Musical Genres
- Britpop — British popular music
- Canterbury scene — after Canterbury, Kent, England
- Chicago soul — after Chicago
- Dixieland jazz — after Dixie, nickname for the southern United States
- Dunedin sound — after the New Zealand city of Dunedin
- Madchester — after Manchester, England
- Memphis soul — after Memphis, Tennessee
- Merseybeat — after the River Mersey
- Philly soul — after Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Urban Pasifika — after the Pacific Ocean
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“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
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