• Temptations

  Cloud Nine –

  
  

  Stay –

  
  

  My Baby –

  
  

  The Girl’s Alright With Me –

  
  

  Since I Lost My Baby –

  Happy People –

  
  

  It’s Growing –

  
  

  I Want Love I Can See –

  
  

  Treat Her Like A Lady –

  
  

  Shakey Ground –

  Silent Night –

  
  

  Lady Soul –

  
  

  I Could Never Love Another –

  (I Know) I’m Losing You –

  With These Hands –

  Girl Why You Wanna Make Me Blue –

• The Chi-lites

  A Letter To Myself –

  
  

  Try My Side Of Love –

• The Delfonics

  Didn’t I Blow Your Mind This Time –

• The Dells

  I Can Sing A Rainbow / Love Is Blue –

  
  

  Always Together –

  
  

  Oh What A Night –

  The Love We Had –

• The English Drifters

  It’s Alright –

• The Escorts

  I’ll Be Sweeter –

• The Five Stairsteps

  The Touch Of You –

  
  

  You Waited Too Long –

  
  

  Come Back –

  
  

  World Of Fantasy –

  
  

  Danger She’s A Stranger –

• The Floaters

  Float On –

• The Futures

  Love Is Here –

• The Honeycones

  Want Ads –

  One Monkey –

• The Jones Girls

  Children Of The Night –

  
  

  You Gonna Make Me Love …

• The Mad Lads

  Come Closer To Me –

  
  

  I Want Someone –

• The Magnificent Men

  Maybe Maybe Baby –

  
  

  Peace Of Mind –

• The Originals

  Baby I’m For Real –

  
  

  The Bells –

• The Pastels

  Been So Long –

• The Salsoul Orchestra

  Run Away –

• The Soul Generation

  Body & Soul –

• The Trammps

  Happy People –

• The Whispers

  Hello Stranger –

  
  

  I Wanna Make It With You –

  
  

  And The Beat Goes On –

  
  

  Chocolate Girl –

  For The Cool In You –

• The Winstons

  I Love D.C. –

  
  

  Honor My Father –

  
  

  Be Thankful (for what you’ve got) –

  
  

  Color Him Father –

  
  

  Dance The Night Away –

  Window Shopping –

  Come On And Get My Love –

  That’s What You Mean To Me –

• Theodis Ealey

  Stand Up In It –

• Tina Turner

  What You Get Is What You See –

  Help –

• Tom Browne

  Funkin’ For Jamaica –

• Toni Braxton

  Let It Flow –

• Tony Terry

  With You –

• Tower Of Power

  This Time It’s Real –

  
  

  You Can’t Fall Up  –

  
  

  Don’t Change Horses –

• Troop

  Spread My Wings –

  
  

  All I Do Is Think Of You –

• Tyrone Davis

  I’m Gonna Party –

  
  

  Turn Back The Hands Of Time –

  
  

  It’s A Miracle –

  
  

  Can I Change My Mind –

  
  

  Turning Point –

  Back That Thing Up –

  
  

  Banging The Headboard –

• Walter Jackson

  Tear For Tear –

  
  

  Welcome Home –

  
  

  Feelings –

  
  

  At Last –

  
  

  Speak Her Name –

  It’s All Over –

• War

  All Day Music –

  
  

  Summer –

  Heartbeat –

• Will Downing

  Don’t Talk To Me –

• William Bell / Carla Thomas

  I Need You Woman –

• William Bell and Mavis Staples

  Love’s Sweet Sensation –

• Willie Clayton

  Party Like We Used To Do –

• Willie Hutch

  I Choose You –

• Wilson Pickett

  634-5789 –

  
  

  Midnight Mover –

  
  

  Don’t Fight It –

  
  

  Don’t Knock My Love –

  
  

  Sugar Sugar –

• Yanna

  Grandma’s Hand –

• Yarborough and Peoples

  I Wouldn’t Lie To You –

• Zapp and Roger

  More Bounce To The Ounce –

 

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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