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Frankie Laine (at piano) and Patti Page, c. 1950 Harry Belafonte, 1954 This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and musicians of the 1950s . Musicians
Many notable bands originally went by different names before becoming successful. [1] This list of original names of bands lists former official band names, some of them are significantly different from the eventual current names. This list does not include former band names that have only minor differences, such as stylisation changes, with ...
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.
Mexican artists of the time were Lucha Reyes, María Luisa Landín, Fernando Fernández, and Luis Pérez Meza in the 1940s. In 1948 Perez Prado recorded the first Mambo in Mexico for RCA Victor; Genoveva Jimenez was a famous Latin American musician during the late 1940s. Agustin Lara Consuelo Velázquez with Pedro Vargas
Fans loved the smooth sounds of jazz and catchy doo-opp tunes of the 1950s. This list includes the biggest artists of the time, from Elvis to Nina Simone. 30 Best Songs That Are Classically 1950s
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.
Pages in category "Musical groups established in the 1950s" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The band Chicago was founded in 1967, and the number of members who have come and gone through their ranks is staggering. The only remaining original members are keyboard player Robert Lamm ...