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Michael Jackson
Born: August 29, 1958, Gary, IN
June: 25, 2009, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Jackson began his music career alongside his fellow brothers and family members in the Jackson Five
Some genres that michael jackson performed were Rhythm and blues, funk, pop, dubstep, and dance/electronic
He performed funk and dubstep
Funk music is a style of dance music that evolved from the Black R&B, soul, and jazz scenes in the mid-1960s. Funk music is characterized by funky, syncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves, which drove it to become one of the most popular genres in the 1970s and '80s
Funk bands use many rhythm instruments, such as electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, and keyboard instruments, mainly synthesizers and electronic organs. Funk bands also have people who play horns, including saxophones, trumpets, and trombones
James Brown
Brown was born on May 3, 1933, in Barnwell, South Carolina, to 16-year-old Susie and 21-year-old Joseph Gardner Brown in a small wooden shack
Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He first came to national public attention in the mid-1950s as the lead singer of the Famous Flames, a rhythm and blues vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd
Some genres James brown performed were soul and R&B
He performed funk, soul
Soul music is a style of African American music. It developed from rhythm and blues in the USA in the 1950s and 60s
Common instruments used in soul music are piano, bass, drum kit,
Other people who performed the same music were Ray charles, Stevie Wonder, and Sam and Dave.
Louis Jordan
Born: July 8, 1908, Brinkley, AR
Died: February 4, 1975, Los Angeles, CA
As a teenager Jordan toured as a singer, dancer, comedian, and woodwind player with a variety of performing troupes including the Rabbit Foot Minstrels
Some Genres that Louis Jordan performed R&B; Swing; jump blues
He performed R&B
Characteristics of R&B include soulful singing over a strong backbeat, commonalities in rhythm, bands divided into a rhythm and horn section, repetition of rhythms, verses and notes, and often complex blending of instruments
keyboard-based instrumentation: While early R&B was driven by guitars, most contemporary R&B is based around keyboards, synthesizers, and drum machines. Some R&B singers, like Alicia Keys, favor acoustic piano, but many others embrace electronic keyboards and software loops