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The 56 pages that link to Rhythm and blues, each with the reason it gives.

• Elvis PresleyNarrower topic: Its rhythms and vocal approaches informed Presley’s early repertoire and performance style.

• Soul musicNarrower topic: Soul emerged from rhythm and blues while intensifying its gospel influence and emotional delivery.

• Atlantic RecordsNarrower topic: The genre supplied Atlantic’s first major artistic foundation.

• Blues rockNarrower topic: Its electric bands and driving rhythms helped shape the musical language blues rock inherited.

• Doo-wopNarrower topic: Doo-wop emerged within rhythm and blues and carried its vocal and rhythmic sensibilities into pop.

• Mick JaggerNarrower topic: Its vocal and rhythmic conventions provided a foundation for the band’s early repertoire.

• James BrownNarrower topic: Brown’s early recordings emerged from rhythm and blues before his sound moved toward funk.

• Contemporary R&BNarrower topic: Contemporary R&B retains the genre’s name and draws on its vocal and rhythmic foundations.

• Little RichardNarrower topic: Richard's early work grew from rhythm and blues before reaching a wider rock-and-roll audience.

• Ahmet ErtegunNarrower topic: Atlantic’s early identity and Ertegun’s reputation were built around recording this music.

• Jerry WexlerNarrower topic: Wexler’s journalism and Atlantic work helped promote the genre and shape its recorded sound.

• Alicia KeysNarrower topic: R&B is a central foundation of Keys’s vocal phrasing and musical style.

• The WeekndNarrower topic: The Weeknd’s sound draws on R&B while stretching its production and pop conventions.

• Etta JamesNarrower topic: James's early career developed within the postwar R&B scene.

• Erykah BaduNarrower topic: R&B provides a central foundation for Badu’s songwriting and vocal approach.

• Ike TurnerNarrower topic: Its styles and performance practices formed the foundation of Turner’s musical work.

• Jackie WilsonNarrower topic: Wilson built his career in this genre before becoming a major figure in soul.

• Jerry Leiber and Mike StollerNarrower topic: Their early writing drew on R&B forms while reaching audiences beyond the genre.

• Bill HaleyNarrower topic: Its rhythms and repertoire helped shape the sound Haley adapted for rock and roll.

• Dinah WashingtonNarrower topic: Washington’s recordings helped carry R&B vocal style into the pop charts.

• Frank OceanNarrower topic: Ocean’s work expanded contemporary R&B through experimental forms and cross-genre production.

• Louis JordanNarrower topic: Jordan’s hits helped popularize the sound and commercial identity later called rhythm and blues.

• Agnez MoNarrower topic: R&B is one strand of the contemporary sound Agnez Mo has pursued.

• Chaka KhanNarrower topic: R&B provides the musical foundation linking Khan’s funk recordings, ballads, and pop crossovers.

• Gladys Knight & the PipsNarrower topic: R&B provides the wider musical tradition in which the group is usually classified.

• Van MorrisonNarrower topic: Its vocal phrasing and grooves shaped Morrison’s early performances and enduring sound.