| RANDB | Short for rhythm and blues (1,3,1) |
| MUSIC | Rhythm and blues, for example |
| RHUMB | Line from Pooh composition bridging rhythm and blues (5) |
| ANITA | Rhythm-and-blues singer Baker |
| DELLA | Reese in the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame |
| ELVIS | Which singer has been inducted into five Halls of Fame: Rock & Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and Rhythm & Blues? (5,7) |
| ROCKANDROLL | Blend of rhythm-and-blues and country-and-western music (4,3,4) |
| ATLANTIC | Great independent record label of the 50s and 60s in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul and rock |
| VERBS | Rock and roll, but not rhythm and blues |
| RAGBAG | Rhythm and Blues both have silver odds and sods (6) |
| FAME | Georgie _; English rhythm and blues and jazz singer (4) |
| FATS | -- Domino, US rhythm-and-blues pianist and singer (4) |
| DOYOUBELIEVEINMAGIC | 1965 hit for part-canadian band The Lovin' Spoonful that goes "If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues...": 5 wds. |
| FATSDOMINO | US rhythm-and-blues pianist and singer whose biggest UK hit was 1956's 'Blueberry Hill' (4,6) |
| BLUES | Rhythm and __ (music genre) |
| TEMPO | Rhythm and metre poet worked out (5) |
| STRUM | Brush with rhythm and melody (5) |
| ERA | The time of rhythm and blues music, e.g |
| REVERB | Echo in music, possibly in rhythm and blues |
| OTIS | "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues" Johnny ___ |
