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Style of popular music? Butler had hymns playing (6,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhythm and blues

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'style of popular music?' is the definition.
'rhythm and blues' can be an answer for 'music?' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'style of popular' bit.

'butler had hymns playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'butler'+'had'+'hymns'='butlerhadhymns'
'butlerhadhymns' anagrammed gives 'RHYTHM AND BLUES'.

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(Other definitions for rhythm and blues that I've seen before include "track in this style for record perhaps" , "Music style" , "Type of music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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