-
clean-cut look
with a new type of rock.
-
their songs had
innocent lyrics, melodic
"hooks" and were
hummable tunes while keeping the
beat, excitement and vitality.
-
less explosive
than their rock and roll
predecessors, they brought
something new and innovative. What
they lacked in chaotic energy was
more the compensated with
thoughtful lyrics that spoke to
the hearts and minds of teenagers,
helping them to come to terms with
the confusing contradictions of
adolescence.
- eg. Everly Bros, Eddie Cochrane,
Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Rickie Nelson, Ritchie Valens
- pop rock:
- girl group pop:
- the 1960s yielded one of pop
music's most enjoyable trends, the
"girl group" phenomenon.
- starting in the 1950s as a
trickle represented by the Hearts,
the Blossoms, the Joytones, the
Clickettes, the Deltairs, the
Quintones, the Chantels, and the
Bobbettes, it became a flood of
groups in the 1960s, including the
Shirelles, the Chiffons, the
Shangri-Las, the Crystals, the
Ronettes, the Angels, Reparata and
the Delrons, the Exciters, the
Cookies, the Supremes, the
Marvelettes, and Patti Labelle and
the Blue Belles.
- early 60's male pop:
- While the Girl Groups (eg.
Motown) were making consistently
great records, their male
counterparts were having a harder
time defining their style and
place in the early sixties. In
contrast to the relatively unified
front presented by the girl
groups, the male singers and
groups were widely scattered
across the stylistic spectrum
between the extremes of teen idol
pop and mainstream respectability
and artless garage band
thrashing.
- Only a handful of US pop singers
and groups stood out from the pack
with distinctive personal styles
and voices, most notably Roy
Orbison, Frankie Valli and the
Four Seasons, Dion, Neil Sedaka,
Del Shannon and Gene Pitney.
- early Beatles;
- 60's & 70's pop rock:
- The Monkees, Carpenters,
Donny Osmond, David
Cassidy, Bay City Rollers,
Abba
- 80's & 90's pop rock:
- Stock, Aitken &
Waterman - Kylie Minogue,
etc.
- country rock (1970's):
- The Eagles; Emmylou Harris;
Linda Ronstadt;
- rock-soul fusion:
