Ska gained international appeal through several waves that took the music from Jamaica to Britain and the United States. The first of these international waves started in London in the early 1960s with Jamaican-born artists such as Millie Small, who had a hit with βMy Boy Lollipop.β In the 1970s ska influenced British punk and pop groups such as the Specials and Madness; the latter band helped introduce ska to the United States in the 1980s. The following decade several popular American groups incorporated ska into their sound; these included No Doubt and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
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