beat music
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popular music genre, influenced by rock and roll, skiffle, traditional pop music; developed in the UK early 1960s
Key facts
- Stylistic origins
- Rock and roll rhythm and blues rockabilly skiffle traditional pop Brill Building doo-wop
- Cultural origins
- Late 1950s – early 1960s, United Kingdom
- Derivative forms
- Garage rock psychedelic rock folk rock
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Encyclopedic overview
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed around Liverpool in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from British and American rock and roll, rhythm and blues, skiffle, traditional pop, and music hall. It rose to mainstream popularity in the United Kingdom and Europe by 1963 before spreading to North America in 1964 with the British Invasion. The beat style shaped popular music and youth culture through 1960s movements such as garage rock, folk rock and psychedelic music.
Origin
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