Music is an outburst of the soul.

- Frederick Delius

If music be the food of love, play on.

- William Shakespeare

U.S. Pop Music Timeline1920s1922 – Jazz musician Duke Ellington moves to New York and forms the legendary Duke Ellington Orchestra.

1925 – The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN, begins Saturday night radio broadcasts. These featured regional music, helping to fuse Southeastern and Western styles, creating a country & western genre.

1930s

1930s - Several famous female vocalists got their start as jazz singers 30s, including Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.

1932 – Radio City Music Hall opens with a musical show featuring the Rockettes.

1936 – The Electric Guitar debuts

1940s

1940s - Big band music ruled radio for most of the decade.

1948 – Columbia Records introduces the "long playing" vinyl record.

1950s

1951 – Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed coins the term "Rock and Roll".

1955 – Elvis Presley becomes first big "Rock Star"

1959 – National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents first Grammy Award.

1959 – Berry Gordy Jr. founds Motown Records, a company for black artists and musicians.

1960s

1964 – The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is an instant hit, igniting the "British invasion".

1969 – The Woodstock Music Festival, featuring such artists as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and The Who, is attended by hundreds of thousands of fans.

1970s

1977 – The movie Saturday Night Fever popularizes disco music.

1979 – Hip Hop, a blend of rock, jazz, and soul with African drumming, is born in the South Bronx.

1980s

1981 – MTV music television debuts with nonstop music videos.

1982/1983 – Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the album and video become instant classics.

1983 – Compact discs arrive, although mass adoption didn’t happen immediately – CDs wouldn't overtake cassette tapes until the late 1980s.

1990s

Early 1990s – Grunge rock rises in Seattle, featuring such bands as Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

1995 – The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.

1998 – Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," from the movie Titanic, is the top song of the year.

2000s

2001 – More than 30 years after breaking up, the Beatles have a chart-topper with the greatest-hits album 1.

2002 – Kelly Clarkson becomes the first American Idol. About 50 million viewers tune in to the show's finale.

2003 – Apple introduces iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each, changing the way people access music.

NOW

The global music industry was worth $19.1 billion as of 2018.

Digital music sales generate 88% of music revenue.

More than 1 trillion songs are streamed annually.

Vinyl records are making a comeback! After mostly being replaced by cassettes and CDs, sales of vinyl records climbed to more than $700 million in 2019.

FAMILYMUSIC TRIVIA!

In 2017 who sang a duet with Ed Sheeran on the song “Perfect”?

a. Taylor Swift

b. Justin Timberlake

c. Beyoncé

Beyoncé

a. John Lennon

b. Ringo Starr

c. Paul McCartney

Which Beatle wrote and performed a James Bond theme song?

Paul McCartney(& Wings)

Live and Let Die

What is the nickname for Lady Gaga’s fandom?

a. Lady Crew

b. Little Monsters

c. Gaga Gang

Little Monsters

Which pop star played 27 different instruments on their debut album “For You”?

a. Harry Styles

b. Micheal Jackson

c. Prince

Prince

Who is referred to as theQueen of Soul?

a. Aretha Franklinb. Madonnac. Diana Ross

Aretha Franklin

Which character in Hamiltonsings "The Room Where It Happens"?

a. Aaron Burrb. George Washingtonc. Alexander Hamilton

Aaron Burr

Which female artist released the song “Hero” in 1993, and is also widely known for her holiday song, "All I Want for Christmas is You"?

a. Carrie Underwood

b. Jennifer Lopez

c. Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

What popular group had the hit

single “Love Shack” in the 1980s?

a. The Rolling Stones

b. Fleetwood Mac

c. The B-52s

The B-52s

Vanilla Ice’s 1991 hit “Ice IceBaby” used a sample from which Queen song?

a. Somebody to Loveb. Under Pressurec. We Will Rock You

Under Pressure