[Ads-l] Further Slight Antedating of "Ska"

[Shapiro, Fred]

ska (OED 17 Mar. 1964)

1964 Daily Herald (London) 22 Feb. 4/1 (Newspapers.com)

When I started recording the music it was called Jamaican Blues. ... Later it became Ska-blues, because the rhythm got more of an edge and went ska-ska.

Fred Shapiro



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