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Americans are divided on whether U.S. culture and way of life was better in the 1950s, with white Christians more likely to ...

Many new styles of popular music have emerged since rock 'n' roll burst onto the scene in the 1950s. Rock 'n' roll had a huge cultural impact that united teenagers in the 1950s. In today's world ...

The notation proved so popular in the South and Midwest ... the Louisiana Hayride was the launching-pad of country music in the 1940s and 1950s. The show, dubbed the "Cradle of the Stars ...

But a lot of 1950s mainstream music enjoyed plenty of airplay not because it was particularly good or popular but simply because it was state-backed. In 1949, to promote the socialist-realist trend, ...

Quincy Jones bridged the gaps between jazz, pop, rock, gospel, rhythm & blues, hip-hop, and beyond. Here are some ways he ...

There were three main musical styles that influenced reggae. This style of Jamaican folk music was popular in the 1950s. Like calypso it is strophic in form and has light-hearted lyrics ...

There was little Jones did not do in a music career of more than 65 years. He was a trumpeter, bandleader, arranger, composer ...

While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to explore ... Tracing both the emotional and stylistic developments of the genre from the 1950s to the ...

As a producer, he made the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” He was also a prolific arranger and ...

“I think listening to [music] on your own is amazing,” says Free Oribhabor ... At some jazz kissas, which have been popular in Japan since the 1950s, talking is prohibited at certain times. In recent ...

Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool.” In the late 1950s he went on U.S. government-sponsored tours ...