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The Blue BeatsBlue Beat Records Blue Beat Records English record label that released Jamaican R&B and ska music Blue Beat Records is an English record label that released Jamaican rhythm and blues (R&B) and ska music in the 1960s and later decades. Its reputation led to the use of the word bluebeat as a generic term to describe all styles of early Jamaican pop music, including music by artists not associated with the record label. History The Blue Beat label was founded in 1960,[1] in London, as an imprint of Emil E. Shalit's Melodisc Records.[2][3] Melodisc, which was founded in London in 1947, specialised in releasing calypso and mento and imported American jazz music. The Blue Beat label focused on American-influenced Jamaican… (Source: Wikipedia)
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