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Jay & The Americans; The Ames Brothers [1]; The Andrews Sisters; Dave Appell & the Applejacks; Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes; The Bell Notes; Bill Haley & His Comets
Baby Washington; B.B. King; B. Bumble and the Stingers; Bachdenkel; The Bachelors; Badfinger; The Balloon Farm; The Band; A Band of Angels; Band of Joy; Bangor Flying ...
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (/ ˌ f r æ ŋ k oʊ ˈ n ɪər oʊ / FRANG-koh-NEER-oh; [3] born December 12, 1937), known as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
On top of all that, famous Black female singers from the 50s were hit with a double dose of discrimination, facing increased judgment for both their race and their gender.
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During ...
Ray Price, traditional country star of the '50s and '60s, who experienced pop success in the '70s and '80s; Charley Pride, the first black country music star in the 1970s and early 1980s. Best known for "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'." Jeanne Pruett, female vocalist of the 70s, best known for the song "Satin Sheets"
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.
All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-736-6. Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. ISBN 0-8135-1280-8. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray.