| Evolving out of jump blues in the late '40s,
R&B laid the groundwork for rock & roll. R&B kept the tempo and the drive of
jump blues, but its instrumentation was sparer and the emphasis was on the song, not
improvisation. It was blues chord changes played with an insistent backbeat. During the
'50s, R&B was dominated by vocalists like Ray Charles and Ruth Brown, as well as vocal
groups like the Drifters and the Coasters. Eventually, R&B metamorphized into soul,
which was funkier and looser than the pile-driving rhythms of R&B. |
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music is LIFE!
music makes the world go round
music soothes even the savage beast
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