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  2. 1940s in music - Wikipedia

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    This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 1940s. In the developed world, swing, big band, jazz, Latin and country music dominated and defined the decade's music. After World War II, the big band sounds of the earlier part of the decade had been gradually replaced by crooners and vocal pop.

  3. List of 1950s musical artists - Wikipedia

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    1950s; 1940s; 1930s; 1920s; 1910s; 1900s; ... Early history; List of popular music genres ... This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and ...

  4. Music history of the United States in the 1950s - Wikipedia

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    Popular music, or "classic pop," dominated the charts for the first half of the 1950s.Vocal-driven classic pop replaced Big Band/Swing at the end of World War II, although it often used orchestras to back the vocalists. 1940s style Crooners vied with a new generation of big voiced singers, many drawing on Italian bel canto traditions.

  5. Category:Musical groups established in the 1940s - Wikipedia

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    1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; ... Pages in category "Musical groups established in the 1940s" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 404th Armed Service ...

  6. Rock music - Wikipedia

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    The foundations of rock music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to much of the rest of the world. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various black musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music, with country and western. [27]

  7. Green (band) - Wikipedia

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    The group was started by Jeff Lescher (guitar and vocals), John Diamond (bass and backing vocals), and John Valley (drums). This lineup recorded the 1984 four-song EP The Name of This Group Is Green and the group's 1986 self-titled debut album, which featured 14 songs, including re-recordings of all four songs from the earlier EP.

  8. 1950s in music - Wikipedia

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    The birth of soul music occurred during the 1950s, and the genre would come to dominate the US R&B charts by the early 1960s. Soul artists of the 1950s include Sam Cooke and James Brown. [8] Jazz music was revolutionized during the 1950s with the rise of bebop, hard bop, modal jazz, and cool jazz.

  9. The Green (band) - Wikipedia

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    The Green is a reggae band formed in 2009 from Oahu, Hawaii. [1] Their sound blends dub-heavy roots reggae , smooth lovers' rock , and contemporary pop and rock with indigenous Hawaiian musical/lyrical references. [ 2 ]