From Sinatra to Punk
How pop music evolved from crooners in 1950s
to punk in the late 1970s.
The musical progression and social influences from Frank Sinatra and the crooners in the 1950s to punk in the 1970s- from Sinatra to punk.
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From Sinatra to Punk
The musical progression and social influences that took the gentle strains of pop music in the 1950s to the aggression of punk in the late 1970s.
Pop music in the early 1950s consisted mostly of big bands, orchestras, male and female crooners and vocal groups.
This live Facebook show looks at some of the musical developments and social influences which helped to transition, slowly but surely, from Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the early 1950s to punk in the late 1970s.
Tune in to the show for all the detail in From Sinatra to Punk…
but in a nutshell…
The crooners dominated the charts in the early 1950s. Rock and Roll morphed out of R&B (and other genres) in the mid-1950s. In fact, by the mid-1950s some R&B hits were also reaching the American Hot-100 charts. The golden age of rock’n’roll was over by the end of the 1950s.
In the early 1960s skiffle and British rock’n’roll developed into beat music. On the other hand, in America the music scene fragmented into several sub-genres. However, the music scenes on both sides of the Atlantic merged again with rock music in the mid-1960s.
The 1970s
By the end of the 1960s the rock music scene was developing in a number of directions. As a result, new sub-genres emerged. Psychedelia, prog and glam all took rock music into new and exciting territory.
After that, it all changed again in the mid-1970s. In short, the excesses of 20-minute guitar solos and stadium performances brought about a return to simpler times. Punk returned the music to three minute songs played by non-virtuoso musicians in small intimate venues. The mantra for 1977 was, “never trust a hippie”.
