Bluebeat
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae. uncountable
"Reggae music came to the UK shores as bluebeat and later through names like ska and rocksteady."
Example
More examples"Reggae music came to the UK shores as bluebeat and later through names like ska and rocksteady."
Etymology
From blue + beat, named after Blue Beat Records, a London record label that released Jamaican R&B and ska in the 1960s. The label was named after the blues genre.
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