2. 30’s
Big band was a popular genre in the 30’s
So was Jazz and Blues
Glenn Miller’s orchestra was also popular with hits like
“In the mood”.
3. Artie Shaw was a famous clarinet player in the 30’s
Benny Goodman was another famous clarinet player!
4. 40’s
Lots of music was influenced for WWII. Some songs
were made to help lift the soldiers and the women and
children at home’s spirits.
Rock, Jazz and Slow were popular.
Vera Lynn was a hit with “We’ll meet again” to remind
people that the soldiers off in war will come home
soon and that you should keep them in mind. She was
also a hit with “The white cliffs of Dover”.
5. 50’s
Blues was still big in the 50’s.
Rock and roll was also big at this time as well as skiffle
music.
It was easy to make a skiffle band. All you needed was:
A guitar or banjo;
A wash board and some thimbles;
A tea chest bass (made from large boxes used for
shipping tea, a broom handle and a piece of string)
6. Elvis Presley was a very famous musician. His music
involved American style rock and roll and stuck-up
hair.
Buddy Holly was also a famous slow rocker.
7. 60’s
Motown and Rock and roll were very popular.
The Beatles were incredibly famous and are known as
the band that revolutionised music!!!!!!
Stevie Wonder (blind from birth) knew how to play
the guitar and piano from the age of 10 (like me, minus
the guitar, only the piano).
8. The who were a very popular band in the 60’s.
The Supremes were very big. Like Stevie Wonder, they were
one of the few bands or artists that were black since racism
was still going on then
9. 70’s
Punk was big in the 70’s but rock and roll was still at
large!
Michael Jackson (or the king of pop) was a sensational
hit and still is today with lots of hits like “Thriller”,
“Smooth Criminal” and “Bad”.
10. The sex pistols was a very popular punk band and
reached thousands after releasing the album “never
mind the b*******, here comes the sex pistols”.
Elton John was a famous keyboard player and did his
fair share of pop.
The Bee Gee’s were another famous rock band.
ABBA were a popular Swedish band.
11. 80’s
The 80’s was the decade of pop and lots of bands were
normally making pop music. Finally the
long, long, LONG years of rock and roll had ended.
Adam and the ants were a very popular 80’s band and
made it to number 1 for FIVE WEEKS with their most
popular single “Stand and deliver”.
12. Run DMC were also another famous 80’s band and had
quite a lot of number 1’s. Their most popular hit is
“Walk this way”.
Wham are another example of a great 80’s band. One
of their most famous songs are “Wake me up before
you go go”.
13. 90’s
Pop was still big. Radiohead were a big pop band and
still are today.
Oasis were another great band which performed pop.
14. Damon Albarn’s group Blur were a great group and
became famous with the songs “Parklife”, “Song 2” and
“Boys and girls”.
When Albarn left Blur he started a computerized band
with Jamie Hewlett called Gorillaz. Gorillaz are
probably my favourite band and won peoples hearts
with songs like “Clint Eastwood”, “19-2000”, “5/4” and
“Tomorrow comes today”.
15. Now
R/B, Pop and rap music are popular in our time. The
most popular hit at the moment is Psy and his only hit
“Gangnam style”. Talk about a good start. That's his
only song!
16. Most popular artists of our decade:
Taio Cruz
Maroon 5
Justin Bieber (unfortunately)
Olly Murs
Jedward (unfortunately)
Rhianna (unfortunatly)
Kesha
Little Mix
The Beatles (still)
Nicki Minaj (unfortunatly again)
JlS (oh don’t get me started!)
Flo Rida
17. Kevin Macleod
The script
Gary Barlow
Take that
Robbie Williams
Coldplay
The wanted (mmm their ok)
One direction (also not bad)
18. So to sum up:
There has been lots of changes in music since the 30’s.
From Pop to the Opera. R/B to Hip Hop, everything
has changed.
Things changed from the past 80 years but people’s taste
changes. I hope you enjoyed this power point.
