[Dynagroove] House-origin

[William Yardley]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 01:37:20PM -0700, Brett Ballou wrote:

> Well, all I have to say about "House" is that its NOT from R & B..it's from
> disco and the underground disco clubs. 

R&B in what sense? In the modern sense of the word or the historical
sense? My understanding is that around the time of early disco, R&B was
used as a catch-all term for funk and soul (and, according to this
article, anyway, disco as well).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues#1960s_and_later

In any event, a lot of soulful vocal house definitely has an R&B
influence.

I do think it's fair to say that house today doesn't have much to do
with contemporary R&B.

w