Modern Popular Music

early electronic music (30s to early 60s) : leon theremin Alexandra stepanoff clara rockmore Milton babbit john cage pierre schaeffer...

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...

late proto-punk/early punk rock/early post punk/early new wave/proto-early hardcore punk: the deviants the equals stooges mc5 edgar...

bluebeat/ska/rocksteady/early reggae (late 50s-60s): owen gray Coxsone Dodd laurel Aitken prince buster desmond dekker The uniques Sound...

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...

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....