Editing Rhythm and blues (section)

===1960s–1970s===
[[File:Marvin_Gaye_(1973).png|thumb|200px|[[Marvin Gaye]] is a R&B artist known for his smooth voice.]]

[[Sam Cooke]]'s number five hit "[[Chain Gang (Sam Cooke song)|Chain Gang]]" is indicative of R&B in 1960, as is pop rocker [[Chubby Checker]]'s number five hit "[[The Twist (song)|The Twist]]".<ref name="Hot songs 1959">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+R%26B%2FHip-Hop+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1959 |title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1959 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618164303/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+R&B%2FHip-Hop+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1959 |archive-date=June 18, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+R%26B%2FHip-Hop+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1960 |title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1960 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211040735/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+R&B%2FHip-Hop+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1960 |archive-date=December 11, 2007 }}</ref> By the early 1960s, the music industry category previously known as rhythm and blues was being called [[soul music]], and similar music by white artists was labeled [[blue-eyed soul]].{{sfn |Gilliland |1969 |loc=show 52}}{{sfn|Palmer|1995|p=82}} Motown Records had its first million-selling single in 1960 with [[the Miracles]]' "[[Shop Around]]",{{sfn |Gilliland |1969 |loc=show 25}} and in 1961, [[Stax Records]] had its first hit with [[Carla Thomas]]'s "[[Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)]]".{{sfn|Palmer|1995|p=83–84}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/mediaplayer.asp?ean=610583191929&disc=2&track=14|title=Sample of "Gee Whiz"|website=Music.barnesandnoble.com|access-date=May 21, 2014|archive-date=December 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230001335/http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/mediaplayer.asp?ean=610583191929&disc=2&track=14|url-status=live}}</ref> Stax's next major hit, [[The Mar-Keys]]' instrumental "[[Last Night (Mar-Keys composition)|Last Night]]" (also released in 1961), introduced the rawer [[Memphis soul]] sound for which Stax became known.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mp3fiesta.com/mar_keys_last_night_song1014658/|title=Mar-Keys – Last Night – Billboard Top 100 – 1961 – Top Billboard – mp3 song hits download full albums in mp3|website=Mp3fiesta.com|access-date=February 1, 2018|archive-date=July 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708035300/https://mp3fiesta.com/mar_keys_last_night_song1014658/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Jamaica, R&B influenced the development of [[ska]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.potentbrew.com/skaregdu.html |title=The Origins of Ska, Reggae and Dub Music |website=Potentbrew.com |date=August 3, 1999 |access-date=January 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116083151/http://www.potentbrew.com/skaregdu.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.fccj.edu/~ivanhoof/ska/TheBeginning.html |title=The Beginning |website=Web.fccj.edu |access-date=January 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512005004/http://web.fccj.edu/~ivanhoof/ska/TheBeginning.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008}}</ref> In 1969, black culture and rhythm and blues reached another great achievement when [[the Grammys]] added the Rhythm and Blues category, giving academic recognition to the category.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

By the 1970s, the term "rhythm and blues" was being used as a blanket term for [[soul music|soul]], [[funk]], and [[disco]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/rhythm-and-blues-music-overview |title=Rhythm and Blues Music: Overview |last=Cahoon |first=Brad |date=December 11, 2014 |encyclopedia=[[New Georgia Encyclopedia]] |access-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-date=February 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201161041/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/rhythm-and-blues-music-overview |url-status=live }}</ref>