1. American MusicBack 100 yearsBy: Nayantara Almeida

2. 1920s During the 1920s jazz music became very popular inAmerica and worldwide. New dances were created to showcasethe fast beat of the blues and ragtime.Jazz music is a genre of music which originated fromAfrican American roots. Jazz music widely uses syncopation,which is not playing notes on the beat.A popular artist of the time was Benny Goodman, whoplayed the clarinet. He was one of the only white Americanswho had success in the genre of jazz.One of the best known artists of the time was LouisArmstrong. He released dozens of records during the 1920sfeaturing his amazing trumpet and cornet playing skills.Video 3. BennyGoodman 4. LouisArmstrong 5. 1930sDuring the 1930s, due to the GreatDepression, many record sales dropped. Duringthe early 1930s the popular music was a jazzypre-swing music by Louis Armstrong and FletcherHenderson. During the later 1930s the rhythmand blues songs were recorded by Ellington, BillieHoliday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Cleo Patra Brown.Additionally, during the 1930s music recorded bywomen began to become famous.The swing music was recorded by TommyDorsey, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw. Bothswing and rhythm and blues were very popularduring the 1930s. These later songs became theemergence of the American popular music.Video 6. EllaFitzgerald 7. BillieHoliday 8. 1940sDuring the 1940s there were many popular genres ofmusic, including country, pop, and jazz.In country music, the artists sang about their sadnessand troubles with life. Some popular artists of the timewere Floyd Tillman and Hank Williams.In pop music, swing was very popular. Some swingartists were Benny Goodman and Glen Miller. Other popularartists included Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby.In jazz, pure jazz and blues were becoming famouswith artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, LouisArmstrong and Nat King Cole. Those artists were becomingsuccessful across the nation.Video 9. HankWilliams 10. BingCrosby 11. Nat KingCole 12. 1950sDuring the 1950s in music, we saw the emergence of earlyrock music. There were many types of popular music including thegenres of country, traditional pop (the music that was popularbefore rock n roll), rhythm and blues, and rock n roll.Video 13. CountryMusicIn country musicJohnny Cashchanged this stylefrom cowboy musicto music aboutsorrow, life, andrelationships. He alsochanged it to have arockish vibe to hismusic. Hank Williamswas still a prominentsinger andsongwriter of thedecade. 14. JohnnyCash 15. PopIn traditional pop,which was the music thatwas popular before rockn roll, some popularartists were Tony Bennettand Dean Martin. 16. TonyBennett 17. Rhythmand BluesRhythm andblues originated from1940s jazz fromblues to a moreupbeat type ofmusic. This musiccombined jazz, doo-wop,blues, andgospel to create aunique fast sound.Some popular artistsin this genre wereLloyd Price and RayCharles. 18. LloydPrice 19. EarlyRockThe emergence ofrock n roll was seen inthe 1950s. Rockablitywas the early rockmusic of the time,some primaryrockablity pioneerswere Carl Perkins andBuddy Holly. Later inthe decade rock n rollmusic started comingout from artists likeElvis Presley, The Kingof Rock, and otherartists like Chuck Berryand Jerry Lee Lewis. 20. ElvisPresley 21. 1960s 22. BritishInvasionDuring the 1960sin American music theBritish invasionstarted, which meantthat British musicgroups from Britainexperienced abreakthrough ofsuccess in America.These band groupschanged Americanmusic and what musicwas popular. A few ofthese groups were theBeatles and theRolling Stones.VideoRolling Stones 23. TheBeatles 24. R+B andSoulDuring the60s, theMowtown recordlabel was alsobecamingpopular. Thislabel providedrecordings forsoul and R+Bartists, and somepopular groupssuch as theJackson Five andThe Temptations.The Temptations 25. TheJacksonFive 26. RockDuring the 60s,rock was divided intothree different groups,folk rock, psychedelicrock, and surf rock. Infolk rock the songsincluded politicalmessages. Some artistsin this category wereBob Dylan, Crosby, andSimon and Garfunkel.In psychedelic rockemerged from folk rockand drug culture. Somegroups in this categorywere the Doors and theByrds. Lastly, surf rockwas born on the westcoast. The populargroup that played surfrock was The BeachBoys.Bob DylanThe Beach Boys 27. SimonandGarfunkel 28. 1970sThere were four popular genres of musicin the 1970s: disco/club music, progressiverock, punk rock/new wave, and funk & soul.Video 29. DiscoDisco musicdefined the 1970s,it touched manyaspects of societyfrom dancing,clothing, and howmusic sounded. Itwas a very shortera . Some popularartists of the erawere The BeeGees, ABBA, andDonna Summer. 30. The BeeGees 31. ProgressiveRockProgressive rockwas rock musiccombined withopera music. Whenin concert thesebands tended to bespontaneous andliked to experimentwith their songs.Some populargroups in this genrewere Pink Floyd,Queen, and Rush. 32. Queen 33. PunkRock/NewWavePunk rock/newwave music genrewas much like therock from the 1960sexcept harder andmore upbeat.Sometimes thesegroups would formand become popularand then shortlybreakup because ofdrugs and alcoholuse. Some populargroups in thiscategory wereBlondie, DavidBowie, and the NewYork Dolls. 34. Blondie 35. Funk &SoulFunk & Soulmusic evolvedfrom jazz, soul andR+B, from the1960s. Funkadded more beatsand pychedelictones to theirmusic. We sawfunk & soulbecome popularwith artists likeJames Brown andthe Jackson Five. 36. JamesBrown 37. 1980sDuring the 1980s there were four populargenres of music pop, hip-hop and rap, newwave, and hair metal.Video 38. Pop MusicIn pop music in the1980s many new talentedstars emerged including,Michael Jackson, Madonna,Prince, and WhitneyHouston. These artists hadlarge levels of fame thathad not been seen sinceElvis and the Beatles.These stars greatlyinfluenced pop culture andfashion trends. Normally astar would be popular forno more than a decade,but these stars were stillpopular 30 years after theiremergence and are stillgreatly respected Americanmusic artists. 39. Hip-Hopand RapHip-hop and rap music wasborn in New York city in AfricanAmerican communities in the innercity. Rap music had a tough timebecoming popular because in thebeginning MTV refused to show orplay music by black artists. After lotsof criticism, MTV finally played themusic and the genre began to getpopular.With the music on MTV it gaveviewers a chance to see andunderstand the genre and rapbecame the new rock n roll.In this genre artists like RunDMC, Grandmaster Flash, TheBeastie Boys, Little Cool J, and thefemale rapper group Salt n Pepathis music began to take off. 40. NewWaveThis genre began inthe 1970s and ended inthe mid 1980s. The soundof this music was tied inwith punk rock and dancemusic. This music usedcool instruments likesynthesizers and electronicinstruments. This genrewas played a lot on MTVbecause it was categorizedwith pop music.These bands hadunique styles that wouldbecome popular with youthculture. Some of the bandswere Duran Duran,Blondie, Billy Idol, and TheCulture Club. 41. HairMetalIn the 1980s hair metalbands had roots in heavy metal,punk rock, and traditional rockmusic to come up with theirunique sound. These songs werenormally party anthems, orpower ballads that focused onthemes like, outlaws, drugs, andwomen.This genre was called hairmetal because in these groupsmembers would have longflowing hair. They would alsowear makeup, and spandex tocreate an interesting look.Some of these groups were,Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Aerosmith,Def Leppard, Guns n' Roses, andPoison.Van Halen 42. Guns nRoses 43. 1990sThe era of the 1990s had pop, rap, and alternativemusic, as well-as many one-hit wonders.Video 44. Early 90sDuring the early 90s technohip-hop music was popular withartists like MC- Hammer andVanilla Ice. Also groups likeTechnotronic, had billboard hitwith Pump up the Jam.Around 1992-1993 technomusic still was popular and thismusic became the New rockmusic. These groups were oftenyoung groups, with songs thathad angry lyrics. A song likeNirvanas Smells like teen spirit,marked the beginning of thegrunge and alternative rockperiod.VanillaIce 45. Mid 1990sAround the middle of thedecade, after years of unhappylyrics, the people were ready for achange and happy rock musicemerged.This type of music had upbeatrhythms and catchy lyrics. Thesegroups also created love andrelationship ballads that werepositive. Some artists in thiscategory were Blowfish, SisterHazel, and The Bodeans. 46. Late 1990sBy the late 1990shappy rock had pavedway for a new genre ofmusic called bubblegumpop. Artist like BrittneySpears and ChristinaAguilera were popular inpop and dominated themusic scene of the late90s.In the late 90s therewere also traditional boybands like N Sync andThe Backstreet Boys. 47. 2000sDuring the 2000s all genres of music became popularand the music making business blew up with tons ofartists making music every year.Video 48. Eminem was the mostpopular rapper of the2000s decade. He isknown for his many hitssuch as Lose Yourselfand Relapse. 49. Beyonce wasanother popularartist of the decade,she was known forbeing a greatperformer and herhits such as Crazy inLove and SingleLadies. 50. Alicia Keys was apopular female soulartist of the decade. Sheis known for hits such asNo One and EmpireState of Mind. 51. Nickelback the mostpopular band of thedecade with hits likeRockstar and If TodayWas Your Last Day. 52. 1927Swingmusic isborn.1920Jazz musicbecomeswidelypopularacrossAmerica.Timeline of American19501963The Britishinvasionstarts whichleads toBeatle Mania.Early rockemerges,which soonleads toElvisPresley,The King ofRock.19691977Discoemergesthrough themovieSaturdayNight Fever.Woodstockoccurs, whichdefines thewhole decadeof music withdifferentstyles of rockmusic.1978Hip-Hop/Rapmusicemergesfrom theinner city ofNew York.1981MTV, which shapes thefuture for many newartists launching theminto careers andtelevising them intoevery American home.1982The King ofPop, MichaelJackson getspopular andchanges popmusic forever.2001The very firstApple IPod is sold,changing howmusic is soldacross the globe.music 53. 100 Years GoneByAs you can see, since 1920 American music has greatlyevolved and changed, from blues and jazz to rock, to disco,to metal, and lastly to pop.Not only has the sound of the music evolved since the1920s, but over the past 100 years the music makingindustry has changed. Now people are becoming famousthrough reality TV and vocal competitions, such asAmerican Idol which started in the early 21st century.Now anybody, poor or rich, can make music. Theindustry has surely changed over the past one hundredyears, but one thing is certain, Americans cannot getenough music! 54. Sourceshttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/20smusic.htmlhttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/30smusic.htmlhttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/40smusic.htmlhttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50smusic.htmlhttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60smusic.htmlhttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/70smusic.htmlhttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/80smusic.htmlhttp://www.thepeoplehistory.com/90smusic.htmlhttp://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266420/artists-of-the-decadehttp://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-history-of-american-music--2