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The 1940s are a very underrated/overlooked decade for music


The 1940s are a very underrated/overlooked decade for music

This was a decade where we had amazing big bands making wonderful music as Glenn Miller, Harry James, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Dorsey brothers etc.

5 Songs You Missed:1940s - Copy

The actual song is pure energy and joy, a kind that few musicians have ever fully achieved in the many decades since its release. Louis Prima and his band have ...

Making a case for the 40s as one of the most important musical ...

The irony is that the "pop" music of the decade was largely crap, unless you're really into crooners and show tunes. But if you're a fan of more ...

The Evolution of Music: 1940-50s Bring Something New - SHS Courier

Big Band music, an offshoot of swing and traditional jazz, was at the height of its popularity during the early 1940s. The genre focused on band ...

What is the most underrated decade in American history ... - Quora

1950s- pretty much a precursor to the 1960s. Great music. People started finding faults in governments due to different issues. 1970s- Great ...

The Largely Forgotten Black Musicians Who Shaped Nearly ...

It's an undeniable facet of the history of music in this country, and yet one that largely goes unspoken among even the most diehard music fans.

In your opinion, which decades were, musically, the best, most ...

Most underrated 70s. I don't think anyone particularly disses it, but there's an amazing amount of great music from here, very close to the amount that comes ...

Why is 1900s-1910s music so underrated compared to the rest of ...

Probably because most of it is quite dated and the recording technology was not all that good (the switch from cylinder recordings to ...

Who's Overrated? Who's Underrated? - JazzTimes

... really listening to the music, or just ... Here's another very promising young player who has been overlooked by the record companies.

Pop songs I find underrated/underappreciated, a list by keane

... decade. Thanks to: @miss_supernatural @rubydeukie @therealmf ... Yes its not a very good song but its happy and tbh one of the best ...

Kenny Dorham: Underrated, Unnoticed and Unseen - Jazz Profiles

His most significant musical relationship of the period was ... music in the last decade of his career. He was clearly well aware of ...

Underrated 60s Albums | Norman Records UK

But things moved forward at electric speed throughout the 1960s, and what started off as simple beat pop at the beginning of the decade led very quickly to the ...

FSM Board: The most underrated film composer of all time?

Arthur Honegger's film music I also find underrated, much like Auric's - I personally find their best film music to be far more rewarding than ...

Overlooked 2024: The best albums we didn't review from January to ...

... very favourite releases of the year, if not the decade. Turns out ... music with screaming' label, since pretty much the very start.

Oldest Bands In Music: Acts That Defy The Laws Of Age And Time

... decade after decade. ... Among many other transformations, perhaps the most surprising was their move from progressive rock giants to pop music titans.

How sampling permeates art and music - Novation

Mobb Deep sampled this track – one of the most underrated, underappreciated in the history of music. This album by Les McCann is in my top 5 records. Part ...

The 36 Best Overlooked Albums of 2017 - VICE

More music was released in 2017 than any other year in human history. Probably. We're not gonna look that up or anything, but that seems ...

The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time | Rolling Stone

" "The nature of my music has to do with dealing with very fundamental ... decades because the songs backed it up perfectly. "My theory of writing is ...

Criminally Underrated Jazz Musicians in History! - Jazzfuel

In this article we've rounded up some of the most underrated jazz musicians ... overlooked. Whilst his output as a bandleader is thin, his ...

Objective proof that modern pop music has degenerated, and the ...

Over that period, the timbre (“the texture, quality, and color of the sounds within the music” or “richness and depth of sound”) has dropped ...