Like a blues musician tapping his foot to the music, zebrafish can learn to flap their tails to the rhythm of a flashing light — and remember the beat after the light has gone out.

就像蓝调音乐家脚踏音乐节拍一样，斑马鱼也能够学会跟着闪光的节奏左右摆动尾巴——并且在光熄灭之后还记得这些节拍。

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The migrants brought the blues and gave birth to jazz, rock, rhythm and blues and hip-hop.

黑人移居者们带来了蓝调音乐，又发明了爵士乐、摇滚、节奏布鲁斯音乐和说唱音乐。

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The emergent postwar youth culture mixed the smoother white country music styles with the energy and aggression of rhythm and blues and the commerciality of straight pop music.

不断形成的战后青年文化将白人乡村音乐中和谐的风格与布鲁斯摇摆乐中强劲，咄咄逼人的风格及纯正通俗乐中通俗的风格结合起来了。

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His heartfelt,powerful, soulful singing helped establish him as one of the greatest rhythm and blues performers of all time.

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Like many rhythm and blues artists of the day, he began his musical career singing in church choirs.

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He also liked the sound of the jazz and rhythm and blues performer Louis Jordan.

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The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was a recording mecca for rhythm and blues, rock and pop artists in the '60s and '70s.

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His father, Joseph Jackson, had been in a rhythm-and-blues band, the Falcons, and he channelled his thwarted creative aspirations into his children.

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The Blues suddenly looked short of rhythm and their lack of sharpness was exposed when Benayoun strolled infield and slipped in Torres, the Spaniard spinning on a sixpence and lashing into the corner.

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