1950s In Music
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This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 1950s.
In the First World, Rock 'n' Roll, Pop music, Swing music, R&B, Blues, Country music and Rockabilly dominated and defined the decade's music.
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“During the cattle drives, Texas cowboy music came into national significance. Its practical purpose is well known—it was used primarily to keep the herds quiet at night, for often a ballad sung loudly and continuously enough might prevent a stampede. However, the cowboy also sang because he liked to sing.... In this music of the range and trail is “the grayness of the prairies, the mournful minor note of a Texas norther, and a rhythm that fits the gait of the cowboy’s pony.””
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