bluebeat
/ˈbluːbiːt/
noun
- A style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the 1960s, combining American rhythm and blues with Jamaican mento and calypso; a precursor to ska and reggae.
- The dance hall was filled with the lively sound of bluebeat music.
- My grandfather loves listening to bluebeat records from the 1960s.
- Many historians consider bluebeat an important step in the development of reggae.