Pop Music Timeline
THE DEVELOPMENT OF POPULAR MUSIC
Pop Music 1950-2000 Timeline
This essay is aimed to portray a music timeline.
In this essay i am going to discuss how pop music has developed from the 1950’s through to the early 2000’s. Upon reading this essay, you will notice that there is a significant link between music and society, this being related to marketing and audiences, and also focusing on controversy and dispute relating to sexual acts and various slip-ups among the most successful and famous pop/rock stars.
Over the years we have experienced vast changes in popular music (Pop) from the days of
1950s rock and roll were we experienced bands like the Beatles at the fore front of Pop music to
Synth Pop and more recently Indie Rock however now in …show more content…
Staying in
1957, the Quarrymen then performed their first public performance, which did not go successfully which then failed to impress their promoter Carroll Levis.
The 1950’s were also responsible for the formation and birth of the Beatles. The 4 members of the group, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison would soon become the most iconic and successful band/group in music history. However, most of the lyrics were written by Lennon and McCartney. The Beatles would then go on to dominate the 60’s and
70’s. The 50’s were not just famous for having iconic musicians, it was also famous for creating them too, this is due to the fact that both Michael Jackson and Madonna were both born in the
50’s. Jackson in 1958 and Madonna also being born in 1958.
On the subject of Elvis, there was a lot of speculation around him and his ‘sexual actions’.
1960
Before you knew it, the 60’s came around, Pop became more revolved around a more alternative style rather than rock and roll. On top of that, they came filled with the small bands that then made it huge, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. Despite all of these young talents, …show more content…
the most notable change to music was that vinyl was to be replaced with CD’s, there was also the fact that hip hop, rap and techno pop were all starting to emerge and become a significant force in the music industry. music began to move from punk, to new wave, to new romantic to then finish on stadium rock and pop. The 80’s were also responsible for commercialised music garbage, with MTV being launched in 1981, MTV would soon have a massive impact on how music would be sold and promoted, and also be responsible for changing the image of pop stars and getting the inside scoop on things nobody really cares about, and to elaborate on that, many tv producers and manufacturers were using hit songs and attractive performers to manipulate buying into purchasing products.
MTV was named ‘illustrated radio’ and it basically was accused of prioritising image over music.
Daryl Hall stated that ‘the visual has begun to overpower the music.’ However, the ironic thing was that music videos revived the music industry that was in decline in 1979 when revenues dropped 10%. During the 80’s there was an increase in dance clubs everywhere, people
Pop Music 1950-2000 Timeline
This essay is aimed to portray a music timeline.
In this essay i am going to discuss how pop music has developed from the 1950’s through to the early 2000’s. Upon reading this essay, you will notice that there is a significant link between music and society, this being related to marketing and audiences, and also focusing on controversy and dispute relating to sexual acts and various slip-ups among the most successful and famous pop/rock stars.
Over the years we have experienced vast changes in popular music (Pop) from the days of
1950s rock and roll were we experienced bands like the Beatles at the fore front of Pop music to
Synth Pop and more recently Indie Rock however now in …show more content…
Staying in
1957, the Quarrymen then performed their first public performance, which did not go successfully which then failed to impress their promoter Carroll Levis.
The 1950’s were also responsible for the formation and birth of the Beatles. The 4 members of the group, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison would soon become the most iconic and successful band/group in music history. However, most of the lyrics were written by Lennon and McCartney. The Beatles would then go on to dominate the 60’s and
70’s. The 50’s were not just famous for having iconic musicians, it was also famous for creating them too, this is due to the fact that both Michael Jackson and Madonna were both born in the
50’s. Jackson in 1958 and Madonna also being born in 1958.
On the subject of Elvis, there was a lot of speculation around him and his ‘sexual actions’.
1960
Before you knew it, the 60’s came around, Pop became more revolved around a more alternative style rather than rock and roll. On top of that, they came filled with the small bands that then made it huge, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. Despite all of these young talents, …show more content…
the most notable change to music was that vinyl was to be replaced with CD’s, there was also the fact that hip hop, rap and techno pop were all starting to emerge and become a significant force in the music industry. music began to move from punk, to new wave, to new romantic to then finish on stadium rock and pop. The 80’s were also responsible for commercialised music garbage, with MTV being launched in 1981, MTV would soon have a massive impact on how music would be sold and promoted, and also be responsible for changing the image of pop stars and getting the inside scoop on things nobody really cares about, and to elaborate on that, many tv producers and manufacturers were using hit songs and attractive performers to manipulate buying into purchasing products.
MTV was named ‘illustrated radio’ and it basically was accused of prioritising image over music.
Daryl Hall stated that ‘the visual has begun to overpower the music.’ However, the ironic thing was that music videos revived the music industry that was in decline in 1979 when revenues dropped 10%. During the 80’s there was an increase in dance clubs everywhere, people