Earl Palmer, 83, American rhythm and blues drummer, after long illness.

Johnny Ace (1929-1954) is an American rhythm and blues singer.

Oliver Morgan, 74, American rhythm & blues vocalist, heart attack.

It is the friction caused by various elements rubbing against one another that creates the special American rhythm.

In the late 1960s reggae emerged as a reinterpretation of American rhythm and blues.

I've learned much better how to follow American sound and American rhythm.

The Falcons were an American rhythm and blues vocal group, some of whose members went on to be influential in soul music.

Heavily influenced by American rhythm and blues, they later evolved into a psychedelic acts before disbanding in 1969.

"Our rhythms are the same as American rhythms but our way of stomping is different."

String players knocked percussive Latin American rhythms on their instruments.