bluebeat

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.

bluebeat means any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

Any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae.“Reggae music came to the UK shores as bluebeat and later through names like ska and rocksteady.”