# rhythm and blues

> genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s

**Wikidata**: [Q45981](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45981)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/rhythm-and-blues


## References

1. [Rate Your Music](https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Rhythm+&+Blues/)
2. [Rate Your Music](https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/R&B/)
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. YSO-Wikidata mapping project
5. Quora
6. National Library of Israel
7. KBpedia
8. [R&B Music Genre Overview | AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/genre/r-b-ma0000002809)