Although they were based in the south of England, their music was an amalgam of Southern Italian folk songs and disco and salsa beats.

I'll just tap a salsa beat when the banjo starts plucking.

One fire truck tooted its horn to a salsa beat, and spectators picked up the rhythm with their claps and whistles.

Beginning their dance to the one-two-three salsa beat but hardly looking at each other, the couples instead fixed their attention on one of the men, their leader.

Yesterday afternoon, Ms. Machuca watched the girls dance in the street to a salsa beat.

Gabriel slammed the book shut, his mouth dry, his heart doing a salsa beat.

Its heart has the ebullient salsa beat.

The music has a danceable salsa beat and includes an uncharacteristic one-note guitar solo played by Pete Townshend.

Ms. Brooke-Hitching pats her softly on the shoulder as she steps outside into the ceaseless salsa beat of the barrio.

It's the place to go if you can't help shaking to the 'uno dos tres' of the salsa beat.