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Jay & The Americans; The Ames Brothers [1]; The Andrews Sisters; Dave Appell & the Applejacks; Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes; The Bell Notes; Bill Haley & His Comets
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. Notable jazz artists of the time include Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, and Chet Baker. [9]
Billboard number-one singles charts preceding the Billboard Hot 100 were updated weekly by Billboard magazine and the leading indicator of popular music for the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
Gold/Platinum certifications issued after 2016, especially on singles, are in some cases more than 50% streaming generated. Some of the 20th century artists can also have significant amount of streaming based certifications. The certified units of the newer artists may sometimes be higher than their listed claimed figures.
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.
Jan Savitt (1907-1948) (Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters, the Jan Savitt String Orchestra, Jan Savitt & His Orchestra) Maria Schneider (born 1960) (Maria Schneider Orchestra) Vic Schoen (1916-2000) (The Vic Schoen Orchestra) Raymond Scott (1908-1994) Ben Selvin (1898–1980) Brian Setzer (born 1959) (The Brian Setzer Orchestra) Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
ZZ Top. That li’l old band from Texas, ZZ Top, formed in 1969 and never had a single lineup change – it was always guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard, who ...
For a list of psychobilly musicians, see list of psychobilly bands This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .