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Contemporary R&B. Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music . The genre features a distinctive record production style and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences and the use of hip hop or dance -inspired beats ...
Rochester's history of innovation and progress is reflected in the long list of notable businessmen who founded their companies here. Eastman Kodak, Bausch + Lomb, Xerox, Gannett Company, and Western Union all trace their roots to Rochester. Charles August, co-founder of Monro Muffler Brake; John Jacob Bausch, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb
Ellen Joyce Loo (2018), Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter, and co-founder of the folk-pop rock group at 17, fall from her high-rise apartment building [767] [768] [769] Daniele Alves Lopes (1993), teen whose jump from a building was broadcast on Brazilian national television [770]
Bill Benulis (1928–2011) – penciller and inker. David Berkowitz (born 1953) – serial killer known as "Son of Sam". Walter Berndt (1899–1979) – cartoonist. Paul Bettany (born 1971) – actor (Brooklyn Heights) [10] Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954) – investment banker; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs.
The Deele – R&B/Soul group; Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods – 1970s pop band; Ellery – alt-folk band; Five Deez – Hip Hop group; Foxy Shazam – rock band; The Greenhornes – rock band; Heartless Bastards – indie rock band; The Isley Brothers – R&B/soul group; The Lemon Pipers – pop band from the 1960s; The National – indie rock band
Richie Macioce. Ed Lisciandro. Shelly Davis. Artie Cantanzarita. Tony Trombino. The Brooklyn Bridge (also known as The Bridge and as Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge since the 1980s) is an American musical group, best known for their million-selling rendition of Jimmy Webb 's "Worst That Could Happen" (1968).
The music of New York City is a diverse and important field in the world of music. It has long been a thriving home for popular genres such as jazz, rock, soul music, R&B, funk, and the urban blues, as well as classical and art music. It is the birthplace of hip hop, garage house, boogaloo, doo wop, bebop, punk rock, disco, and new wave.
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1980s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.