[nickcarraway]

Ska was a Jamaican music from 1960's. It was influenced by U.S. popular and jazz music as the 50s, as well as Mento, a Jamaican folk music, related to Calypso.

If you ever saw the James Bond movie Dr. No, some of the music was by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires , and it's kind of between Mento and Ska. Kingston Kalypso - Three Blind Mice from 007 Dr.No

Also, Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker had a top ten hit in the U.S. in 1969: Desmond Dekker- "Israelites" 1969 [The Old Testament is a common them in Jamaican music]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for the background and links! I was never partial to Jamaican music.