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The classic '50s and '60s-style strain of Early Pop/Rock morphed into AM pop, pop/rock, and soft rock by the mid-'70s, but it continued to dominate good-time oldies radio formats for decades afterward.
- Early Pop/Rock Music Songs
Early Pop/Rock emerged in the late '50s, as the initial rock...
- Early Pop/Rock Music Songs
Feb 8, 2022 · From the 1950s through the 1990s, popular music was dominated by forms of rock 'n' roll. This popular rock music genre was abbreviated to "pop rock."
- James Brown, “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” (1970) The Seventies was quite possibly the Western world's sexiest decade. The post-birth control and pre-AIDS window of opportunity saw the Sixties' utopian fantasies elaborated into hitherto unimagined new possibilities.
- Jackson 5, “I’ll Be There” (1970) When the Jacksons followed their 1969 debut "I Want You Back" with the equally high-energy delights "ABC" and "The Love You Save," their ebullience seemed boundless, a new font of Motown optimism for a new decade.
- George Harrison, “My Sweet Lord” (1970) After the Beatles anointed the first half of 1970 with the sweetly spiritual "Let It Be," George Harrison aimed for the heavens in December with "My Sweet Lord."
- Derek and the Dominoes, “Layla” (1970) For much of the Sixties, guitar hero Eric Clapton hopped from supergroup to supergroup, but he inaugurated a new decade by rediscovering the blues and assembling a tight, fierce band that matched his commitment.
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock [4]) is a fusion genre and form of rock music [5] characterized by a strong commercial appeal, [6] with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music.
- The Rise of Pop: A King and A Prince
- Rock ’N’ Roll
- The Genesis of Rock Music
It was during this period that consumer demand increased for sheet music from vaudeville acts and ragtime, a piano-driven style characterized by syncopated melodies. At around the same time, lax copyright laws were strengthened, providing a lucrative environment for music publishers. The growing appetite for sheet music would continue through the e...
In the early 1950s, another form of popular music began to emerge: rock ’n’ roll, which was fashioned by the confluence of gospel, jazz, rhythm and blues, and country music, along with other subgenres such as jump blues and boogie-woogie. The single “Rocket 88” (credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats although it was actually Ike Turner’s Ki...
Music journalist Robert Christgau once suggested that “rock is rock ‘n’ roll made conscious of itself as an art form,” which evokes the influence of The Beatleson popular music in the 1960s and beyond. Almost everything about The Beatles seemed fresh and new at the time, even though many of their early recordings were covers of early rock ‘n’ roll,...
Early Pop/Rock emerged in the late '50s, as the initial rock & roll craze began to die down, and a lighter, smoother (but still similar) alternative to rock was needed. Mostly a singles medium, Early Pop/Rock was influenced by the beat, arrangements, and style of rock & roll (and sometimes doo wop), and it didn't sound bad on the radio next to ...
Rock and roll, a popular music craze of the mid-1950s, turned a loud, fast, and sexy set of sounds rooted in urban, black, working class, and southern America into the pop preference as well of suburban, white, young, and northern America.
