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Preferred spelling is The Rimshots. .

The Rimshots were an American funk and disco band popular in the late 1970s. The group started out as the house band for the labels All Platinum Records and in particular, Stang Records early in the 1970s. The (then nameless) rhythm section recorded for the entire stable of artists signed to the company (including Hank Ballard, Donnie Elbert, Shirley & Company, Chuck Jackson, Brook Benton, Solomon Burke, Brother to Brother, Eleanor Mills, The Moments, Etta James, and others who were never released). From 1972 to 1976, this studio band recorded over fifty house projects for Platinum-Chess Records. They were super-tight...