-- A musical direction, a version of blues. R'n'B Has appeared at the end of 1950th and was connected to an urbanization.The "rural" American negros of the south playing « a rural blues » (country blues). For example, to Los Angeles have moved bluesmen like T-Bon Hoker from Texas and B B King from Memphis;
To New York came - Louis Jorden from Arkansas and Joe Turner from Kansas City; from the Mississipi delta in Chicago came - Maddi Waters, Elmor James and Howling Wolf.
History of R&B - R'n'B.
With the transition from 'Soul', (a genre of music which unites a rhythm and a blues at the end of 1950 in USA), to R'n'B in the middle of the 1980th. Singer like Luther Vandross and new R'n'B stars, like Prince " Purple Rain " and Michael Jackson " Off the Wall, Thriller " have completely turned the school of the 80th. Jackson popularized black music with his album 'Thriller' and made it to the most sold album in the world. He has gained a huge populariy among spectators in the United States and all over the world. R&B singers similar to Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson have received a huge popularity during the second half of the decade. Tine Turner, in her 50s, has come back with a successful hit in the style of R'n'B.
