Bluebeat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bluebeat is a noun meaning Any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae.
Meaning
Any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae.
Example Sentences
Reggae music came to the UK shores as bluebeat and later through names like ska and rocksteady.
There we could all dance, or in my case tap my feet the night away to OUR music: ska, bluebeat and motown.
Chris returned with a trunk full of bluebeat 45s that sold out in days. On his next trip he decided to learn more about the Jamaican music business.
Bluebeat and ska from a boombox on the pavement. A suedehead dancing a delirious, inebriated moonstomp with a girl who looked like a solicitor's apprentice.
Word Forms
- blue-beat
- blue beat
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mento, swingbeat, breakbeat, quelbe, bashment, ringbang.
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