Rhythm and blues

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Rhythm and blues · After the Second World War, big bands were too expensive to tour with. Small line-ups with piano, electric guitar, bass, drums and one or two saxophones made loud, danceable music for an urban Black audience: rhythm and blues. Leiber and Stoller wrote Hound Dog for Big Mama Thornton in 1952; in 1953 the record spent seven weeks at number 1 in the R&B chart.

Listening

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  Hound Dog · Big Mama Thornton, 1953
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  Rocket 88 · Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, 1951
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  The Fat Man · Fats Domino, 1950
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See also

• Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
• Fats Domino
• Swing and big band
• Delta blues
• Spirituals and gospel
• Classic blues
• Jump blues
• Rock 'n' roll
• British beat and the British Invasion
• Brill Building and girl groups
• Soul
• Stax and Memphis soul
• Funk
• Ska, rocksteady and reggae
• Hard bop
• Doo-wop
• Garage rock
• Blue-eyed soul
• Blues
• Saxophone
• Jukebox