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Rhythm and blues, like rock 'n' roll, was born and raised in America, with such influential exponents as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Prince. Now Britain is giving rise to what might be called alternative R. and B. Performers such as Tricky, Portishead, singer Carleen Anderson, Seal and others have enlivened the accepted, sometimes constraining formats of R.-and-B. songs with offbeat rhythms and the kind of enigmatic lyrics one would usually expect from alternative rock. Says Des'ree: "I think British soul tends to be less conventional. American soul music seems to be going through a phase...
...wore afros and dashikis, went back and listened to music after lunch most times," Griffin says. "Those were the days of James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, even some early Aretha Franklin--straight-line black stuff and some crazy stuff, too--the Chambers Brothers and Sly and the Family Stone...
...claim to being the No. 1 basketball team in the land-O.K., the No. 1 women's basketball team in the land--the Lady Huskies were still on the floor of the University of Connecticut's Gampel Pavilion, basking in an impromptu serenade of Aretha Franklin's Respect by their large and loyal following. Said star senior forward Rebecca Lobo: "I could never imagine this day would happen: 8,000 people singing Respect, even though most of them don't know the words...
CrazySexyCool (LaFace). The producer known to all as Babyface was everywhere this year, producing and writing hit songs for Boyz II Men, Madonna and Aretha Franklin, among others. But he's done some of his finest work with the vocal trio TLC and their latest collection of slinky, saucy R&B tunes...
...Pack cool campily appealing, but ironic condescension soon turns to true admiration of his talent. Even though it's not really necessary for Sinatra's handlers to market him to the kids, they have done so anyway. Last year, notably, he was paired on Duets with Bono, Carly Simon, Aretha Franklin and other younger-than-Frank performers...