How are you?
Following the last week, I am going to
start my 57th lecture.
The lecture topic for this week is “Pop
Music in 1960s”. It is a summary of the contents of “57th ACJ Music Academy,
History of Pop Music: 2. 1960s”, which was introduced on August 13, 2016.
The 1960s was a particularly
revolutionary period for pop music as Rock genre was formed and developed.
In the early 1960s, the trend of pop
and rock and roll which was popular in the 1950s was continued but rock and
roll before the 1960s began to transform into a form known as Rock.
In the
United States, in the early 1960s, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez were
singer-songwriters, who played an important role for the folk music revival
movement.
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan
The initial attempt to combine the elements of folk and rock was the
"House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals in 1964, which was the first
commercially successful folk song by recording with instruments playing rock
and roll.
The Animals
In the early 1960s, one of the rock and roll's most popular styles,
Surf Rock, featured almost entirely performances and strong use of the guitar's
reverb. The Beach Boys, who were active
in the 1960s, contributed to popularize this genre by adding complex pop
harmony to the basic surf rock rhythm.
The Beach Boys
Garage Rock, first born around
1958, was popular in the United States in the mid-1960s. The name of the genre
was born because many bands practiced in the garage at home. The content of the
lyrics was far more aggressive than other genres at the time, with inconsistent
shouting and growling of the vocal. Garage Rock was at its peak commercially
and artistically in 1966, and in 1968, as many musicians went on to study, find
employment, or join the army, this style mostly disappeared from the charts.
Progressive rock is sometimes
used in combination with art rock, and it was an attempt to escape from
established musical forms by experimenting with various musical instruments,
musical types and forms. This form can be heard in "A Whiter Shade of
Pale" by Procol Harum in 1967, which included introduction inspired by
Bach.
Procol Harum
In the early 1960s, Chubby
Checker drove a twist-craze with the cover song of "The Twist" by
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters.
Chubby Checker
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Gerry Goffin and Carole King, who
wrote many number one hits, including The Shirelles' "Will You Love Me
Tomorrow", which was recorded as the first number one hit of female group,
and "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva in 1962, emerged as a duo who
makes very influential pop music. In addition,
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
The Shirelles
Little Eva
The Archies made a hit with the
“Sugar Sugar”, which created new pop genre of bubble gum.
The Archies
The Country music in the 1960s enjoyed
constant popularity, and its record sales continued to increase with the emergence
of new artists and trends. Many artists such as Jim Reeves, Ray Price and Patsy
Cline, who have acted in this genre, have had great success with songs such as
"He'll Have to Go", "Make the World Go Away" and "I
Fall to Pieces".
Jim Reeves
Ray Price
Patsy Cline
Rhythm and Blues and Soul singer
Ray Charles showed a typical country pop style in his album 'Modern Sounds in
Country and Western Music', released in 1962, which included songs such as
"I Can't Stop Loving You", "Born to Lose" and "You
Don't Know Me".
Ray Charles
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Next week, I will lecture 3rd topic of
“History of Pop Music” for "1970s."
Thank you.
