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Tucker Foltz
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Did you know that Otis Redding’s first hit, "These Arms of Mine," was recorded almost by chance?
R&B bandleader, producer, promoter, songwriter, disk jockey, author, talent scout, and label owner, Johnny Otis has been called the "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues,"
In 1948, Jerry Wexler, a music journalist for Billboard magazine, coined the term "rhythm and blues."
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