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The Jelly Beans were an American rhythm and blues vocal group from Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Formed in 1962 by five high schoolers, the group signed with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 's label, Red Bird Records, in 1963. [1] Working with songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, the group released its debut single, "I Wanna Love ...
Genre. Jazz, R&B, gospel. Country of origin. U.S. Location. Newark, New Jersey. Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey. [1] Savoy specialized in jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel music. In September 2017, Savoy was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music.
Richie Havens. Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. [1] His music encompassed elements of folk, soul (both of which he frequently covered), and rhythm and blues. He had a rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings).
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities 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 ...
A global, multilingual list of rhythm and blues and contemporary R&B musicians recognized via popular R&B genres as songwriters, instrumentalists, vocalists, mixing engineers, and for musical composition and record production.
The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame was founded in 2010. Its name was originally the Official Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame. It was founded and developed by American professional basketball player LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson, who is also an R&B activist and an entrepreneur. [4][5] Robinson's love for R&B and soul music began at an early ...
The Fiestas. The Fiestas were an American rhythm and blues musical group from Newark, New Jersey, United States. [ 1] It was organized in 1958. The Fiestas contracted with Old Town Records company in 1959, [ 1] after the company's owner, Hy Weiss, overheard the group singing in a bathroom adjacent to his office in Harlem. [ 2]
Dave "Chico" Ryan. and more than 100 others. Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band formed in 1947 and continuing until Haley's death in 1981. The band was also known as Bill Haley and the Comets and Bill Haley's Comets. From late 1954 to late 1956, the group recorded nine Top 20 singles, one of which was number one and ...