[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rhythm and Blues"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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rhythm and blues (OED 1933)


1924 _Billboard_ 20 Dec. 61 (ProQuest)  (advertisement)  FAST DANCE PIANIST AT LIBERTY AFTER 20th.  Sight reader, fake, improvise, lots of rhythm and blues.


Fred Shapiro



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