I have created a timeline of the history of music from the 1960's to current day looking at how genre has changed in popularity and how the music videos have changed.

1. THE HISTORY OF MUSIC By Kiera Hebert

2. 1960’S

3. 1960’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS
The Everly Brothers
Cathy's Clown It spent seven weeks at number one in the UK
Singles Chart in May and June 1960. Classed as the
genre of pop.
The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night is the third studio album by
English rock band the Beatles, released on 10 July 1964 was
number one for 3 weeks running in the UK top singles chart.
Classed as the genre of pop/rock.
Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful World was released as a single in 1967. It was
in the UK singles chart for 4 weeks and is classified as the

4. TOP SONGS FROM THE 1960’S
1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
2. Respect - Aretha Franklin
3. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
4. I Heard It through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
5. Hey Jude - Beatles
6. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
7. Light My Fire - Doors
8. You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers
9. Louie Louie - Kingsmen
10. My Girl - Temptations
11. She Loves You - Beatles

5. 1960’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC
VIDEOS
The Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'
Elvis Presley- Return to Sender
The Beatles- Twist and Shout’
During the 60’s the
music videos consisted
of the artist or band
members upon a stage or
in front of a background
as though they are
performing live. This
style remained consistent

6. 1960’S
During the summer of love in 1967, young people descended on San Francisco and
other destinations "with flowers in their hair" with free-flowing dresses with country
prints were popular among young women. It was a time to protest the war in Vietnam
by day, then chill out in open parties at night the Rolling Stones made the songs that
captured the times.
Mixed with this was the growing beach culture and its surfing music. It was surfing
and sun all day, then beach parties all night, well known via The Beach Boys.
Curiously added to this mixture was the arrival of a group from Liverpool to America
and the rest of the world, know as The Beatles. They evolved alongside from young-
teen sounds like "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to the more grown-up strains of "Hey
Jude.“ the band was known for their rock/pop culture.
The 60’s was a decade of mixture of genres form flower power to surf and rock’N’roll
until the late 60’s to early 70’s was the Mods and Rockers.
See how music began to become an influence upon its listeners as it sculpts the
personality of listeners portrayed in Mods and Rockers that were two conflicting
British Youth subcultures. The rockers listened to rock and roll culture from Bo
Diddley however the Mods was 1960’s music based from soul, rhythm and blues.

7. 1970’S

8. 1970’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody is a song by the British rock band Queen. It
was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 studio
album A Night at the Opera. Sold 1,300,000 copies and stayed
in the UK chart singles for 9 weeks. Comes under the genre
hard rock.
The Bee Gee’s
Stayin’ alive was released on the 13th December 1977, it is
a disco song by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever
motion picture soundtrack. Comes under the genre of Disco.

9. TOP SONGS OF THE 1970’STop Hit
Number
1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. Hotel California - The Eagles
4. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
5. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
6. Layla - Derek and the Dominos
7. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
8. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
9. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
10. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
11. Let It Be - The Beatles

10. 1970’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC
VIDEOS The Bee Gees- Stayin’ alive, in
the 70’s the idea of shot
doubling (layering shots) and
effects came about, the use of
bright colours and quick shot
changes ranging from artist
singing (remaining from the
60’s) and adding shots of cities
and cars to fit the genre. In one
decade the music video have
began to change by adding in
effects and cutting from shot to
shot, use of vibrant colours.
Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody,
used the layering shots of the
band with the main singer on
top, during the 70’s most used
effect and transition of the shots
is jump (cut) shot and the use of
layering. Also, seen in this video
the use of elongated shots and
fade in fade out transition to

11. 1970’S
Within looking at the videos I have learnt that in one decade see similarities
within the use of keeping the artist singing (seen performing) however the
introduction of different shots and transition have made an appearance and
the arise of vibrant colours. I like the use of the layering shot seen in the
70’s videos adds effect and draws in the viewer.
Many strands of music wee woven together in the 70s. One of those threads
was contributed by Led Zeppelin, including Stairway to Heaven. Another
thread was brought by Bruce Springsteen, whose working-class roots were
strongly infused in his driven ballads like Born to Run. Evidently the thread
with the most social impact is disco.
Echoes of the 60s seemed to play out during the 70s, with Simon &
Garfunkel, the Beatles, and Marvin Gaye producing new sounds for an
evolving time. Disco reached its peak in 1977 with the Bee Gees and Stayin'
Alive. But after that people seemed more focused on growing into their
responsibilities, with young families and young careers that needed tending.
The music of the time went off into different directions, with many different

12. 1980’S

13. 1980’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGSBon Jovi
Livin’ on a Prayer was released in the late 1986, was well received at both rock and
pop radio and its music video was given heavy rotation at MTV, giving the band their
first No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and second chart-topping single
from their 12× platinum Slippery When Wet album.
Michael Jackson
Billie Jean Was released in 1983 on the 2nd of January it was one of the best-selling
singles of 1983 and is one of the best-selling singles worldwide. The song topped
both the US and UK charts simultaneously. In other countries, it topped the charts
of Switzerland and reached the top ten in Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and
Sweden. It is classified as pop genre.
Guns N Roses
Sweet Child of Mine was released is a song by the American rock band Guns N' Roses,
featured on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). Released on
August 17, 1988 as the album's third single, the song topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, becoming the band's first and only number-one single in
the U.S. Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1988. It reached number six on
the UK Singles Chart, when re-released in 1989. this song is classified as rocl.

14. TOP SONGS OF THE 1980’STop Hit
Number
1. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
2. Every Breath You Take - Police
3. When Doves Cry - Prince
4. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
5. Like a Virgin - Madonna
6. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
7. Don't You Want Me? - Human League
8. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
9. What's Love Got To Do With It? - Tina Turner
10. Call Me - Blondie
11. With or Without You - U2

15. 1980’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC
VIDEOS
Billie Jean music video from the
80’s seen signs of new effects of
split screens showing the dominant
artist in three different positions,
introduction of new effects arisen
and also, in this video the music is
telling the story, whereas older
music videos consisted of the band
solely performing see new shots
emerged where the video begins to
tell a story. Also, a collaboration of
shots shown in different sized
squares and freeze frame seen in
this video see a change from the
older video where solely a few
shots of the band performing. Use
of very quick transition (cut shots).

16. 1980’S
The 80s had two sides Cyndi Lauper of Girls Just Want To Have Fun fame. The
first sounds of alternative rock. The growing popularity of raves also brought
techno-electronic music, Club drugs also put in an appearance, which led to
many raves being banned, and therefore more popular than ever. It's human
nature. The arise of electronic and techno music came out and the school disco
sounds of Tight fit Lion Sleep’s Tonight.
Retro movies also made their mark, with Flash dance in 1983 bringing back
many songs and starting a craze to wear ripped clothing. Dirty Dancing in 1987
brought back a completely different set of songs. The 80’s was the rise in icons
from Michael Jackson and the rise in disco, fever!

17. 1990’S

18. 1990’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS
Madonna
Ray of Light with her first completely new studio album in 4
years, Madonna brought electronica to the top of the pop charts. Working
with collaborator William Orbit, the music sounded fresh, new, and
invigorating. Was released on March 3, 1998 by Maverick Records.
Britney Spears
...Baby One More Time is the debut single by American singer Britney Spears.
It was written and produced by Max Martin and Rami, and released in 1998.
It is a teen pop and dance-pop song. The song reached the top spot of
the Hot 100 Singles Sales and stayed there for four consecutive weeks. This
eventually propelled the single to a platinum certification by the Recording
Industry Association of America.
Jay-Z
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) released on the 27th of October 1998. is a
single from rapper Jay-Z's third album. Classified as hip hop genre.
See an arise in the 1990s of hip-hip and pop music a popular genre.

19. 1990’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC
VIDEOS
These are screenshots of
Britney Spears- Baby One
More Time. This was the
iconic video of the 90’s
still see features from
the 60’s videos as the
artist is seen with a
dance crew (representing
a band/ group) However,
see the use of different
angled shots low and
high to show the artist in
different ways. The use
of different locations and
shots (mid shot, close
up) in the video.

20. 2000’S

21. 2000’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS
Lady gaga- Poker Face- September 26th 2008
Black eyed peas- I Gotta Feeling- June 23rd 2009
Atomic kitten- Whole Again- 29th January 2001
Today the genre of music has changed from classic rock and ballads
to indie style (unique) style, the arise of stars such as Mumford and
Sons and Sam Smith, music has changed from pop in the early 2000’s
to heart felt, instrumental and acoustic music the style is shown
through George Ezra an artist who sings with his guitar a indie artist.
However, the 80’s techno and electric (rave) is still around via artist of
Hannah Wannts and DJ EZ are artist who use techno beats to create
songs and remix older songs into modern technology.

22. 2000’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC
VIDEOSCarly Rae Jepson’s popular hit. A simple narrative about a girl who
likes a guy only to find out he is gay. It is simple yet effective and
includes the interests of the intended audience. A topless guy is
aimed to attract and entice the female teens of today and Carly’s
character is designed to entice the male audience, it’s simple,
inexpensive and easy to watch without too much thinking, which is
probably why it is quite popular. However, it lacks creativity and
anything unique, it doesn’t feature anything which stands out and
impresses you. It is just a simple narrative, which is why it is suitable
for a younger age group as well.

23. THE END OF MY HISTORY
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