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Artist: The Crystalites Title: Bag-a-Wire Label: Explosion by Crystal Records Jamaica Country: Jamaica Catalogue: EX 2005 Date: December, 1969 Format (original): vinyl disc, 7" Composer: Derrick Clinton Harriott Producer: Derrick Clinton Harriott Track: B All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorized public performance broadcasting and copying of this record prohibited. B&C Music 1969 "Ska (pronounced /ˈskɑː/, Jamaican [skja]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.[1] Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods. Later it became popular with many skinheads. Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s (First Wave), the English 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s (Second Wave) and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s (Third Wave) and rose to popularity in the US in the 1990s. Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor to ska, and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals and The Paragons. The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that ...