Modern Popular Music

early electronic music (30s to early 60s) : leon theremin Alexandra stepanoff clara rockmore Milton babbit john cage pierre schaeffer Stockhausen halim el-dabh daphne oram elaine radigue Pauline Oliveros bbc radiophonic workshop delia Derbyshire brian Hodgson late 60s-early 70s electronic music: bbc radiophonic workshop delia Derbyshire brian hodgson silver apples white noise wendy carlos krafwerk Cerrone Giorgio moroder tangerine dream jean michel jarre brian eno cluster Isa

80s pop rock: genesis peter Gabriel phil collins steve winwood yes ac/dc bruce springsteen kate bush tom petty van halen toto billy idol...

modern arab popular music: Aziza Jalal Mohamed Mounir Majida El Roumi Samira Said Laila Ghofran Lydia canaan omar souleyman Samira Said...

proto nwobhm/nwobhm/early speed metal/proto thrash/glam metal and their roots: yardbirds cream jimi Hendrix experience iron butterfly steppenwolf deep purple andromeda led zeppelin the stooges edgar broughton band high tide sir lord baltimore black sabbath wicked lady Uriah heep Budgie Orang utan Three man army hawkwind ufo Leaf hound mott the hoople David bowie t. rex slade Zior Captain beyond status quo alice cooper mott the hoople Blue oyster cult atomic rooster wishbone a

late proto-punk/early punk rock/early post punk/early new wave/proto-early hardcore punk: the deviants the equals stooges mc5 edgar broughton band crushed butler Zior David bowie mott the hoople t. rex slade alice cooper hawkwind ufo status quo lou reed slade third world war the pink fairies roxy music brian eno sweet new York dolls Hollywood brats Johnathan richman and the modern lovers bebop de luxe heavy metal kids kiss Babe ruth peter hammill patti smith death (punk band)

bluebeat/ska/rocksteady/early reggae (late 50s-60s): owen gray Coxsone Dodd laurel Aitken prince buster desmond dekker The uniques Sound dimension The deltones The techniques The clarendonians The Jamaicans Leslie Kong derrick morgan Duke reid Jackie Edwards ken boothe the skatalites the wailers the paragons the melodians the pioneers the heptones the ethiopians the slickers the tonetts the soulettes symarip Byron lee and the dragonaires Stranger cole Larry Marshall The belto

bossa nova: joao gilberto Antonio carlos jobim Baden Powell Roberto Menescal Ronaldo Bôscoli Sylvia Telles Carlos Lyra Nara Leão Luiz Eça...

salsa/pachanga/boogaloo/ 1940s-1970s: mongo santamaria celia cruz Rafael cortijo y su bonche Rafael ithier and el gran combo de Puerto...

british rock and roll/british invasion/ early blues rock/ r&b/ beat/ garage/ mod/ pop rock/ freakbeat/early proto punk/early psychedelic rock: Lonnie Donegan cliff Richard the shadows johnny kidd and the pirates Shirley bassey joe meek the tornados the riot squad (60s band) jennifer moss glenda collins the beatles George martin the rolling stones the hollies The fourmost the tremeloes the yardbirds the animals the merseybeats the applejacks the liver birds dave Clarke five th

early Japanese popular music/ryukoka/enka/Kayōkyoku: Shinpei Nakayama Sumako Matsui Chiyako Sato Yoshie Fujiwara Ichiro Fujiyama Ichimaru...

early modern French popular music/chanson: edit piaf frehel damia Jacques brel George brassens Charles Aznavour ye-ye: serge gainsbourgh...

early country music early country: jimmy Rodgers the carter family 1930s-1940s country/western swing: the Shelton brothers merle travis...

rock and roll/rockabilly/ early surf rock/early instrumental rock and roll (late 40s-early 60s): louis Jordan ruth brown lavern baker...

music hall: George formby gracie fields Flanagan and allen kate carney marie Lloyd Charles coborn harry champion albert chevalier vesta...

early electric blues: john lee hooker lightning hopkins t. bone walker muddy waters howlin wolf willie Dixon little walter sonny boy...

tin pan alley songwriters and composers: George Gershwin harry warren Vincent Youmans al Sherman Harold arlen irving berlin George m. cohan Dorothy fields scott Joplin  fats waller broadway musicals/Hollywood show tunes composers: Irving Berlin Frederick Loewe Victor Herbert Harry Warren Harold Arlen Jerome Kern George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart Oscar Hammerstein Johnny Mercer Dorothy Fields Hoagy Carmichael Cole Porter big band jazz/swing: loui