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The 15 pages that link to Race records, each with the reason it gives.

• Rhythm and bluesNarrower topic: The industry category that preceded the commercial label “rhythm and blues.”

• Tin Pan AlleyCompared with: The category highlights how Tin Pan Alley's mainstream market differed from parallel Black music industries.

• Delta bluesRelated: These records first circulated much of the commercially recorded Delta blues repertoire.

• Bessie SmithNarrower topic: Smith’s records circulated through a segregated industry that marketed blues to Black listeners under this label.

• Motown RecordsCompared with: Motown’s broad pop ambitions challenged the segregated marketing inherited from this category.

• Country bluesRelated: The category helped bring early country blues performances to a national audience.

• Paramount RecordsRelated: Paramount built much of its blues business by selling records through this market.

• Ma RaineyRelated: Paramount sold Rainey’s records within this segregated marketing category.

• Blind Lemon JeffersonRelated: Jefferson’s commercial success depended on records sold through this segregated marketing system.

• Charley PattonRelated: This market gave Patton a route from local performances to a national audience.

• Louis JordanRelated: Jordan’s records succeeded within a market that segregated Black performers and listeners.

• Mississippi John HurtNarrower topic: Hurt’s 1920s releases appeared within a market organized around race records.

• Big Bill BroonzyRelated: Broonzy’s early recordings circulated through this segregated commercial market.

• Blind Willie JohnsonRelated: Johnson’s commercial recordings circulated through this segregated industry category.

• Marion HarrisCompared with: Harris’s crossover success contrasts with records marketed through segregated industry categories.