How are you?
Following the last week, I am going to
start my 58th lecture.
The lecture topic for this week is “Pop
Music in 1970s”. It is a summary of the contents of “58th ACJ Music Academy,
History of Pop Music: 3. 1970s”, which was introduced on August 20, 2016.
Disco, which appeared in the
1970s, was one of the most popular music genres of this period. Rock music was
still a popular music genre during this period, in particular, the sub-genres
derived from Rock, such as Hard rock, Progressive rock, and Heavy metal, had
great success. In addition, the development of electronic music was remarkable
during this period, and with the development of synthesizers, Synth pop, which
mixed Electronic music with Pop music, was born.
First of all, looking at Rock,
the 1970s was the time when Hard rock, one of the most prominent sub-genres of
Rock, appeared. Among the Hard rock artists, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Led
Zeppelin, Nazareth, and Black Sabbath gained great popularity in the first half
of the 70s and AC/DC, Kiss, Aerosmith, Van Halen, and Ted Nugent were very
popular in the second half of the 70s.
Nazareth
AC/DC
Arena rock’s popularity was
increased with musicians such as Styx, The Who and Pink Floyd.
Styx
Country rock is a fusion of
Country music and Rock music. In particular, one of the representative bands of
the genre, The Eagles, became the most successful Country rock artist of all
time with the album “Hotel California,” released in 1976.
The Eagles
In the 1970s, Southern rock, a
style similar to Country rock, gained popularity among country music fans due
to the bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band and The Marshall
Tucker Band.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Progressive rock was gradually
moved to more Pop rock-oriented bands such as Boston, Foreigner, Journey and
Kansas from innovative musicians such as Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and
Blood, Sweat and Tears, and they had commercial success with the British bands,
Supertramp and Electric Light Orchestra.
Boston
Electric Light Orchestra
In the late 70s, many American
bands began making experimental New wave music with synthesizers, and the
representative musicians are Talking Heads, The Cars, and Devo.
The Cars
The bands such as The Knack,
Cheap Trick and Loverboy created Power pop, combining Punk rock and Pop music.
The Knack
In the mid-1970s, Punk rock,
originated from Garage Rock in the 1960s, appeared and The Ramones, Patti Smith
and Blondie are examples of the first American Punk rock bands that have made
Punk rock popular in the UK and the United States.
The Blondie
The most notable Pop/Soft
rock groups of the 1970s were The Carpenters, The Jackson 5 and Bay City
Rollers, and they gained great popularity in music charts and radio broadcasts.
In addition, Fleetwood Mac, one of the representative groups in this genre,
released the album “Rumours” in 1977, which was one of the most sold albums
of the time.
Bay City Rollers
Fleetwood Mac
For Country music, the most
successful female Country singer in the 1970s was Loretta Lynn, who was ranked
number one on the Billboard Top Country Singles Chart for three weeks with
"Coal Miner's Daughter", released in 1970.
Loretta Lynn
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Next week, I will lecture 4th topic of
“History of Pop Music” for "1980s."
Thank you.
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