Music & Pop Culture
Pop music
Early Pop music (before 1950)
Charleston:
- Instruments: wind band orchestra, sometimes piano.
- Origins: Vaudeville
- Tempo: Not so fast, danceable
- Lyrics: Non relevant lyrics.
- Rock Bands: Josephine Baker
Charleston
Country:
- Instruments: Guitars, banjos, little percussion, sometimes piano
- Origins: American folk music
- Tempo: Not slow, not fast
- Lyrics: About american way of life.
- Rock Bands: The Carter Family, Vermon Haldart
Wreck of the Old'97 - Vermon Haldart
Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family The Arkansas Traveler - The 2nd South Carolina String Band
Boogie:
- Instruments: Piano, main voice, brass instruments like trumpets and drum set.
- Origins: Ragtime and Swing
- Tempo: Fast
- Lyrics: Cheer up lyrics with a catchy chorus.
- Rock Bands: Andrew Sisters, Hersal Thomas, Albert Ammon
Hersal's Blues - Hersal Thomas
Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammon & his Rhythm Kings Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrew Sisters
The Fives - Thomas Brothes (perf. Luca Sestak)
Doo Wop:
- Instruments: Piano, more than one voice, drum set and bass.
- Origins: Swing, boogie, dixie music.
- Tempo: It can be faster or slower
- Lyrics: Positive love, good feelings.
- Rock Bands: The Platters, The Chordettes.