Country music enjoyed something of a renaissance In the 1940s and 1950s. In the '50s in particular, with rock and roll music emerging from many of the same studios, country music achieved a new level of crossover success. At least four major stars emerged during that time and became house...
African Americans continued to influence popular music through the 1940s and 50s, with the emergence of rhythm and blues and rock and roll. African-American music continues to influence the American music scene today with styles such as rap and hip-hop.As we celebrate the many creative and ins...
Over the years, as people have moved or traveled, they have taken with them the music of their cultures—Celtic folk from Ireland and the U. K., flamenco from Spain, or bhangra from India. As a result, a lot of today' s popular music has its roots in the traditional songs and ...
Alex Steinweiss's elegant album covers from the '40s and '50s were designed without benefit of type shop or photostat house. He was a master improviser. For over 20 years beginning in 1940, Alex Steinweiss composed symphonies of letter, color, and image for album covers. He did so ...
A sound system of the late 1940s and 50s is a public address apparatus with turntables attached to it for sound reinforcement and the amplification of music. Today, sound systems are still a big part of the Jamaica musical scene with many famous selectors, aka DJs. The original sound systems...
The 1940s and 50s were a bleak time for Ireland, and for Irish traditional music too. But by the sixties, both were looking a little healthier. Ireland’s folk revival was joyous, raucous and relentlessly creative, giving us music from groups like the Dubliners that will still be listened ...
Published in early November, “My Name is Barbra” is a nearly 1,000 page memoir that covers one of the epic narratives in modern show business — her uncompromising rise from working class Brooklyn in the 1940s and ‘50s to global fame. Streisand’s records have sold more than 100 millio...
William Alwyn was a leading composer of British film music in the 1940s and '50s, a time when the British film industry was at is peak. His scores ranged f... I Johnson 被引量: 0发表: 2005年 The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn This book is the first full-sc...
"Sonny's Blues": This short story by James Baldwin takes place in Harlem and New York City during the 1940s and 50s. Two brothers from Harlem have taken divergent paths in life: the narrator has become a schoolteacher and the younger brother is a jazz pianist. Th...
1 but, but learn about many more from the 1960s, '70s, '80s, '90s and 2000s before you get there. This list of country music's top duos focuses on artists who broke as a duo, not solo artists who came together for an album or series of projects after enjoying commercial success....