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race record

race record noun: a musical recording featuring a black performer.

Noun

race record (plural race records)

  1. (US, dated) A musical recording featuring a black performer.
    • It is a moot point, however, whether Black Swan would have been more successful had there not been segregated markets and had the white-owned record labels not already established the idea of what a race record should be.2016, Richard Osborne, Vinyl: A History of the Analogue Record
    • […] Blind Lemon Jefferson would someday be a "race record" star whose music eventually reached hundreds of thousands of eager listeners some fourteen years after their initial meeting in Dallas.2023, Alan Govenar, Kip Lornell, See That My Grave is Kept Clean

Forms of race record

pluralrace records

Questions about race record

What does race record mean?
Race record means a musical recording featuring a black performer.
What part of speech is race record?
Race record is a noun.
What is the plural of race record?
The plural of race record is race records.

Words near race record in the dictionary

  1. race queen
  2. race queens
  3. race realism
  4. race realist
  5. race realists
  6. race record
  7. race records
  8. race relations
  9. race riot
  10. race riots
  11. race rotation

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