American popular music; rhythm & blues, rap, and hip-hop.0816053154 American popular music American popular music had a profound effect on music across the world. The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture, including ragtime, blues, jazz, rock, R&B, doo wop, gospel, soul, funk, heavy metal, punk, disco, house, ; rhythm & blues, rap, and hip-hop. Hoffmann, Frank. Facts On File, Inc. 2006 332 pages $67.00 Hardcover ML102 For students in grades nine and up as well as general readers, this volume is part of an eight-volume introductory encyclopedia. It features alphabetically arranged entries on rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. , rap, and hip-hop artists, styles, songwriters, labels, radio stations, disc jockeys, producers, and arrangers in America. Hoffmann (library science, Sam Houston State U.) provides information on topics ranging from the Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. They were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, lived in Manchester, England and moved to Brisbane, Australia during , Mariah Carey, Luther Vandross, disco, and funk to Motown, Louis Jordan, Kanye West, and Death Row Records. A discography dis·cog·ra·phy n. Examination of the intervertebral disk space using x-rays after injection of contrast media into the disk. of recommended reading is included. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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