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As the decade progressed, the style was picked up by Floyd Tillman and Hank Williams, and by the end of the 1940s was the predominant style in country music. Hank Williams. Williams, a Butler County, Alabama native, began earning a reputation as both a songwriter and a performing artist. Using traditional honky-tonk themes, Williams grew to ...
1940 in country music. 1 language. Deutsch; ... This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1940. ... 17 total weeks, sold over ...
1956 in country music, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton emerge, resurrect traditional country music after the influx of rock and roll threatens the heart of country music. 1957 in country music, Rock-flavored acts — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson — dominate charts; Patsy Cline debuts on the charts.
Trinidadian calypso, Argentinian tango and Dominican merengue and other styles influenced American popular music. Hawaiian music (especially slack-key guitar) enjoyed an early vogue in the 1910s, influencing the developing genre of country music (this is the source of the steel guitar sound that is characteristic of modern country).
During the mid-1950s a new style of country music became popular, eventually to be referred to as rockabilly. [66] Bill Haley & His Comets in 1956 . In 1953, the first all-country radio station was established in Lubbock, Texas. [67] The music of the 1960s and 1970s targeted the American working class, and truckers in particular.
1940s in music by country (14 C) / Music festivals established in the 1940s (8 C) 0–9. 1940 in music (12 C, 5 P) 1941 in music (12 C, 6 P) 1942 in music (13 C, 8 P)
The honky-tonk style of the 1940s and 1950s was overtaken in the 1960s by the "Nashville Sound", a smoother style with a broader appeal. [12] [13] In the 1970s, the country-pop style increasingly enabled country artists to achieve success on the pop music charts, [14] [15] and in more recent decades, some of the most successful songs have ...
US BB 1940 #12, US #2 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks 13: Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Vocal Ray Eberle) "Blueberry Hill" [15] Bluebird 10768: June 13, 1940 () July 1940 () US BB 1940 #13, US #2 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks 14: Will Bradley and His Orchestra: Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar: Columbia 35530: May 21, 1940 ()