The Beat Hands Off Shes Mine Top Pop

The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are a band founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Its music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock. The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), and Saxa Lionel Augustus Martin (saxophone), released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can t Stop It (1980), Wha ppen (1981) a