Okay Cookie....I'll bite....
Think the basis of your point is quite true Cookie...depending on whether you are referring to R&B as in the likes of Charles Sheffield, Cookie Jackson, Big Daddy Rogers etc (all of which could actually be called oldies now ) or tunes that that get labelled R&B even though theye are not (Larry Trider, Dean Barlow etc) and before any confusion sets in and feathers get ruffled I collect, play and enjoy the likes of the latter 2 examples, but they are not R&B....seems as though anything newish and unknown that does not sit nicely in the typical Northern mould gets called R&B for some bizarre reason.
However, your point is a valid one and quite true from my experience...I can get an oldies crowd dancing more effectively with 'catchy' R&B and popcorn than I can with lesser known soul tunes.
...think the key word being catchy...most of the R&B and popcorn type tunes that have caught on over the last few years are exactly that....love or hate 'em they are catchy and infectious.
This has also in my opinion become the basis of the deep resentment from some soulies (DJs/dealers inparticular) towards R&B.....they don't appreciate or value it, or for that matter want to (until it becomes silly money ), and they feel the rest of the scene should feel the same.
Just glad I can appreciate it all and enjoy a wealth of music.....
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