Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bluebeat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blue-beat
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Reggae music came to the UK shores as bluebeat and later through names like ska and rocksteady."
"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."
"There we could all dance, or in my case tap my feet the night away to OUR music: ska, bluebeat and motown."
"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."
"West Indian youngsters, marooned in this cultural maelstrom and kicking their heels in inner-city estates, took refuge in their musical roots: ska, bluebeat 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.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

blue-beat (alternative) blue beat (alternative)

Questions

What does bluebeat mean?: Any of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae.
Where does bluebeat come from?: 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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