POP+MUSIC

POP MUSIC/Rock and Roll

First of all, pop songs were being written since at least the 1900's. Also, pop tends to do with rock and roll and with main popular music. Rock and roll became extremely popular in 1955. During that time, rock and roll artists were; Little Richard, Chuck Barry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Carl Perkins. There were lots of different reasons why these amazing acts ended by 1959. For example, Elvis went to the army, Jerry's career ended for marrying his 13 year old cousin, Little Richard was said to have “met Jesus”, and Chuck Berry got arrested for taking a minor across state borders. Next, became the new rock era, “pop”. This time it was female artists who made history, such as; The Shirelles, The Ronettes, and The Crystals. This music actually wasn’t really known as rock and roll. It was music written by professional songwriters, put together by professional producers, arranged by professional arrangers, performed by professional musicians, and danced and sang by 3 or 4 teenagers. The main point why people did that was because it was “safer” than rock and roll. Also, it expressed love and romance, unlike rock and roll. After that era, rock made another comeback in 1963 when the The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Kinks, and Led Zeplin hit the stage. Though after all this, pop still remained an important genre of music. To explain, The Motown Record Company, a very famous record company, still remained mostly in the pop business. Then, African Americans started some pop groups too, such as The Jackson 5 and The Supremes. In the 70's new artists arose, such as; Joni Mitchell, Carole King, James Taylor, and Neil Young. Soon after came Elton John and Billie Joel. Their music was not rock and roll, but had been loved by many audiences. After that, came artists like Marie and Donny Osmond. Then came a huge act, Abba. This music differed from rock because the artists didn’t sing rocky lyrics, they sang about love, devotion, ect, so it was mostly pop. Today, pop is a huge factor on our billboards, and appeals to a great number of audiances.

 Little Richard + Elvis Presley

FUN FACTS ABOUT POP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pop songs were first recorded in 1926 Pop music was used as an aim to appeal to the general audience Pop music was mostly recorded instead of being heard at live concerts Dancing also came along with pop music Lots of other music genres influenced pop music Such as in the 1920's, jazz music’s blues. In the 70's, 80's, and 90s' disco, acid rock, dance, and techno influenced pop ! Though the biggest impact on pop music, was rap. . . !﻿ media type="youtube" key="IgfKbmj8DZg?rel=0" height="349" width="425"Elton John + Billie Joel

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