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Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...
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.
Timeline of music in the United States; To 1819; 1820–1849; 1850–1879; 1880–1919; 1920–1949; 1950–1969; 1970–present; Music history of the United States; Colonial era – to the Civil War – During the Civil War – Late 19th century – 1900–1940 – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s
A defining aspect of theatre of the 1920s was the development of jazz. [1] Jazz was credited with being the "first distinctively American art form to disseminate US culture, style, and modernity across the globe". [1] Jazz's spread across the globe also applied to American lives and art forms.
The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork for the rock and roll songs of the 1960s and the rebellious tunes of the 1970s. ... The catchy 1958 hit “Yakety Yak” was performed ...
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; ... Pages in category "1950s in American music" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 ...
Category: 1920 plays. 14 languages. ... 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s Pages in category "1920 plays" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 ...
The song was meant to serve as a warning regarding the state of race relations and the tempest growing in America's inner cities. Soul music carried over into the early part of the 70s, in many ways taking over from folk music as one of the strongest voices of protest in American music, the most important of which being Marvin Gaye's 1971 ...