blues
Sentences
Meaning
- A style of music combining elements of jazz and blues, with syncopated rhythms and a strong backbeat, originating among African Americans in the 1940s.
- (Cockney, slang) Shoes.
Synonyms
R and B
Rb
Etymology
First use appears c. 1924, in Billboard, replacing earlier race music.
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