These two young rhythm-and-blues singers have figured out which roles suit them best.

He also toured with the rhythm-and-blues singer Jackie Lee.

These days, the come-on of choice for rhythm-and-blues singers is a heated whisper.

He said he wound up staying at the home of an Icelandic rhythm-and-blues singer.

As each singer commanded the stage, it was obvious where current rhythm-and-blues singers learned how to woo audiences.

He also differed from contemporaries because of his early experience of playing for rhythm-and-blues singers.

Mr. Parker's mother, a former jazz and rhythm-and-blues singer, nurtured his interest in music.

But a rhythm-and-blues singer, at least when I was coming up, was typecast, much like an actor.

The rhythm-and-blues singer and composer was left paralyzed in 1990 when a lighting tower blew over during a concert in Brooklyn.

She talked honestly about how rhythm-and-blues singers used to find jazz vocalists so intimidating that they kept their distance from one other.