THE HISTORY OF MUSIC By Kiera Hebert

1960’S

1960’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS The Everly Brothers Cathy's Clown It spent seven weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart in May and June 1960. Classed as the genre of pop. The Beatles A Hard Day's Night is the third studio album by English rock band the Beatles, released on 10 July 1964 was number one for 3 weeks running in the UK top singles chart. Classed as the genre of pop/rock. Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World was released as a single in 1967. It was in the UK singles chart for 4 weeks and is classified as the genre jazz.

TOP SONGS FROM THE 1960’S 1.  (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones   2.  Respect - Aretha Franklin   3.  Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan   4.  I Heard It through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye   5.  Hey Jude - Beatles   6.  Good Vibrations - Beach Boys   7.  Light My Fire - Doors   8.  You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers   9.  Louie Louie - Kingsmen 10.  My Girl - Temptations 11.  She Loves You - Beatles

1960’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC VIDEOS The Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'

Elvis Presley- Return to Sender

The Beatles- Twist and Shout’

During the 60’s the music videos consisted of the artist or band members upon a stage or in front of a background as though they are performing live. This style remained consistent throughout the sixties.

1960’S During the summer of love in 1967, young people descended on San Francisco and other destinations "with flowers in their hair" with free-flowing dresses with country prints were popular among young women. It was a time to protest the war in Vietnam by day, then chill out in open parties at night the Rolling Stones made the songs that captured the times. 

Mixed with this was the growing beach culture and its surfing music. It was surfing and sun all day, then beach parties all night, well known via The Beach Boys.

Curiously added to this mixture was the arrival of a group from Liverpool to America and the rest of the world, know as The Beatles. They evolved alongside from young-teen sounds like "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to the more grown-up strains of "Hey Jude.“ the band was known for their rock/pop culture.

The 60’s was a decade of mixture of genres form flower power to surf and rock’N’roll until the late 60’s to early 70’s was the Mods and Rockers.

See how music began to become an influence upon its listeners as it sculpts the personality of listeners portrayed in Mods and Rockers that were two conflicting British Youth subcultures. The rockers listened to rock and roll culture from Bo Diddley however the Mods was 1960’s music based from soul, rhythm and blues.

1970’S

1970’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS Queen Bohemian Rhapsody is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 studio album A Night at the Opera. Sold 1,300,000 copies and stayed in the UK chart singles for 9 weeks. Comes under the genre hard rock.

The Bee Gee’s Stayin’ alive was released on the 13th December 1977, it is a disco song by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. Comes under the genre of Disco.

TOP SONGS OF THE 1970’S Top Hit Number   1.  Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin   2.  Imagine - John Lennon   3.  Hotel California - The Eagles   4.  What's Going On - Marvin Gaye   5.  Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen   6.  Layla - Derek and the Dominos   7.  Superstition - Stevie Wonder   8.  Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen   9.  Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel 10.  Let's Stay Together - Al Green 11.  Let It Be - The Beatles

1970’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC VIDEOS

The Bee Gees- Stayin’ alive, in the 70’s the idea of shot doubling (layering shots) and effects came about, the use of bright colours and quick shot changes ranging from artist singing (remaining from the 60’s) and adding shots of cities and cars to fit the genre. In one decade the music video have began to change by adding in effects and cutting from shot to shot, use of vibrant colours.Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody, used the layering shots of the band with the main singer on top, during the 70’s most used effect and transition of the shots is jump (cut) shot and the use of layering. Also, seen in this video the use of elongated shots and fade in fade out transition to add effect to the genre.

1970’S Within looking at the videos I have learnt that in one decade see similarities within the use of keeping the artist singing (seen performing) however the introduction of different shots and transition have made an appearance and the arise of vibrant colours. I like the use of the layering shot seen in the 70’s videos adds effect and draws in the viewer.

Many strands of music wee woven together in the 70s. One of those threads was contributed by Led Zeppelin, including Stairway to Heaven. Another thread was brought by Bruce Springsteen, whose working-class roots were strongly infused in his driven ballads like Born to Run. Evidently the thread with the most social impact is disco.

Echoes of the 60s seemed to play out during the 70s, with Simon & Garfunkel, the Beatles, and Marvin Gaye producing new sounds for an evolving time. Disco reached its peak in 1977 with the Bee Gees and Stayin' Alive. But after that people seemed more focused on growing into their responsibilities, with young families and young careers that needed tending. The music of the time went off into different directions, with many different sounds and artists. 

1980’S

1980’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS Bon Jovi Livin’ on a Prayer was released in the late 1986, was well received at both rock and pop radio and its music video was given heavy rotation at MTV, giving the band their first No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and second chart-topping single from their 12× platinum Slippery When Wet album.

Michael Jackson Billie Jean Was released in 1983 on the 2nd of January it was one of the best-selling singles of 1983 and is one of the best-selling singles worldwide. The song topped both the US and UK charts simultaneously. In other countries, it topped the charts of Switzerland and reached the top ten in Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. It is classified as pop genre.

Guns N Roses Sweet Child of Mine was released is a song by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). Released on August 17, 1988 as the album's third single, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only number-one single in the U.S. Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1988. It reached number six on the UK Singles Chart, when re-released in 1989. this song is classified as rocl.

TOP SONGS OF THE 1980’S Top Hit Number   1.  Billie Jean - Michael Jackson   2.  Every Breath You Take - Police   3.  When Doves Cry - Prince   4.  Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye   5.  Like a Virgin - Madonna   6.  Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses   7.  Don't You Want Me? - Human League   8.  Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen   9.  What's Love Got To Do With It? - Tina Turner 10.  Call Me - Blondie 11.  With or Without You - U2

1980’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC VIDEOS

Billie Jean music video from the 80’s seen signs of new effects of split screens showing the dominant artist in three different positions, introduction of new effects arisen and also, in this video the music is telling the story, whereas older music videos consisted of the band solely performing see new shots emerged where the video begins to tell a story. Also, a collaboration of shots shown in different sized squares and freeze frame seen in this video see a change from the older video where solely a few shots of the band performing. Use of very quick transition (cut shots). Use of different locations.

1980’S The 80s had two sides Cyndi Lauper of Girls Just Want To Have Fun fame. The first sounds of alternative rock. The growing popularity of raves also brought techno-electronic music, Club drugs also put in an appearance, which led to many raves being banned, and therefore more popular than ever. It's human nature. The arise of electronic and techno music came out and the school disco sounds of Tight fit Lion Sleep’s Tonight.

Retro movies also made their mark, with Flash dance in 1983 bringing back many songs and starting a craze to wear ripped clothing. Dirty Dancing in 1987 brought back a completely different set of songs. The 80’s was the rise in icons from Michael Jackson and the rise in disco, fever!

1990’S

1990’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS Madonna Ray of Light with her first completely new studio album in 4 years, Madonna brought electronica to the top of the pop charts. Working with collaborator William Orbit, the music sounded fresh, new, and invigorating. Was released on March 3, 1998 by Maverick Records.

Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time is the debut single by American singer Britney Spears. It was written and produced by Max Martin and Rami, and released in 1998. It is a teen pop and dance-pop song. The song reached the top spot of the Hot 100 Singles Sales and stayed there for four consecutive weeks. This eventually propelled the single to a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Jay-Z Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) released on the 27th of October 1998.  is a single from rapper Jay-Z's third album. Classified as hip hop genre.

See an arise in the 1990s of hip-hip and pop music a popular genre.

1990’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC VIDEOS

These are screenshots of Britney Spears- Baby One More Time. This was the iconic video of the 90’s still see features from the 60’s videos as the artist is seen with a dance crew (representing a band/ group) However, see the use of different angled shots low and high to show the artist in different ways. The use of different locations and shots (mid shot, close up) in the video.

2000’S

2000’S ICONIC ARTISTS AND SONGS Lady gaga- Poker Face- September 26th 2008 Black eyed peas- I Gotta Feeling- June 23rd 2009 Atomic kitten- Whole Again- 29th January 2001 Today the genre of music has changed from classic rock and ballads to indie style (unique) style, the arise of stars such as Mumford and Sons and Sam Smith, music has changed from pop in the early 2000’s to heart felt, instrumental and acoustic music the style is shown through George Ezra an artist who sings with his guitar a indie artist. However, the 80’s techno and electric (rave) is still around via artist of Hannah Wannts and DJ EZ are artist who use techno beats to create songs and remix older songs into modern technology.

2000’S MOST ICONIC MUSIC VIDEOS Carly Rae Jepson’s popular hit. A simple narrative about a girl who likes a guy only to find out he is gay. It is simple yet effective and includes the interests of the intended audience. A topless guy is aimed to attract and entice the female teens of today and Carly’s character is designed to entice the male audience, it’s simple, inexpensive and easy to watch without too much thinking, which is probably why it is quite popular. However, it lacks creativity and anything unique, it doesn’t feature anything which stands out and impresses you. It is just a simple narrative, which is why it is suitable for a younger age group as well.

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