Rhythm & Blues was a tag team composed of The Honky Tonk Man and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine[2] in the World Wrestling Federation from 1989 to 1991 and later on in the independent circuit for a short run.

[4] After the loss Honky Tonk Man and Valentine focused on singles feuds with "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and ”Rugged” Ronnie Garvin respectively.

After the Fabulous Rougeaus left the WWF, Jimmy Hart reunited the Hammer and the Honky Tonk Man, gave them the team name “Rhythm and Blues,” and made changes to Greg Valentine’s appearance.

In an interview for World Wrestling Insanity, the Honky Tonk Man states the team name was a suggestion made by Rick Rude.

Announcer Sean Mooney said that since Honky Tonk Man was like Elvis, Greg Valentine was more like mashup between Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash.