20th Century Popular Music

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20th Century Popular Music

• What You Need To Know About How Our Music
  Developed

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1920s

• Crooners
• Example Bing Crosby
• Technology
• Phonograph
• Microphone

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1930s

• Ragtime
• Pianos being used in homes
• European background
• Blues
• Improvisation
• African American heritage

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1940s

• Jazz
• Blues similarities, but different feel
• More upbeat than people think
• Swing
• Paul Whiteman Orchestra
• Rhythm section with more traditional intruments

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1950s

• Rock n Roll
• Guitar begins to grow in importance
• Rhythm sections
• Elvis Presley
• King of Rock n Roll

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1960s

• British Invasion
• The Beatles
• The Rolling Stones
• Guitar Heroes
• Jimi Hendrix
• Led Zepplin

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1970s

• Disco
• New dances with the music
• Not popular very long
• Barry White
• Mixes disco synthetics with live orchestra

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1980s

• Long-lasting era
• Michael Jackson
• REM
• Bruce Springsteen
• New Age
• Synthetic music that comes and goes quickly

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1990s

• Our Time Period
• Who are some bands you remember?
• Madonna
• Changed the way music was marketed
• Pushed the envelope of visual music

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Additional Resources

• A history of popular music
• Find out more about different styles here