History of Pop Music

The definition of pop music is decisively flexible as the music that is identified as pop is constantly changing. At any particular point in time it may be easier to identify pop music as that which is successful on the pop music charts. For the past 50 years the most successful musical styles on the pop charts have continually changed and evolved into bigger better things.

One of the most reliable elements of pop music since the 1950's is the pop song. Pop music is not usually written, performed and recorded as a symphony. The basic form for pop music is the song and usually a song consisting of verse and repeated chorus. Most often the songs are between 2 1/2 minutes and 5 1/2 minutes in length. There have been exceptions like the following. The Beatles' "Hey Jude" was 7 minutes in length. However, in many cases, if the song is long, an edited version is released for radio airplay such as in the case of Don McLean's "American Pie." It was edited down from its original 8 1/2 minutes length to just over 4 minutes for radio airplay.

Pop music is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll. The terms popular music and pop music are often used correspondently, even though the former is a description of music which is popular while the other is a specific genre containing qualities of mass appeal.

History of pop music timeline

1956 – Elvis Presley emerges as one of the world’s first rock stars
1957 – John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
1957 – The first official Quarry Men performance
1958 – Paul McCartney invited George Harrison to watch the Quarry Men
Late 1950s: The English rock music group ‘Beatles’ was formed
1960 – The Quarry Men become The Silver Beats
1960 – Pete Best joins the Beatles
1961- The American country singer ‘Patsy Cline’ becomes a mainstream pop music hit
1972 – Michael Jackson’s first solo hit “Ben” reaches No. 1
1974 – Michael Jackson introduces “The Robot”
1983 – Red Hot Chili Peppers are formed
1985 – Britney Spears emerges as a star of the music world
1990s – Various famous groups made pop music more popular.
1993 – Radiohead releases first studio album, “Pablo Honey”
1998 – “Coldplay” formed
2002 – Increased impact of television shows
2009 – Death of Michael Jackson

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Pop Music is used in modern era Football chants, here are just a few that you might recognise. As you can see Pop music is very popular in today's world even at sporting games like Football.