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Recording of Pop Music
The term “pop song” is first recorded as being used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music “having popular appeal ”Pop is short for popular, and it’s remained the defining term for the ever-changing music favoured by the public. -
Frank Sinatra and Other Musicians
With that, music had the chance to be much more widely heard.The first major pop stars as such were the crooners of the 1930s and ’40s. Bing Crosby sold millions of records, as did Frank Sinatra (arguably the first modern pop star, with screaming teenage female fans – the bobby soxers), and in Britain, Al Bowley -
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History of Pop Music
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The first music charts were recorded
curiously, pop music charts as such didn’t exist until 1952, when the first Top Twenty was recorded. -
The beatles
"...The beatles influenced a generation.." actually maybe even more than one. They were especially POPular in Britain and America. -
Boy Bands Era
The 1990s was the time of boy bands, perhaps the ultimate in manufactured acts. A group of young male singers was assembled for their looks, given catchy songs and arrangements and pushed to fame. It happened to East 17 and, most memorably, Take That. America saw how it worked and gave the world the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync, and for a few years it worked very well, selling millions of records. -
New types of pop
Since the year 2000 there’s been a dearth of major new stars, relying mostly on established talent. Several younger artists have come and gone, and new styles have briefly emerged, but nothing appears to have gained a major foothold besides modern R&B, which owes little to its soulful predecessor, but a lot to hip-hop – which itself has become a pop style. -
Micheal Jackson Dies
Great Star Micheal Jackson dies. He was a great influence on pop. -
Music in the future
We predict that in the future music will be even more amazing, but one thing that will be cool is that you will have a radio/ipod that you can fold up and take it with you in your pocket, when you open it up you just give your handprint and its connected to your brain and you decide what song/artist you want with your mind.
