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Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1970, 10 different albums topped the chart, which was at the time published under the title Top Country LP's, based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of stores nationwide. [1]
Along with disco, funk was one of the most popular genres of music in the 1970s. Primarily an African-American genre, it was characterized by the heavy use of bass and "wah-wah" pedals. Rhythm was emphasized over melody. Artists such as James Brown, The Meters, Parliament-Funkadelic and Sly and the Family Stone pioneered the genre.
African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture. Its origins are in musical forms that developed as a result of the enslavement of African Americans prior to the American Civil War .
Two years after appearing on the CMT documentary Waiting in the Wings: African-Americans in Country Music, Rissi Palmer seemed poised for a breakout. Her debut album created some buzz, and her ...
By the mid-1950s, rhythm and blues was transitioning from its blues and big band-based jazz origins toward the musical forms that would be known more broadly as rock music. [2] [nb 2] This trend was expedited by the exposure of young white listeners and musicians to African-American music played by ambitious disc jockeys on radio stations in the Northern United States. [2]
2021 in country music, Deaths of Ed Bruce, Jamie O'Hara of The O'Kanes, Misty Morgan of Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan, B. J. Thomas, Tom T. Hall, Don Everly of The Everly Brothers and Stonewall Jackson; Taylor Swift begins to re-release her country albums and her re-recorded version of "Love Story" returned to number one on the country charts.
The sound quality of African-American music distinguishes itself because of its African sentiments that are foreign to Western patterns. [56] Maultsby describes how in Africa and the black diaspora, black musicians have managed to cultivate an array of unique sounds that imitate nature, animals, spirits, and speech into their music. [55]
Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month. It's an opportunity to highlight the contributions of Black artists ...