The music industry in the

1960s/90s had started to

develop and was growing,

very fast!

As technology developed so

did the music, Stereo had

almost completely replaced

mono as the recording mode.

FOUR MAIN TYPES OF MUSIC

East Coast Doo-Wop

R&B/Soul

Motown

Pop(uprising)

EAST COAST DOO-WOP

Doo-wop is a style that was developed

in African-American communities

R&B/SOUL

• Was made up of many African Americans

• Didn’t receive as much credit or popularity as less talented white

groups because of racial barriers.

• Some of their songs were sung by popular white performers and

became hits.

• After civil rights movement their music became recognized and enjoyed

by many.

With the “swinging-sixties” came ‘Motown Record Corporation’, with this arrived the important

advance of racial integration into music, as this was the first record label to be owned by and

primarily feature African American artists.

Motown’s first ever top 10 hit was in 1960 with ‘Shop Around’ by

the Miracles, which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100

and was also Motown’s first million-selling record.

It was in this century that Bob Dylan lead us from the days of audio and

brought us the music video. His single ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’

brought with it one of the first ever music videos, a simple one-shot

short but a revelation in the 60’s.

Pop group the Supremes released their album ‘The Supremes

A’ Go-Go’ in 1966 and were the first all-female group to reach

the top spot in the Billboard 200 Album Charts.

This album was also produced by Motown

Records.

ARTISTS FROM THE 1960/90S

• The Beatles

• Rolling Stones

• The Animals

• The Yard birds

THE BEATLES

• The beatles were English rock band that

formed in Liverpool, in 1960.

• They became widely regarded as the

greatest and most influential act of the rock

era.

The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool

and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960. Manager Brian

Epstein moulded them into a professional act and producer George

Martin enhanced their musical potential. They gained popularity in

the United Kingdom after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND MUSIC

- The Cold War ran into the 60s, a conflict between the USA and USSA. The war allegedly began because of ideological differences between the United states and the Soviet Union, who favoured communism whereas the US didn't.

- It was named the Cold War since no people actually went and fought against each other. Instead, the tension set an almost 'cold' atmosphere between the countries and the public feared a nuclear World War 3 would erupt.

- The hippie culture arose from individuals who aimed to send out political messages about wars going on at the time, and how they wished for peace.

- This rebellion against war is the controversy that set hippies apart from the rest.Hippie Fashion

GET THE ‘HIPPIE’ LOOK

- They usually had long hair, men would also grow their beards out. This was a polar

opposite to the previous, clean-cut 50's look.

Wore very colourful clothes, including tie dye prints.

- Floral prints were in fashion too, as well as head bands.

- The peace sign was also something commonly seen on hippies' clothes or belongings.

The Beatles

- The Beatles were a band in the 60s that adopted the hippie style. They promoted peace

and happiness in their music, these values were very opposing to some of the

government's who were involved in the Cold War.

- Their intentions of sending out political messages through their music was reflected

through them being the first band to include lyric sheets in the albums they sold.

- What also made their music controversial and thus more publicised is their reference to

drug use, particularly in the song "Yellow Submarine".

- They adopted the hippie style. They promoted peace and happiness in

their music, these values were very opposing to some of the

government's who were involved in the Cold War.

- Their intentions of sending out political messages through their music

was reflected through them being the first band to include lyric sheets

in the albums they sold.

- What also made their music controversial and thus more publicised is

their reference to drug use, particularly in the song "Yellow Submarine".

AUDIENCES

The most 60s audiences consumed the music through this ,,,

However as we develop so

does technology!

People usually bought their music on vinyl

records however in 1963 there was a break

through as audio cassettes came to the

market!

This was originally intended as a way of

playing music in cars to American car

owners. Cassettes were quickly developed

into a popular format for listening to music.

BBC

BBC resisted giving rock and roll airtime until 1967. Mainly because it served

middle-class, middle-aged audiences. It was known as a ‘respectable’ and

‘responsible’ broadcaster that would alienate its audiences by introducing the

new dangerous style of youth music onto its airwaves.

It was during this time that music piracy began to threaten the music industry as

people regularly recorded their favourite music from the radio onto cassette

tapes

However music was still

also consumed through

television, gigs, concerts

and the radio

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By this point in time the 90’s saw several diverse genres of music on the scene...

Grunge music alongside similar subgenres peaked in

popularity during 1990/91 with the success of bands such as

Nirvana. This style today is still strongly associated with this

decade.

U2's groundbreaking Zoo TV and PopMart tours were the top

selling tours of 1992 and 1997.

Britpop, a subgenre of alternative rock created in the UK was formed in

this decade. This subgenre developed as a reaction against various

musical and cultural trends from the early 1990s, especially the US made

Grunge. Blur was one of the several groups to launch this movement by

referencing British guitar music of the past and writing about uniquely

British topics and concerns. This caught on and other bands still famous to

date, such as Oasis joined this trend.

Female pop icons such as the “Spice

Girls" manage to break America, taking

the world by storm and becoming the

most commercially successful British

Group since The Beatles.

Their impact brings about a

widespread invasion of teen

pop acts around the world

such as Britney

Spears,Christina Aguilera, 'N

Sync and Backstreet Boys.