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  2. 1940s in music - Wikipedia

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    Bing Crosby was the best selling pop artist of the 1940s. Ragtime, a genre that first became popular in the 1890s, was popular through about the 1940s. After its best-known exponent, Scott Joplin, died in 1917, the genre faded. As the 1920s unfolded, jazz rapidly took over as the dominant form of popular music in the United States.

  3. List of Billboard number-one singles of the 1940s - Wikipedia

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    Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine Billboard number-one singles chart (which preceded the Billboard Hot 100 chart), which was updated weekly by the Billboard magazine, was the ...

  4. List of blues musicians - Wikipedia

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    List of Pre-1940 blues musicians, showing name, birth and death year, origin, primary style, and references; Name Birth year Death year Origin Primary style Ref(s) Mozelle Alderson: 1904 1994 Ohio Country blues [4] Alger "Texas" Alexander: 1900 1954 Texas Country blues [5] Ora Alexander: c.1909: Unknown: Alabama Classic female blues [6] Albert ...

  5. List of jazz musicians - Wikipedia

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    Do not enter names that lack articles. Do not enter names that lack sources. Accordion. Kamil BÄ›hounek (1916–1983) [1] [2] ... Steve Swallow (born 1940)

  6. Lists of musicians - Wikipedia

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    List of band name etymologies; List of bands named after other performers' songs; List of best-selling boy bands; List of best-selling girl groups; List of best-selling music artists; List of child music prodigies; List of club DJs; List of deaths in rock and roll; List of girl groups; List of honorifics given to artists in popular music; List ...

  7. 1940 in music - Wikipedia

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    Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra "Frenesi" [4] Victor 26542: March 3, 1940 (): March 29, 1940 (): US BB 1940 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks, 29 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000, 1,000,000 sold [5]

  8. List of jazz vocalists - Wikipedia

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    Vikki Carr (born 1940) Diahann Carroll (1935–2019) Georgia Carroll (1919–2011) ... Music portal; Lists of musicians; References External links. This page was last ...

  9. Category:1940s in music - Wikipedia

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