Modern Popular Music

early hip hop & electro: Arthur Baker John Robie Shep Pettibone eddy grant fatback band sugar hill gang spoonie gee kurtis blow hashim funky 4 + 1 fab 5 freddy cold crush brothers crash crew grandmaster flash and the furious five man parrish warp 9 whodini Planet patrol fat boys run d.m.c. Jonzun crew afrika Bambaataa & soul sonic force art of noise lotti golden run dmc newcleus beastie boys cybotron ll cool j Roxanne shante marley marl doug e fresh slick rick late 80s early

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 Nancy Ajram Nawal El Zoghbi Natacha atlas Latifa Assala Amal Hijazi Haifa Wehbe Amr Diab Mohamed Fouad Angham Elissa Al baraem Sherine Nawal Al Zoghbi Wael Kfoury Assi El Hallani Diana Haddad Kadim Al Sahir mo3em alasam assaaleek band Dominique hourani

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 Luiz Bonfá Stan Getz Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 Wanda Sá Ale Vanzella sylvia telles Rosinha de valencia MBP/tropicalia: gilberto gil Jorge ben jor Caetano Veloso Gal Costa Djavan Tom Jobim Chico Buarque Belchior Elis Regina Milton Nascimento novos baianos

salsa/pachanga/boogaloo/ 1940s-1970s: mongo santamaria celia cruz Rafael cortijo y su bonche Rafael ithier and el gran combo de Puerto rico tony pabon Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo and la Sonora poncena Ismael rivera cortijo y su combo sus cachimbos hector lavoe Adalberto Santiago Ismael Quintana ray barretto willie colon cheo Feliciano tommy olivencia La sonora matancera pete "el conde" rodriguez tito Puente el gran combo de Puerto rico pijuan Ronaldo laserie eddie palmie

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 Liverpool five dave

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 hank Williams woody Guthrie ernest tubb bill Monroe jimmy wakely cliff burner hank thompson red foley bob wills gene autry roy acuff Harlan howard Tex williams 1940s-1950s country/honky tonk: hank Williams louvin brothers patsy cline chet atkins johnny cash June carter cash Maybelle carter lefty frizzell ray price les paul Red foley don Gibso

rock and roll/rockabilly/ early surf rock/early instrumental rock and roll (late 40s-early 60s): louis Jordan ruth brown lavern baker johnny Otis tiny bradshaw Lieber and stoller little willie littlefield big mama thornton hank ballard and the midnighters big joe turner bill haley and his comets carl perkins Earl Palmer little Richard bo diddley fats domino jerry lee lewis elvis presley scotty moore johnny burnette trio chuck berry screaming jay Hawkins larry williams gene vi

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 Jimmy reed little walter sonny boy Williamson ii guitar slim buddy guy b.b. king freddy king albert king magic sam Lowell fulson Fred below Otis spann Big bill broonzy St Louis jimmy oden early r&b / jump blues: luis Jordan ruth brown lavern baker amos milburn tiny bradshaw Roy Brown Billy Wright Wynonie Harris paul Williams james witherspoon Dave Bartholomew Big Joe T

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