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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 ...
The trip began on US 40 and continued along US 66 to the California coast. [ 1] Troup initially considered writing a tune about US 40, but Cynthia suggested the title "Get Your Kicks on Route 66". The song was started during the ten-day trip and finished after consulting a map in Los Angeles. The lyrics mention several cities and towns ...
December 1982 (original recording) Genre. Freestyle, reggae. Label. Island / Mango. Songwriter (s) Neville Livingston. " Electric Boogie " (also known as the " Electric Slide ") is a dance song written [ 1] and originally recorded in December 1982 by Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer. [ 2]
Top Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year, Top Selling Album of the Year, Top Selling R&B Album of the Year, Top Selling R&B Albums Artist of the Year, Top Selling R&B Artist of the Year, Top Dance Club Play Artist of the Year, Top Hot Dance 12" Singles Sales Artist of the Year 1990 [92] Billboard's Tanqueray Sterling Music Video Awards
The Love I Lost. "The Love I Lost" is a song by American R&B group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Group member Teddy Pendergrass sang lead vocals. Originally written as a ballad by Philly soul songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, the song was transformed into a funk song and features drummer Earl Young.
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American soul and R&B vocal group. One of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s, the group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the middle of the 1950s as The Charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on Gamble and Huff ...
v. t. e. Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Furthermore, hip hop grew and continued to be highly successful in the decade, with the continuation of the genre's golden age. Aside from rap, reggae, contemporary R&B, and urban music in general remained popular ...
Good Times (Chic song) " Good Times " is a disco soul song by American R&B band Chic from their third album Risqué (1979). It ranks 68th on Rolling Stone ' s list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", [ 1] and has become one of the most sampled songs in music history, most notably in hip hop music. Originally released with "A Warm Summer ...