[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Laker14

The following is a quote from Wikipedia's treatise on Rock and Roll.. the entirety of which can be found here: Origins of rock and roll - Wikipedia
"Fats Domino was not convinced that there was any new genre. In 1957, Domino said: "What they call rock 'n' roll now is rhythm and blues. I’ve been playing it for 15 years in New Orleans".[56] According to Rolling Stone, "this is a valid statement ... all Fifties rockers, black and white, country born and city bred, were fundamentally influenced by R&B, the black popular music of the late Forties and early Fifties".[57]

In essence, all R&R was, at one time, considered "Black" music, or to use the term of the 1950s, "Negro Music". As such it was widely vilified among white-run media outlets.

The Black artists you mention were largely Motown artists. The Motown label was created and founded by a Black man, the songs were written by Black people, the recordings produced by Black people, and the sound derived predominantly from Black Gospel Music.

Your point that they weren't making "Black" music, but were Black people just making rock and roll makes no sense in the context of when it was being created.

Once again, an excellent analysis...

I shall now await to be told I'm wrong...