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Beat music British beat or Merseybeat (for bands from Liverpool and nearby areas beside the River Mersey) is a pop and rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll (mainly Chuck Berry guitar style and the midtempo beat of Lubbock sound artist like Buddy Holly) doo-wop skiffle and R&B.

derivative
Psychedelic rock, Britpop, Garage rock, Power pop, Yé-yé, Group Sounds, Thai pop music, Pop punk, Wong shadow
instrument
Bass guitar, Drum kit, Guitar, Harmonica, Electronic keyboard, Singing
music subgenre
Freakbeat
stylistic origin
Celtic music, Pop music, Rhythm and blues, British rock and roll, Doo-wop, Skiffle, Lubbock sound

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