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In 1970, rock musician Ringo Starr surprised the public by releasing an album of Songbook songs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Sentimental Journey.Reviews were mostly poor or even disdainful, [25] but the album reached number 22 on the US Billboard 200 [26] and number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, [27] with sales of 500,000.
Adelina García begins recording and performing on the radio, soon becoming the most popular American singer of the Mexican bolero song. [117] Lawrence Welk records his first polka; his earlier recordings had little German influence, but by the early 1950s, he will become known for polkas and other German-influenced pop music. [13] [400]
American popular music (also referred to as "American Pop") is popular music produced in the United States and is a part of American pop culture. Distinctive styles of American popular music emerged early in the 19th century, and in the 20th century the American music industry developed a series of new forms of music, using elements of blues ...
Hundreds of voters, who included elected officials, people from the music industry and from the media, teachers, and students, were asked in 2001 by the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) and the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) to choose the top 365 songs (not necessarily by Americans) of the 20th century with historical ...
Top Popular Recordings 1920 [ edit ] The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the " Discography of American Historical Recordings " website during 1920: [ 3 ] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
John Lomax publishes a collection of cowboy songs, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, a ground-breaking publication that launched his career; [243] he is shortly afterwards elected president of the American Folklore Society. [244] This collection is the first of American folk songs to be printed with the music. [135]
The song is arguably the most recorded popular song, and one of the top jazz standards. Billboard magazine conducted a poll of leading disk jockeys in 1955 on the "popular song record of all time"; four different renditions of "Stardust" made it to the list, including Glenn Miller's (1941) at third place and Artie Shaw's (1940) at number one. [127]
1920s song stubs (123 P) Pages in category "1920s songs" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.