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race music en · NOUN

Etymology

In use from 1920, replaced by rhythm and blues in the 1940s.

Meanings

  1. (dated, uncountable) Commercially recorded African-American popular music from the early 20th century, including blues and jazz.
    • LA's most popular “race music” radio shows featured a white disc jockey, Hunter Hancock, from Texas. He featured black artists on his “Harlem Matinee,” which aired every afternoon starting at four. 2015, Deena Weinstein, Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 29:

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