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rock' stead'y




the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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