How+has+music+changed+from+the+50's+to+present?

I am going to start at the 50's and go up from there. (Internet Resources)

The 50's was a great change for music, that is why i decided to start at this year. It was also the beginning of rock and roll. Many famous groups, some of them rock groups or singers, are... Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley (The King of Rock and Roll), Nat King Cole, Johnny Cash, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry, and Jim Reeves. Without this decade the music we listen to on the radio today would be very different. There was a lot of racial tension at this time and the United States was changing from world war 2. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50smusic.html

In the 60's, many famous singers and groups came over from the UK. These groups included The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Animals, and The Beatles. The Beatles were the most popular group with the most commercial success in this time. They were ranked the #1 band in a poll done by //The// //Rolling Stones// magazine. Elvis Presley went to President NIxon at the time and asked for the Beatles to be banned from playing in the United States, because they had lifestyles that encouraged drug use and they were anti-war. At that time if you were anti-war then you were anti-american. A great musical event was Woodstock, or Woodstock Music and Arts Festival. This took place August 15-18 1969. The many great perfomers there were Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix. Unfortunately three people died that weekend at Woodstock and they were all results of accidents. Nearly half a million people were at Woodstock. Why did they decide to have Woodstock? The answer is "Woodstock was, first of all, an environment created by a couple of hip entrepreneurs to consolidate the cultural revolution."* The movement of the 1960's still exist in our world today thanks to many great bands and artists. Some of these artists were Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Simon and Garfunkel, The Bee Gees, Jim Reeves, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The Grateful Dead. *Andrew Kopkind, "Woodstock Nation," p.313 Carl Belz, "The Story of Rock Second Edition," Oxford University Press 1972 http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60smusic.html

In my opinion the 70's was possibly one of the best decades for music. That is because of bands such as Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Kiss, Chicago, The Police, The Who, Queen, The Osmonds, The Doors, The Stooges, Elton John, Grand Funk Railroad, The Eagles, Village People, The Rolling Stones, and many more. Also dance clubs started in the 70's that people would go to to relax from all the fighting about Vietnam in the previous decade. Disco started from these dance clubs. Gloria Gaynor wrote a popular disco song called I Will Survive. Mcoys song The Hustle is claimed to be the first disco song. However disco was only popular for a short time. Progressive rock was also emerging from the 70's. The albums in progressive rock followed a theme. A great example of this is Pink Floyd's album The Wall. Another Brick In The Wall was a very popular song from this album. They tried to get a message across to the listeners in this CD. The Ramones are often refered to as the original punk rock band. Some say that this was a "bridge" between the depressing music of the 60's and the happier music of the 80's. Carl Belz, "The Story of Rock Second Edition," Oxford University Press 1972 http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/70smusic.html

This is where many genres began getting more like they would be in the 90's and now. Many bands that had great fame in the 80's are rarely noticed today. Others, however, are still popular today. Many popular bands of the 80's are Madonna, AC/DC, Queen, R.E.M., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, New Kids On The Block, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Elvis Costello, Duran Duran, Blondie, Van Halen, Metallica, Motley Crue, Megadeth, and Bon Jovi. In 1981 MTV came on television and helped many bands become even more popular by playing their songs. Duran Duran was as popular as they were because of MTV. A lot of concert charity events occured in this decade. Millions of dollars ended up being raised for good causes. Many say that this was a decade of greed because of everyone spending money on themselves. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/80smusic.html

A lot of the artists who played in the 1990's are still popular or heard of today. Some songs are still played on the radio today from the 90's. Many famous people sang in the 90's including Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Nirvana, NSync, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, 98 Degrees, The Backstreet Boys, Hansen, Puff Daddy and Faith Evens, Cher, Spice Girls, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and Westlife. This is where pop music, alternative, and rap started. techno and hip hop were popular throughout the decade also. As rap became more popular the explecit lyrics came with it. An example of an explecit rapper is Tone Loc. By todays standards his lyrics are considered almost clean. Boy Bands like NSync and The Backstreet Boys were very popular along with Britney Spears and other pop singers.

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The music today is much different if you listen to a song from the 50's and then listen to a song on your mp3 player or one of your recent cds. The popular groups now are, The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 50 Cent, Eminem, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Hilary Duff, Pink, Weezer, The Black Eyed Peas, Rascal Flats, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, My Chemical Romance, Nickelback, Hinder, Maroon 5, Death Cab For Cutie, Dashboard Confessional, 3 Doors Down, Papa Roach, Fall Out Boy, Avenged Sevenfold, Sugarcult, Lloyd Banks, Audio Adrenaline, Taking Back Sunday Blink-182, and way too many more to list.

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