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race music

race music noun: commercially recorded African-American popular music from the early 20th century, including blues and jazz.

Noun

race music (uncountable)

  1. (dated) 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

Origin of race music

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

Questions about race music

What does race music mean?
Race music means commercially recorded African-American popular music from the early 20th century, including blues and jazz.
What part of speech is race music?
Race music is a noun.

Words near race music in the dictionary

  1. race mixers
  2. race mixing
  3. race monger
  4. race mongers
  5. race movie
  6. race music
  7. race of truth
  8. race off
  9. race on Sunday, sell on Monday
  10. race out of the traps
  11. race play

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