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    The Story of Pop Music
    The Story of Pop Music
    The Story of Pop Music
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    The Story of Pop Music

    By Matt Anniss

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    Take a journey through the sensational history of pop music. Witness the early days of pop, and get the inside track on how managers created groups and shaped their world famous sounds. See how music television transformed the industry and meet pop's greatest stars.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcturus Publishing
    Release dateOct 1, 2019
    ISBN9781838578428
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      The Story of Pop Music - Matt Anniss

      THE PRE-HISTORY OF POP

      The story of pop music is the history of the changes in attitudes and technology that defined the twentieth century. It touches on other forms of entertainment, fashion and fads. More than anything, it is the story of music that people love.

      Music hall

      Up until the early part of the twentieth century, the only way to enjoy music was to listen to it being played

      live. The most popular style of entertainment at the time was ‘music hall’. Music hall concerts mixed performances of popular songs with jokes.

      TIN PAN ALLEY

      The popularity of music hall created a demand for new songs that could be performed by the scene’s top singers. Because of this, a thriving song-writing industry developed. In America, it was based around a street in New York nicknamed ‘Tin Pan Alley’.

      Recorded music

      In the early part of the twentieth century, two inventions began to change the nature of the popular music scene. The first was the gramophone, a machine that allowed people to listen to music recorded to pressed plastic discs, known as records, in their own home. The second was the radio.

      THE GRAMOPHONE, WHICH HELPED POPULARISE RECORDED MUSIC IN THE EARLY PART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, WAS THE FORERUNNER OF THE RECORD ‘DECKS’ USED BY CLUB DJS.

      Radio stars

      Until cheaper record players became available in the 1950s, radio was the most popular way of listening to music. Top singers from the music hall scene could become big stars if they featured on the radio. Being on the radio helped to sell concert tickets.

      THE FIRST POP STAR

      Radio helped make Frank Sinatra the world’s first pop star. During the 1940s, Sinatra’s records sold in huge numbers. He was a larger-than-life character with a distinctive singing style. He was so popular that he soon started appearing in films.

      Groundbreaking star

      Sinatra was hugely popular with teenagers, who had previously shown little

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