How did music in the 1940s influence music from today?

Answer 1

The music in the 50's was important as well from the 40's. IT is beause during these time periods there were many promblems in that time such as the World War 2 , British invasion and more promblems . So the 50's of music and 40's came to create

a music movemnet that impacted in the teen's culture such as

listening to something really good

craeting dances with twist ,disco,house

lead to creation of rock and roll

and rythem and blues

it just these people enjoyment , life fulled with something to do such as danceing. that effected to become the music of the 60's , 70's and to this point of 2008 .

It important to techonly , on how different devices came to the 50's to now our every day i-pods . So , impacted the future of ours and their of creating music for us .

Answer 2

I believe 80s music is important because it revolutionized into modern music. Without 80s music, the music we have today would not have evolved. For some of todays music, maybe that's a bad thing!

Answer 3

Big band swing was the thing in the 40s.In the late 40s along came musicians like Winone Harris who scaled the big band down to the 'combo' of 5 or 6 guys and added the blues element and lo and behold Rock'n'Roll was invented. Aside from that there was also the singers that fronted the big bands,notably Frank Sinatra who gave a sexual charge to the way that white guys sang,Black male vocalists always had a stong sexual content to the way they sang the blues from way back in the early years of blues and jazz in the 20s but the white singers played catch up in the 40s to develop the 'soul' thing that is everywhere today.

Answer 4

What was music like in the 50s?

Music in the 50s allowed people to be themselves - unique and was about nothing but plain old fun! It allowed people to let loose and enjoy themselves instead of being so uptight all the time.

Answer 5

It was the time when Rock n' Roll was good, man.

A lot of bands in that era were influeced by Drugs, Drinking, and girls.(except for the girl bands , they were influenced by men. well... some)

1969 was the year wood stock was... it kinda started the whole rock n' roll thingy.

Answer 6

Big Band, Swing Music, Boogie Woogie & Jazz

Answer 7

how ami meant to know i am just a person

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