Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae.

Origin

From blue + beat, named after Blue Beat Records, a London record label that released Jamai

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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