• Little Jr Parker

  Drivin Wheel –

• Lou Rawls

  You’ll Never Find –

  
  

  Tobacco Road –

  
  

  See You When I Get There –

  
  

  Don’t Explain –

  
  

  Nobody But Me –

  It’s Spring Again –

  
  

  This Song Will Last Forever –

  
  

  Groovy People –

  
  

  Pure Imagination –

  
  

  Ain’t That Lovin You –

  Lady Love –

  If I Coulda Woulda Shoulda –

• LTD

  I’m Back In Love Again –

  
  

  Kickin Back –

• Luther Ingram

  If Lovin You Is Wrong –

• Luther Vandross

  Wait For Love –

  
  

  So Amazing –

  
  

  It’s Over Now –

  
  

  Since You’ve Been Gone –

  
  

  Superstar –

  Love Won’t Let Me Wait –

  
  

  Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now –

  
  

  Bad Boy –

• Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn

  If This World Were Mine –

• Main Ingredient

  Everybody Plays the Fool –

• Mandrill

  Fencewalk –

  
  

  Git It All –

  
  

  Suzy Caesar –

• Manhattans

  Dance To A Love Song –

  
  

  I Really Miss You –

  
  

  Kiss And Say Goodbye –

  
  

  There’s No Me Without You –

  
  

  It Feels So Good –

  Crazy –

  
  

  Shining Star –

  
  

  Hurt –

• Margie Joseph and Blue Magic

  What’s Come Over Me –

• Martha and The Vandellas

  In My Lonely Room –

  My Baby Loves Me –

• Marvin Gaye

  Keep Getting It On –

  
  

  Inner City Blues –

  
  

  Your Precious Love –

  
  

  How Sweet It Is –

  
  

  Lets Get It On –

  Distant Lover –

  
  

  Let’s Get It On –

  
  

  Got To Give It Up –

  
  

  If I Could Build My World –

  Come Get To This –

• Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross

  My Mistake –

• Marvin Sease

  I’m Mr Jody –

  
  

  Hootchie Mama –

  
  

  Show Me What You Got –

• Mary J Blige

  I Feel Good –

  
  

  I’m Not Gonna Cry –

• Maze with Frankie Beverly

  Joy And Pain –

  
  

  While I’m Alone –

  
  

  Lady Of Magic –

  
  

  I Wanna Thank You –

  
  

  You –

  Happy Feeling –

  
  

  We Are One –

  
  

  Before I Let Go –

  Back In Stride –

  Laid Back Girl –

• McFadden and Whitehead

  Ain’t No Stoppin Us Now –

• Mel Waiters

  Hole In The Wall –

  
  

  Pop It Baby –

  
  

  Something In Common –

  
  

  Material Things –

  
  

  Got My Whiskey –

  Woman In Need –

  
  

  The Smaller The Club –

  
  

  Your Kitchen Was Closed –

  
  

  Got My Ice Chest –

  
  

  Slip Away –

  She Ain’t Drunk –

  Swing Out Song –

• Michael McDonald

  Signed Sealed Delivered –

  
  

  Ain’t No Mountain High Enough –

  
  

  Second That Emotion –

  You’re All I Need To Get By –

• Midnight Star

  Midas Touch –

  
  

  No Parking On The Dance Floor –

• Mighty Clouds Of Joy

  Mighty High –

• Miki Howard

  Good Morning Heartache –

• Milira

  Go Outside In The Rain –

• Millie Jackson

  All I Want Is A Fighting Chance –

  
  

  If Loving You Is Wrong –

  Ask Me What You Want –

• Mitty Collier

  I Had A Talk With My Man –

• Morris Day and The Tyme

  The Bird –

  
  

  Ice Cream Castles –

  
  

  Cool –

• Mother’s Finest

  Love Changes –

• Natalie Cole

  Love Is On The Way –

  
  

  I’ve Got Love On My Mind –

  
  

  Sophisticated Lady –

• New Birth

  Wildflower –

  
  

  Dream Merchant –

  
  

  It’s Been A Long Time –

• Nick Colionne

  Poor House –

  Rainy Night In Georgia –

• Nicolas Bearde

  Wild Is The Wind –

• Ohio Players

  Heaven Must Be Like This –

  
  

  Funky Worm –

  
  

  Fire –

  
  

  Skin Tight –

• OJays

  Survival –

  
  

  You Got Your Hooks In Me –

  
  

  Forever Mine –

  
  

  Stairway To Heaven –

  
  

  Livin’ For The Weekend –

  Used To Be My Girl –

  
  

  Family Reunion –

  
  

  I Love Music –

  
  

  For The Love Of Money –

• One Way

  Cutie Pie –

• Oran Juice Jones

  The Rain –

• Otis Redding

  Try A Little Tenderness –

  
  

  These Arms Of Mine –

  
  

  I’ve Been Loving You Too Long –

  
  

  Mr Pityful –

• Parliament

  Theme From The Black Hole –

  
  

  Atomic Dog –

  
  

  Flashlight –

  
  

  One Nation Under A Groove –

  
  

  Mothership Connection ( Star Child ) –

• Pat Gordon

  Just Because –

• Patrice Rushen

  Forget Me Nots –

• Patti Drew

  Tell Him –

 

---

R&B MIDI Files

Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine coined the term “rhythm and blues” or ” R&B ” in 1948 as a musical term in the United States. It replaced the term “race music”, which originally came from within the black community, but was deemed offensive in the postwar world. The term “rhythm and blues” was used by Billboard in its chart listings from June 1949 until August 1969, when its “Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles” chart was renamed as “Best Selling Soul Singles”.
Writer/producer Robert Palmer defined rhythm & blues as “a catchall term referring to any music that was made by and for black Americans”. He has used the term ” R&B ” as a synonym for jump blues. However, Allmusic separates it from jump blues because of its stronger, gospel-esque backbeat. Lawrence Cohn, author of Nothing but the Blues, writes that “rhythm and blues” was an umbrella term invented for industry convenience. According to him, the term embraced all black music except classical music and religious music, unless a gospel song sold enough to break into the charts. Well into the 21st century, the term R&B continues in use (in some contexts) to categorize music made by black musicians, as distinct from styles of music made by other musicians.
In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, and saxophone. Arrangements were rehearsed to the point of effortlessness and were sometimes accompanied by background vocalists. Simple repetitive parts mesh, creating momentum and rhythmic interplay producing mellow, lilting, and often hypnotic textures while calling attention to no individual sound. While singers are emotionally engaged with the lyrics, often intensely so, they remain cool, relaxed, and in control. The bands dressed in suits, and even uniforms, a practice associated with the modern popular music that rhythm and blues performers aspired to dominate.
This excerpt is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B