Although Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine is credited with coining the term "rhythm and blues" as a musical term in the United States in 1948, the term had been used in Billboard as early as 1943. However, the company's first list … See more

According to the Jewish writer, music publishing executive, and songwriter Arnold Shaw, during the 1940s in the US, there was generally little opportunity for Jews in the WASP-controlled realm of mass communications, but the music business was "wide … See more

• Guralnick, Peter. Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom. First ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. … See more

Precursors
The great migration of Black Americans to the urban industrial centers of Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. … See more

British rhythm and blues and blues rock developed in the early 1960s, largely as a response to the recordings of American artists, often brought … See more

• Rhythm and blues portal
• African-American music
• List of R&B musicians
• List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart
• List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States) See more