History of the musical genre

Pop

 

A term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular”.The genre popular music originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll.The term "pop song" is first recorded as being used in 1926According to Grove Music Online, the term "pop music" "originated in Britain in the mid-1950s as a description for rock and roll and the new youth music styles that it influencedChambers Dictionary mentions the contemporary usage of the term "pop art"Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the special meaning of non-classical music.Some of the most well known names in history such as; The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Therolling Stones, ABBA etc…

 

Origins Of Pop Music

Pop music, which accounts for the majority of the music onto days charts, is an a genre which includes a mix of many different styles of music which vary from jazz to country; rock and roll to rap; be-bop to hip-hop. Sheet music was a big thing with pop music, as it literally written song notes, which would get families together and then played on an instrument.Publishers of sheet music set up companies to meet the demand of those desiring their products, and would often scout out new composers and have their music made available in printed form for sale.

 

Features Of Pop Music

The most significant feature of the pop music industry of the late18th and early 19th centuries was the extent of its focus on the commodity form of sheet music “Pop music is generally described as very commercial friendly, marketable and memorable, with either vocals, lyrics, instruments, or a combination of all three creating catchy choruses or verses. The goal is to automatically create visual content in responses to the feature extracted from the music. To give a visually coherent representation of the sound.

 

 

50's

Elvis Presley emerges as one of the worlds first rock stars. With so many hit songs, he was referred to as the king of rock n roll. He is one of the best-selling solo artist in the history of popular music.

 

60's

American country singer Patsy Cline becomes a mainstream pop music hit. Cline was the first female vocalist who adapted to the change and became a successful pop singer.

 

70's

 

Michael Jacksons first solo hit "Ben" reaches No. 1"Ben" is a number-one hit song recorded by the teenager Michael Jackson for the Mo town label in1972. The song, theme of a 1972 film of the same name, spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop chart.

 

80's

 

The red hot chilli peppers were formed.1983: Michael Jackson popularizes the moonwalk. The moonwalk or back slide is a dance technique that presents the illusion that the dancer is stepping forward while actually moving backward.

 

90's

Various famous groups made pop music more popular Grunge rock was formed in Seattle, Backstreet Boys and Black street were formed, the movie "Titanic" and the song "My Heart Will Go On," became popular.