About this episode
Matt The Cat explores the origins and impact of Rhythm and Blues music from the 1940s and 50s.
1940s & †50s Rhythm & Blues At the end of the Second World War, economics forced the big bands to trim their once great size and thus, the Jump Blues combo was born. Between 1946-1954, rhythm and blues laid the tracks for what was to become Rock n†Roll. So how come, 70 years later, this vibrant and influential music is still so unknown to so many? Matt The Cat is going to change that with the radio program, “Juke In The Back.†These were the records that you couldn†t hear on the jukebox in the front of the establishment. To hear all this great 1950s rhythm & blues, you had to go to Juke In The Back.
People in this episode
Host: Matt The Cat
Topics covered
- Rhythm and Blues
- Music History
- Rock n Roll
- Jump Blues
- 1940s Music
- 1950s Music
Keywords
- Rhythm and Blues
- Jump Blues
- Rock n Roll
- 1940s
- 1950s
- music history
- Matt The Cat
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Books & works: Juke In The Back
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