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Beat, Beat, Beat (1959) by William F. Brown. Beatniks were members of a social movement in the mid-20th century, who subscribed to an anti-materialistic lifestyle. They rejected the conformity and consumerism of mainstream American culture and expressed themselves through various forms of art, such as literature, poetry, music, and painting.
Jay & The Americans; The Ames Brothers [1]; The Andrews Sisters; Dave Appell & the Applejacks; Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes; The Bell Notes; Bill Haley & His Comets
Writers of the Beat Generation were heavily influenced by jazz artists like Billie Holiday and the stories told through Jazz music. Writers like Jack Kerouac ( On the Road ), Bob Kaufman ("Round About Midnight," "Jazz Chick," and "O-Jazz-O"), and Frank O'Hara ("The Day Lady Died") incorporated the emotions they felt toward jazz.
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
Beatnik Beatch were an American pop rock band formed in San Francisco in the 1980s. They consisted of Chris Witt Ketner (bass, vocals, viola), Andy Sturmer (drums, vocals), and George Cole (guitar). [ 1 ]
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Influential on the development of the neo-psychedelia and college rock music genres and on a number of bands, especially R.E.M. [24] [25] Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #65 [6] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #47 [5] Rolling Stone's "80 Greatest albums of 1980": #63 [4] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ...
The birth of soul music occurred during the 1950s, and the genre would come to dominate the US R&B charts by the early 1960s. Soul artists of the 1950s include Sam Cooke and James Brown. [8] Jazz music was revolutionized during the 1950s with the rise of bebop, hard bop, modal jazz, and cool jazz.