Genre Research - Pop and Soul
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-POPGENRE RESEARCH
Pop music originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll.
From about 1967 the term was increasingly used in opposition to the term rock music, a division that gave generic significance
to both terms. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of popular music, pop was more
commercial, ephemeral and accessible.
Pop music has been dominated by the American and (from the mid-1960s) British music industries, whose influence has made pop music something of an international monoculture, but most
regions and countries have their own form of pop music, sometimes producing local versions of wider trends, and
lending them local characteristics.
THE HISTORY OF POP
ICONIC ARTISTS
Abba
Bing Crosby
Stevie Wonder
Spice Girls
THROUGH THE DECADES
50’s
60’s
70’s
Patti Page
Mitch Miller
ChubbyChecker
The Archies
Elton John
Pink Lady
THROUGH THE DECADES
80’s
90’s
00’s
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Nsync
BritneySpears
ChristinaAguilera
Katy Perry
For our music video we have decided to focus on the sub genre of soul and so the second half of this presentation will focus
specifically on soul and the trends within soul music
THE SUB GENRE OF SOUL
The gospel revival and doo-wop merged into the great season of soul music. Soul music was enabled by the commercial boom of "race" music, that had led to the creation of channels and infrastructures run by black
entrepreneurs for black artists.
Soul music was also enabled by an unstoppable trend towards black and white integration, as more and more white folks accepted the idea that black culture was not
evil or degrading, simply different (African instead of European). The socio-political inroads made by jazz also
helped legitimize black pop music with the white masses.
Soul music was also, indirectly, helped by rock music, precisely because rock music made white pop music
sound so obsolete.
THE HISTORY OF SOUL
ICONIC ARTISTS
Dusty Springfield
Supremes
Tom Jones
Diana Ross