British music

BRITISH MUSIC

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INDEX

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1950s

1970s

1990s

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1980s

2000s

1960s

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1950s

• indigenous varirties of British popular

music see the influence of American music, such as jazz, swing, and traditional pop thrugh cinema and records

• American rock and roll
• intially, American acts dominate, but distinct

British forms soon appear

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1960s

• Britain had developed its own viable music industry by adapting American music in beat music and british blues.
• growing distinction between pop and rock music, as a result of development of British blues rock.

• The Beatles, The Rolling Stoned, The Who, The Animals, etc.

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1970s

• other new sub-genres included electric folk and glam rock, which opened the doors for the emergence of progressive rock and heavy metal music.
• increased influence by World music, including Jamaican music.
• mid decade saw the influence of pub rock and American punk rock --> British punk, new wave, and post punk.

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1980s

• new technology spurred the electronic music of synth pop.
• crossover between rock and commercial pop music, with bands like The Police and UB40 having chart success.
• advent of MTV bring a second British Invasion in the early ´80s´ leading to most success of British bands in merica since the Beatles.

• thus, the rise of Indie rock scene.

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• singles charts dominated by boy bands and girl groups like Take That and Spice Girls.
• rise of popularity in World music and folk music.
• electronic rock bands like the Prodigy and Chemcial Brothers.
• alternative rock reached the mainstream, leading to success of Britpop bands like Blur and Oasis.
• post-Britpop bands like Travis and feeder paved the way for international success of bands like Snow Patro and Coldplay.

1990s

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• Coldplay is considered to be the most commerically successful British rock act of the 2000s.
• British soul maintained and even extened its high profile with artists such as Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse.
• new group of singer-songwriters including KT Tunstall and James Blunt have international success.
• new forms of dance music emerge that fuse hip-hop with garage to form grime.

2000s to present

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