The document summarizes popular music genres that developed from the 1950s through the 1980s. It describes the emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s with artists like Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Buddy Holly. The 1960s saw the British Invasion and bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, as well as Motown artists and the rise of folk rock, psychedelic rock, and protest music. Disco, punk, new wave, and hip hop emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, along with pop superstars like Michael Jackson and Madonna.

1. María Ramos
Andrés Ruiz
Tania Vergara

2. INTRODUCTION
Folk, popular,classicmusic.
Best-known genres ofAmericanmusic are :
blues, rock and roll, and country
The rural blues of poorblack southerners and the jazz of black
urbanites
AfricanAmericanblues
Rhythm and blues
Jazz
The rockabilly boom of the 1950s

4. 50´s
Birthofrockandroll
("rockaroundtheclock"in1954)
Care,bliss,freeness,andjoy.
Inspiredwomen
TheyoungpeopleandpostworldwarII
Rhythmandbeat

5. ROCK & ROLL
Chuck berry “Johny be good”
Elvis Presley “All shook up”
Buddy Holly
“Peggy Sue Got Married”
Billy Haley & the Comets
“Rock Around the clock”
Ritchie Valents
“la Bamba”
SINGERSANDHITS
popularMusicgenresofthe1950’s
TRADITIONAL
POP
Frank Sinatra
“Three coins in the Fountain”

6. COUNTRY
Johnycash
“Iwalktheline”
Hankwilliams
“yourcheatin'heart”
RHYTHM AND BLUES
Little richard
“tutti frutti ”
Lloyd Price
“Personality ”
Thurston Harris
“Little Bitty Pretty one”

7. 60´s
sexualliberationandracialconflict
sawrock&rolltransformitselfintoatoolforsocialchange.
leadersinthiscategorywereBobdylanPeter,PaulandMary,themama'sandthepapa's
andlaterin1969,crosby,stills,nashandyoung.thesegroupspavedthewayforthemore
heavyrockerslikeJinisjoplinandJimmihendrix.

8. SINGERS AND HITS
POPULAR MUSIC GENRES OF THE 1960´S
BRITISH INVASION
The Beatles “She Loves You”
“hey jude”
The Who “My Generation”
The Rolling Stones “satisfaction”
MOTOWN/ R&B
The Marvelettes
“Please Mr. Postman”
The Supremes
“Where Did Our Love Go?”
The Temptations
“My Girl”
The Miracles
“You've Really Got a Hold On Me”
Aretha Franklin
“Chain of Fools”

9. SURF ROCK AND PSYCHODELIC ROCK
The Beach Boys
“Good Vibrations”
Jimi Hendrix
“All Along the Watchtower”
ROOTS ROCK AND HARD ROCK
Janis Joplin
The Rolling Stones
The Who
The Troggs

10. FOLK ROCK AND PROTEST MUSIC
Bob Dylan
“Like A Rolling Stone”
The Mamas & the Papas
“Monday, Monday”

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14. Musical bridge
70´s

15. SINGERS AND HITS
POPULAR MUSIC GENRES OF THE 1970´S
DISCO/CLUB
ABBA
“Stayin' Alive”
Gloria Gaynor
“I will survive”
The Bee Gees
"Jive Talkin”
"Stayin' Alive”
The Jacksons
I'll Be There
Danna Sommer
“Hot Stuff”
Diana Ross
“Ain't No Mountain High
Enough ”
PROGRESSIVE ROCK
Queen
“WeWill RockYou”
The band Pink Floyd
Rush, Queen, Grand Funk
Railroad, Kansas, and Electric
Light Orchestra.

16. PUNK ROCK AND NEW WAVE
The Ramones
“I Wanna Be Sedated"
The Sex Pistols
"God Save the Queen" and
"Never Mind the Bullocks“
The New York Dolls,
The Clash,
Generation X,
Talking Heads,
David Bowie,
and Patti Smith.
FUNK AND SOUL MUSIC
Kool and the Gang
“Celebration”
Sly
The Family Stone
James Brown
Parliament-Funkadelic

17. 80´s

18. SINGERSAND HITS
POPULAR MUSIC GENRES OFTHE 1980´S
POP: NEW POP SUPERSTARS
Madonna
“Like a prayer”
Michael Jackson
“the way you make me feel”
Whitney Houston
“How Will I Know ”
Prince
“"When Doves Cry ”
POP: OLD POP STARS AND THEIR NEW SOLO CAREERS
Lionel Richie
“Hello”
Tina Turner
“What's Love Got to DoWith It”
Paul McCartney
“Ebony & Ivory ”

19. ONE HIT WONDERS
a-ha
"Take On Me"
Soft Cell's
"Tainted Love”
Nena
“Luftballoons,"
Dexy's Midnight Runners
"Come On Eileen"
HIP HOP & RAP
Run dmc and ll cool j
Salt-n-pepa
(were female pioneers of the genre)

20. NEW WAVE
Culture Club
“Karma Chameleon ”
Duran Duran
Blondie
Billy Idol
TheTalking Heads
HAIR METAL
Bon Jovi
“Livin' On a Prayer”
Aerosmith
“ cryin´”
Guns n' Roses
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Poison
Def Leppard
Van Halen