Editing Rhythm and blues (section)

==Jewish influence in the business end of rhythm and blues==
{{Main|Jewish influence in rhythm and blues}}
According to the Jewish writer, music publishing executive, and songwriter [[Arnold Shaw (writer)|Arnold Shaw]], during the 1940s in the US, there was generally little opportunity for Jews in the [[WASP]]-controlled realm of [[mass media|mass communications]], but the music business was "wide open for Jews as it was for blacks".<ref name="Shaw1978">{{cite book|author=Arnold Shaw|title=Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYSfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22wide%20open%20for%20Jews%22|year=1978|publisher=Collier Books|isbn=978-0-02-061760-0|page=343|access-date=March 20, 2021|archive-date=March 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329042743/https://books.google.com/books?id=PYSfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22wide+open+for+Jews%22|url-status=live}}</ref> Jews played a key role in developing and popularizing African American music, including rhythm and blues, and the independent record business was dominated by young Jewish men who promoted the sounds of black music.<ref name="Muchin1994">{{cite magazine |last1=Muchin |first1=Andrew |title=How a Bunch of Upstart Jewish Independent Record Producers Helped Turn African American Music into a National Treasure |url=http://www.momentmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Jewish-Producers-African-American-Music.pdf |access-date=March 20, 2021 |magazine=Moment Magazine |date=August 1994 |pages=53–54 |archive-date=March 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329042758/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AttyGC3Hh5aoJ%3Awww.momentmag.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F02%2FJewish-Producers-African-American-Music.pdf+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us |url-status=live }}</ref>