Ska is a form of Jamaican music which began in the late
1950s. Combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American jazz
and rhythm and blues sound, it was a precursor in Jamaica to rocksteady and later reggae. It is the predominant form of music listened to
by the Rudeboy, Mod, and Skinhead movements, amongst others, with artists such
as Symarip, Laurel Aitken, The Charmers and The Pioneers aiming songs at these
groups as far back as the 1960s.
Musical historians typically divide the history of ska into three waves.
Ska's popularity has waxed and waned since its original inception, and has had
revivals of note in England in the 1980s and another wave of popularity in the
1990s.
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