race music
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English
Etymology
In use from 1920, replaced by rhythm and blues in the 1940s.
Noun
- (dated, music) Commercially recorded African-American popular music from the early 20th century, including blues and jazz.
- 2015, Deena Weinstein, Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 29:
- LA's most popular “race music” radio shows featured a white disc jockey, Hunter Hancock, from Texas. He featured black artists on his “Harlem Matinee,” which aired every afternoon starting at four.
References
- ^ Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby (2014) chapter 12, in African American Music: An Introduction, Routledge, →ISBN:
- Introduced by Billboard magazine in 1949 to replace the race music label (a term in use since 1920), rhythm and blues encompassed all Black musical traditions, from rural and urban blues, boogie woogie, swing, jazz combos and trios to vocal harmony groups, solo singers, and rhythm and blues combos.
Further reading
African-American music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.) Pg. 48.
