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Music of the United Kingdom began to develop in the 1950s; from largely insular and derivative forms to become one of the leading centres of popular music in the modern world. By 1950 indigenous forms of British popular music, including folk music, brass and silver bands, music hall and dance bands, were already giving way to the influence of ...
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The music scene of the Mods was a mix of modern jazz, R&B, psychedelic rock and soul. [61] Terry Rawlings wrote that mods became "dedicated to R&B and their own dances." [ 11 ] Black American servicemen, stationed in Britain during the early part of the Cold War , brought over R&B and soul records that were unavailable in Britain, and they ...
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Enjoy these classic tunes from our favorite 1950s musical movies. From ‘Damn Yankees’ to ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ we love these films!
14 January – Ralph Vaughan Williams's Sinfonia antartica is given its first performance in Manchester. [1]3 February – Contralto Kathleen Ferrier, suffering from terminal cancer (unknown to the public), gives a critically acclaimed performance on the first night of a new English-language production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
During the 1950s European popular music give way to the influence of American forms of music including jazz, swing and traditional pop, mediated through film and records. The significant change of the mid-1950s was the impact of American rock and roll , which provided a new model for performance and recording, based on a youth market.
It becomes the longest-running musical in British theatre history until overtaken by Oliver! in 1960. 14 September – Benjamin Britten conducts the premiere of his opera The Turn of the Screw at Teatro La Fenice, Venice. [3]