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Pop. 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.
Music portal. This category is for Christmas music albums released in the decade 1940s. For more information, see 1940s in music. 1890s. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s.
Number ones. Bing Crosby had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (9 songs). In addition, Crosby remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (55 weeks). Jimmy Dorsey remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 32 weeks.
Star Dust. (1940) Christmas Music is a compilation album of phonograph records put together for the Christmas season by Decca Records in late 1940. The album features the most popular artists recording for Decca such as: Bing Crosby, Kenny Baker, Men About Town and Eddie Dunstedter. It features Bing Crosby's first commercial release of "Silent ...
This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks. It includes only composers of significant fame and importance. The style of the composer's music is given where possible, bearing in mind that some defy simple classification.
The song was used in the film Singin' in the Rain (1952) and later in the 1983 musical based on the film. The song is also prominently featured in Valerio Zurlini 's Violent Summer (1959). An interpretation was featured in the first episode of The Muppet Show, with Miss Piggy, four chickens, four frogs, and two male pigs being led by Kermit the ...
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in all major musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
Urban. R&B Classics - A variety of funk, soul, and Motown hits from the 1950s to 1990s. R&B Soul † - Urban adult music and sultry, slow jams. Hip-Hop and R&B † - Today's hottest hip-hop and R&B music. Hip-Hop Classics - Old school Hip-hop hits from artists that pioneered the genre of hip-hop.