A brief history of American Popular Music from Yankee Doodle to Hip hop
1775
British soldiers sing (1)”Yankee Doodle” to mock colonists; Americans adopt it as their own tune.
1815
Francis Scott Key publishes (2) “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
1861
Julia Ward Howe writes the poem (3) “Battle Hymn of the Republic”/ John Brown’s Body; set to music, it becomes a popular Civil War song. (4) “O freedom”
1891
Carnegie Hall opens in New York.
1893
The “Happy Birthday” tune is written by two teachers in Louisville, Kentucky.
early 1900s
Based on Mississippi River boat music and black as well as French and Spanish piano music, jazz develops in New Orleans.
1907
Florenz Ziegfeld launches the elaborate musical stage shows known as the Ziegfeld Follies.
1911
Popular songwriter Irving Berlin completes “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.”
1916
President Woodrow Wilson issues an executive order making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national anthem.
1922
Jazz musician Duke Ellington moves to New York and forms the band that becomes the legendary Duke Ellington Orchestra.
1927
Show Boat, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, is the first hugely popular musical comedy.
1932
Radio City Music Hall opens with a musical show featuring the Rockettes.
1935
George Gershwin’s folk opera Porgy and Bess premieres. (5) Summertime
1936
Electric guitar debuts. (6) Blues sweet home Chicago-
1948
Columbia Records introduces the “long playing” vinyl record.
1951
Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed coins the term “rock and roll.”
1955
Elvis Presley becomes the first rock star.
1957
Leonard Bernstein’s musical West Side Story debuts. (7) America e (8) Jailhouse rock
1958
Billboard magazine begins their Hot 100 chart listing popular songs.
1959
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents the first Grammy Award.
1959
Berry Gordy, Jr., founds Motown record company; in the 1960s Motown stars include the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye.
1961
1961 Country singer Patsy Cline becomes a mainstream pop music hit.
1964
The Beatles’ (9) -“I Want to Hold Your Hand” is a sensation, igniting the “British invasion.”
1969
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, featuring such artists as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Joan Baez, is attended by hundreds of thousands of fans.
1973
In april , the recording (10) Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree of Tony Orlando and Dawn reached N°1 in the Billboard Hot 100
1975
CBGB (Country Bluegrass & Blues) club in New York showcases “punk rock.”
1977
The movie Saturday Night Fever popularizes disco music.
1978
Hip hop, a blend of rock, jazz, and soul with African drumming, is born in the South Bronx.
