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History of Popular Music from the 1950s to the present:
Origins
Popular Music evolved from several genres, Pop music charts didn’t properly exist until 1950. Also this was when the term “teenagers” was created. Before then there was only childhood and adulthood. One of the reasons was due to the end of World War 2.

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Rock and Roll 1930s
1932, Adolph Rickenbacker creates the first version of his lap guitar; he would later make his invention better.

Due to racial discrimination and segregation, African Americans were not allowed to play in “white people’s” clubs; therefore the music did not catch on to the main population of USA. Until artists like Elvis Presley came to the scene. Elvis Presley grew up in a mainly black neighbourhood …show more content…

Elton John was the biggest name during the seventies period. He is a pianist, singer and songwriter. He was a child prodigy playing the piano at the age of four to a high level. He formed a band with his friends at the age of fourteen, they were known as the Corvettes.

Elton met Bernie Taupin a lyricist, and they started working together as musicians. He then changed his name to Elton John, adapted from the name of two musicians, Elton Dean, a sax player and Long John Baldry another musician.
They recorded their first song ‘Scarecrow’ in 1967. With Taupin writing the lyrics and Elton performing the songs.
His debut album was recorded at 1969, ‘Empty Sky’, Then another album ‘Elton John’ was released in 1970.

Elton was a rock pianist being influenced by the blues and boogie-woogie.
In 1974, Elton collaborated with John Lennon from the Beatles and was Lennon’s final performance. Elton became a success and received critical acclaim.

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