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  2. List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1970 - Wikipedia

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    1970 in music; R&B number-one hits of 1970 (USA) This page was last edited on 15 December 2022, at 04:41 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  3. Rhythm and blues - Wikipedia

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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 the African-American community 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 ...

  4. Portal:Rhythm and blues - Wikipedia

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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 the African-American community 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 ...

  5. List of Best Selling Soul Singles number ones of 1970

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    The Jackson 5 reached number one for the first time in January and by the end of the year had accumulated four chart-toppers.. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1970 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres ...

  6. Free (band) - Wikipedia

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    "All Right Now" remains a staple of R&B and rock, and has entered ASCAP's "One Million" airplay singles club. [6] [7] Andy Fraser left the band in 1972 and formed Sharks. Free recorded one more album, Heartbreaker, before disbanding in 1973; Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke went on to co-form the more successful rock supergroup Bad Company. [8]

  7. Popcorn (Belgian music style) - Wikipedia

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    Popcorn (sometimes Belgian popcorn or oldies popcorn) is a style of music and dancing first established in Belgium in the 1970s and 1980s. The style includes a wide variety of mostly American and British recordings of R&B and soul music made between the late 1950s and mid 1960s, often relatively obscure, and characterized by a slow or medium, rather than fast, tempo.

  8. 12th Annual Grammy Awards - Wikipedia

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    Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. Aretha Franklin for "Share Your Love With Me" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. Joe Simon for "The Chokin' Kind" Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental. Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing" Best R&B Instrumental Performance. King Curtis for "Games People Play" Best Rhythm ...

  9. Contemporary R&B - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement.