About Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ... [with a] heavy, insistent beat" was starting to become more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of a piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African American history and experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of societal racism, oppression, relationships, economics, and aspirations. The term "rhythm and blues" has undergone a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s, it was frequently applied to blues records. Starting in the mid-1950s, after this style of music had contributed to the development of rock and roll, the term "R&B" became used in a wider context. It referred to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric...
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Discography
Save Our Souls (1967)
Celsius 232,8 (1968)
P-Kick Boogie (1972)
Down South (2001)
Singles A’s & B’s (2004)
Members
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5:58Aaron Neville Interview on the Death of His Brother Charles Neville (April 26, 2019)
The Neville Brothers, Charles Neville, The House Band, cerat, The Band, cera, Rhythm and blues, Clarence Carter, Johnnie Taylor, Aaron Neville, Cher, Y&T
11:23Backstage Buzz Clip: Jazz, Rhythm & Blues
Rhythm and blues, Concert, Y&T
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3:34Jennie DeVoe - Singer & Songwriter
Bonnie Raitt, Rhythm and blues, Songwriter, Y&T
RareLive
3:34There Is THE MIGHTY DELLS Video Steven Bogarat
Head, Ray Charles, Rhythm and blues, Marvin Junior, Verne Allison, Music industry, Dinah Washington, Concert, soo, Fats Domino, Y&T, The Dells
1950sRareLive
5:48The Dells - "Reminiscing - So Good To See You Again" Bluewolf Club Mix
R.E.M., Head, Ray Charles, Rhythm and blues, Marvin Junior, Verne Allison, Music industry, Dinah Washington, Concert, soo, Fats Domino, NME, Y&T, The Dells
1950sRareLive
7:06Tone Wood Philosophy | Fender Custom Shop | Fender
R.E.M., Rhythm and blues, Y&T
1940sRare
Documentary5 clips
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Aaron Neville Interview on the Death of His Brother Charles Neville (April 26, 2019)
The Neville Brothers, Charles Neville, The House Band, cerat, The Band, cera, Rhythm and blues, Clarence Carter, Johnnie Taylor, Aaron Neville, Cher, Y&T
1990sDocumentarySolo 
2:33You Better Quit It BARBARA LYNN Video Steven Bogarat
Wilson Pickett, Brenda Lee, J.O.E., James Brown, Eddy, Stevie Wonder, Freddy Fender, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, L.A.B., Head, The Rolling Stones, Sine, The Temptations, Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, Carla Thomas, Rhythm and blues, Jimmy Reed, Sam Cooke, Barbara Lynn, Jackie Wilson, Moby, soo, NME, Tina Turner, Guitar Slim, Smokey Robinson, Rolling Stones, Songwriter, Y&T
1970sDocumentaryStudio
3:52What I Need Is Love BARBARA LYNN Video Steven Bogarat
Wilson Pickett, Brenda Lee, J.O.E., James Brown, Eddy, Stevie Wonder, Freddy Fender, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, L.A.B., Head, The Rolling Stones, Sine, The Temptations, Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, Carla Thomas, Rhythm and blues, Jimmy Reed, Sam Cooke, Barbara Lynn, Jackie Wilson, Moby, soo, NME, Tina Turner, Guitar Slim, Smokey Robinson, Rolling Stones, Songwriter, Y&T
1970sDocumentaryStudio
42:3419 Black R&B Legends Who Drank Themselves to Death
The Sound, R.E.M., Iration, Rhythm and blues, NME, Y&T, Sting
1970sDocumentaryRare
Studio5 clips
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1:52R&B in DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin’ Rhythm & more… (16-CD) - Bear Family Records
Lloyd Price, doo wop a, Local H, Marvin Gaye, doo wop at, doo wop, Stew, Rhythm and blues, doo wop at the g, doo wop at the, Don Covay, Cher, Y&T
1950sStudioRare
8:32RIP Charlie Watts Of Rolling Stones Last Moments Before Death | Try Not To Cry 😭
Korn, R.E.M., Tony Chapman, The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, The Band, Charlie Watts, That Dog, Rhythm and blues, Jazz band, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Y&T
1980sStudioTour![Thumbnail for You Shook Me - Led Zeppelin (live London 1969-03-19) [BBC] by Rhythm and blues, Led Zeppelin, Y&T](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Jeucpw5wKR8/hqdefault.jpg)
4:09You Shook Me - Led Zeppelin (live London 1969-03-19) [BBC]
Rhythm and blues, Led Zeppelin, Y&T
1960sStudioRare
2:31I Worship The Ground You Walk On JIMMY HUGHES Video Steven Bogarat
Rhythm section, Percy Sledge, Rhythm and blues, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Music industry, Johnnie Taylor, Record producer, Y&T
1960sStudioRare
TV Appearance4 clips
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Backstage Buzz Clip: Jazz, Rhythm & Blues
Rhythm and blues, Concert, Y&T
TV AppearanceBackstage ![Thumbnail for Gerry & The Pacemakers • “A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues/How Do You Do It?” • LIVE 1963 [RITY Archive] by L.A.B., Rhythm and blues, Cher, Y&T](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0gQ_w4ADkbA/hqdefault.jpg)
4:48Gerry & The Pacemakers • “A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues/How Do You Do It?” • LIVE 1963 [RITY Archive]
L.A.B., Rhythm and blues, Cher, Y&T
1960sTV AppearanceRare
29:07Hadda Brooks--Rare 1994 TV Interview
Rhythm and blues, Y&T
1990sTV AppearanceInterview
0:23PREVIEW - Incredible Modern Soul Music from Barbara Lynn
R.E.M., Rhythm and blues, Barbara Lynn, Songwriter, Y&T
1960sTV AppearanceRare
Tour2 clips
2:56MAVIS STAPLES-it makes me wanna cry
The Staple Singers, L.A.B., Bob Dylan, Rhythm and blues, Ween, Mavis Staples, Stephen Stills, Y&T
1960sTourRare
3:01Cage the Elephant's Brad Shultz on Fender Guitars and Making Music | Fender
R.E.M., Rhythm and blues, Cage the Elephant, Brad Shultz, Y&T
1940sTourRare
