music in Britain from 1920s to the present day

1. MUSIC
Music in Britain from 1920s to the
Present Day

2. 1920s
 Ragtime: a type of popular music,
developed by black musicians in
North America in the 1890s and
played especially on the piano,
characterized by a “rag” rhythm.
Some British ragtimes:
- Black Mask foxtrot (Earnest
Murray) 1924
- Radio Ruby foxtrot (Paul
Johnson) 1924
- Kankakee – onestep (Tabbush)
London 1921 Pianist : Adam
Ramet

3. 1920s
 Jazz: British jazz is a form of
music derived from American jazz.
It reached Britain through
recordings and performers who
visited the country while it was a
relatively new genre, soon after
the end of World War I.
Some greatest jazz records:
- Wonderful you (Jack Hylton & his
Orchestra) 1929
- You’re the Cream in My Coffee
(Jack Hylton & his Orchestra) 1928
- Who (Jack Hylton & his Orchestra)
1926
- The Best Things in Life Are Free
(Jack Hylton) 1928

4. 1930s
 Swing: The music
was fast and
frantically paced
and led to dances
being banned from
dance halls, as the
young women
being flung into the
air by their
partners showed
their stocking tops
and underwear.

5. 1930s
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
Glenn Miller
Artie Shaw
“King of the Swing”

6. 1940s
 Boogie-
woogie
(jitterbug):
fast, frantic
(and often
America)
dance music

7. 1940s
 Slower, romantic songs were also
popular as loved ones went away
to fight, such as “ We’ll Meet
Again” and “The White Cliffs of
Dover” (Vera Lynn).

8. 1940s
 “Skiffle” bands:
These bands used household items as parts
of their set of instruments.
The Quarrymen (Liverpool)Tommy Steele

9. 1950s
 Rock and Roll (rock & roll or rock 'n' roll ): In the
1950s, Britain was well placed to receive
American rock and roll music and culture.
Tommy Steele, one
of the first British
rock and rollers,
performing in
Stockholmin 1957

10. 1960s
The Beatles were an
English rock band that
formed in Liverpool in
1960. With
members John
Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George
Harrison and Ringo
Starr, they became
widely regarded as the
greatest and most
influential act of the
rock era.
The Beatles
leapt to fame
in 1963 with
“Please, Please
Me”.

11. 1960s
The Who: an
English rock band that
formed in 1964. They
are considered one of
the most influential
rock bands of the
20th century, selling
over 100 million
records worldwide and
establishing their
reputation equally on
live shows and studio
work.

12. 1970s
“Glam rock”: In the bleak political backdrop,
these larger that life British bands and
characters brought a welcome relief with their
platform boots, sequins, nail varnish and
colourful hair.
David Bowie Elton John Gary Glitter

13. 1970s
The punk movement of the
late 1970s began in
England. Great British
bands of this scene were
the Sex Pistols and The
Clash.
The punk style was
Mohicans, bondage
clothes, safety pins,
piercings and bovver
boots.

14. 1980s
 The rise of hip hop and rap music

15. 1980s
The rise and fall of
the “New
Romantics”,
typified by groups
like Adam and the
Ants, who dressed
as pirates and
highway men and
wore huge
amounts of
makeup.
Adam and The Ants

16. 1990s
Britpop: The
general name
given in the
1990s to a new
wave of
successful
British bands
who made a big
impact in the US
and Europe, as
well as in
England.