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Aug 9, 2021 · Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come: The Anthology '64-'74 (1964-1974/2005) Because so much early ska was a singles game, compilations are the best introduction to many of the genre ...
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Mar 16, 2021 · First wave Ska grew in popularity and soon became the dominant genre of music in Jamaica during the 60s, however rock-steady and reggae would form and go on to overtake it on the charts. Ska eventually would fade from popularity but pop up somewhere else entirely.
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- The beginning of ska music was in the late 1950s, when sounds from different cultures started to be combined together and developed into something new.
- The second wave of Ska was a revival of sorts, as the first wave had started to lose peoples interest. Instead, pop and rock music were becoming much more popular.
- The third wave of ska happened in the late 1980s, and become very popular in the mid 1990s. Around this time is also when the idea of ‘waves’ of ska was coined.
It was developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Stranger Cole, Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm and blues and then began recording their own songs. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods and with many skinheads.
Jun 7, 2021 · Last updated: Jun 7, 2021 • 3 min read. Ska music serves as a bridge between 1960s Jamaican music, 1970s British dance music, and 1990s American punk music. It does this by fusing many musical influences to create a genre unique unto itself.
