This blog takes a look at the early R&B scene, before the advent of rock’n’roll in the mid-1950s – R&B before rock’n’roll story. COMPANION PODCAST R&B Before Rock’n’Roll R&B BEFORE ROCK’N’ROLL ROOTS Rock’n’Roll emerged in the mid-1950s as an amalgam of both black and white musical roots: gospel, blues, jazz, jump blues, R&B, Doo Wop,…