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  2. 1940s in music - Wikipedia

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    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. Rock and roll - Wikipedia

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    Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. [1] [2] It originated from African American music such as jazz, rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, electric blues, gospel, and jump blues, [3] as well as country music. [4]

  5. 1940 in music - Wikipedia

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    2 Specific genres. 3 Events. 4 Albums released. 5 Top popular recordings. ... Japanese Festival Music: 1940-12-14: Tokyo: Tokyo Broadcast Orchestra – Fellmer [44 ...

  6. Rhythm and blues - Wikipedia

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    Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within the African-American community in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...

  7. Doo-wop - Wikipedia

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    Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, [2] mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

  8. Category:1940s in music - Wikipedia

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    1940s music television series (1 C) Pages in category "1940s in music" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent ...

  9. Timeline of musical events - Wikipedia

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    List of popular music genres; 2020s ... Gangnam Style, that becomes the most viewed YouTube video for 5 years. ... 1940 in music, 1940 in British music, ...