History of Ska

The Ska music genre originated in jamaica in the late 1950 's . And was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements Caribbean mento calypso with american jazz and rhythm blues. In the early 1960 's it was the dominant music genre of jamaica and was popular british mods. Later it became popular with skinheads.
Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s (First Wave), the English two 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.