The full name of R & ampb is rhythm &；; Blues, generally translated as "rhythm complaining songs". R &； in a broad sense; B can be regarded as "black pop music", which originated from black blues music and is the basis of western pop and rock. Billboard magazine once defined R& B as all black music, except jazz and blues, which can be classified as R&; B, visible R &；; How wide is the scope of B. HipHop and Rap, which are very popular in black music circles in recent years, both originated from R&; Save a lot of research and development expenses during research and development. Component B.

R&B(R &； The birth of b) can be traced back to the mid-1940s, when the early R&; B's name is Jumpblues

JumpBlues absorbed the rhythm of the jazz instrument (Horn-drivenlineup) and Swing, and also combined the basic overlapping singing of blues (Riff) with string performance, becoming a brand-new music form. It can also be said that JumpBlues is a combination of RhythmJazz and Blues.

Although JumpBlues absorbed the characteristics of blues to a great extent, it was rhythmic jazz that finally laid its basic structure and formed a new music style. However, Jumpblues has a faster rhythm, a rougher singing style and a different use of musical instruments from jazz and blues: the piano has a strong rhythm, and the most important saxophone is sharper. Is the early JumpBlues still black music? Its singer and audience are all black.

In JumpBlues, the singer is called "Shouter", and many famous JumpBluesShouter are from Big-Band, such as BigJoeTurner, who is from KansasCityjazzbands. At that time, there were some famous chanters, such as WynonieHarris, Roy Brown, Roy Milton and NappyBrown.

LouisJordan has a very important influence in the history of JumpBlues. He often plays some songs with humorous lyrics. Because these songs are especially suitable for dance music, more and more white teenagers like this kind of music. Other black musicians, such as Chuck Berry, Joe Perkins, Tiny bradshaw, Amos milburn and Camille Howard, were also famous JumpBlues musicians at that time.

In 1950s, due to the efforts of outstanding musicians, JumpBlues finally broke through the racial boundaries and became a new music style accepted by the public. Also in the 1950s, JumpBlues changed its name to "R&; B) ",on the bulletin board list.