What type of music was popular during the 1930-1940?

Answer 1

jazz was popular

Ryan Nash's answer:

really I thought that romance and sad music was popular because 1940's music was influenced by World War 2! there was a lot of romance due to men leaving for war. but music with the soldiers would be sad, especially as they sent bands over seas to perform for the men and they sang sad songs to make the soldiers want to get the world war over and done with to see their family and friends!

jazz!!!!

Rock came later swing was the thing

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Yes, jazz and swing were popular during the first half of the 1940s but only some of it was romantic or sad. People wanted entertainment to let them temporarily escape the war rather than be reminded of it, so there were many up-tempo songs as well as ballads. Among others, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'", "Tail-End Charlie", "Moonlight Becomes You", "Shoo-Shoo Baby", "It Had To Be You", "Swinging On A Star", etc. Of course many songs were related to the war as well: "I'll Walk Alone", "There'll be a Hot Time In the Town of Berlin", "The G.I. Jive", "Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer", "When The Lights Go On Again All Over The World", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and others.

Tastes changed during the second half of the decade, for a number of reasons:

• The ASCAP recording ban of 1942-1944 prevented many orchestras from releasing new records, so people didn't have nearly as much new material to keep them interested.
• Rationing and travel restrictions prevented many musicians from travelling extensively so they weren't able to keep their audiences, particularly during the ban.
• Once the recording ban was lifted, new contracts increased musicians' salaries but priced many of the larger dance orchestras out of the market.
• Military service and civilian war work kept many people from going to dances, especially when couples weren't able to be together.
• Returning soldiers were 4 or 5 years older and had to catch up on school, marriage, and starting families which limited the amount of entertainment they could attend.
• Television broadcasting began, giving people more entertainment options at home.
• The most popular dance-band leader of the era was killed in the war, depriving Swing Music of one of its core leaders.

After the war, popular music slowly shifted to individual singers like Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, and Buddy Clark, or vocal groups such as the Ink Spots, the Andrews Sisters, and the Pied Pipers. Jazz tended to be performed by smaller bands comprising 3, 4, or 5 musicians rather than full dance bands, and thus became more appealing to listeners rather than dancers. Swing bands continued in one form or another but by 1948 / 1949 many of the major orchestras either downsized or disbanded altogether.

Answer 2

Big Bands such as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman were all the rage in the early 40's, but as the decade wore on many vocalists struck out on their own. Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dinah Shore were huge. Blues was another big winner of the 40's with Charlie Parker (try the CD "Genius of Charlie Parker) and Dizzy Gillespie are a couple big blues musicians of the era.

Answer 3

One of the best sources for music in 1925 was Broadway. The musical theater was flourishing, and many important composers were creating musical shows ranging from operettas to revues (an evening of performances lacking a plot or story line). The hit songs became the most popular songs of the year. A familiar example from just two years later was "Show Boat" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, which had almost a dozen enduring hits.

Answer 4

i think like Johnny Cash i guess, yeah i was right lol:)

I don't believe Johnny cash had any recordings in the Forties.

That era was the big bands like Duke Ellington, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Harry James, Benny Goodman and the most popular singer was Frank Sinatra.

Answer 5

Jazz, particularly swing, was wildly popular during that time period, but operas, ballets, and orchestras were still widely attended. Popular composers such as Gustav Holst and Igor Stravinsky were part of the neoclassicist movement, while George Gershwin, "Duke" Ellington, "Count" Basie, and Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong were creating jazz at its most fundamental level.

Answer 6

Swing music was popular during the 1930's to the 1940's.

Answer 7

Swing music and Jazz Music were some types of music that were popular in 1930 to 1939. The blues were also a type of music then.

Answer 8

your moms