This diversity dwarfs the number of species in Europe â it is estimated that Borneo has 10 times the plant diversity of the Netherlands.
Rhythm and blues is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences. Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine coined the term rhythm and blues in 1948 as a musical marketing term in the United States. It replaced the term race music, which originally came from within the black community, but was deemed offensive in the postwar world. Writer/producer Robert Palmer defined rhythm & blues as a catchall term referring to any music that was made by and forâ¦ read more
Wexler was much more than a top executive â he was a national tastemaker and a prophet of roots and rhythm. The impact of his deeds matched his larger-than-life personality. Because of him, we use the term rhythm and blues and we hail Ray Charles as Genius and Aretha Franklin as Queen. We came to know of a record label called Stax and a small town called Muscle Shoals, Alabama.