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Originally posted by Wicked
- The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–1999, book published in 2006 written by Richard J. Ripani, Ph.D (In music education). Great book, btw!
Learn R&Bs history, thanks.
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New jack swing or swingbeat[1] is a fusion genre spearheaded by
Teddy Riley and
Bernard Belle that became popular from the late 1980s into the early 1990s.
Northern California's Club Nouveau had a
Billboard number one single with their cover of Bill Withers's song "Lean on Me" in 1987. The song won a Grammy award later that year. The song was included on the group's debut album Life, Love & Pain, which was released in 1986. The backing track uses a sequenced swing beat, characteristic of the "New Jack Swing" style. Club Nouveau was a later incarnation of the San Francisco Bay Area group Timex Social Club who helped to lay the foundation for new jack swing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_jack_swing
so by 1989 janet was TREND hopping
You really think it was Club Nouveau who pioneered it instead of the woman who got like 6 #1s out of it?
