Pop Music

                                                                Image: Charlotte Gainsbourg, AnOther
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The 50’s and 60’s were hailed as the greatest era

of pop music. The baby boomers came of age.

A whole generation of young people appeared

on the music scene. Support of this generation
and youngsters following them spawned myriads
of musical forms and famous pop stars

There were  rock n roll greats in Chuck Berry and Bill Hayley

Followed by Elvis and Cliff Richard, Ricky Nelson, Paul Anka

and Connie Francis. Groups began to make an appearance with

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Temptations and

 the Supremes

The Beatles created a sensation with their particular brand of

music  and presentation forcing a peculiar form and sound that

even shocked rock n roll into submission

Nothing prepared the music scene though when a whole generation

found themselves  gyrating to Chubby Checker’s, the Twist.

Some minor ones like limbo rock tried to cash in on the madness

but it did not make an impact.

Despite all these, individual stars of evergreens with the likes of

Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis and a host

of other notable ones kept those who thrived in the sentimental offerings

going.

But nothing shocked the world when Michael Jackson went solo from the

Jackson Five and held sway transcending the generation gap and

mesmerizing everyone with his new form (characterized by the moonwalk

and others that typically were identified with him)

With his passing, the music world was lost and hungry for some new forms.

It grabbed at Psy’s Gangnam Style recently but just how long will that last!

Written for Tess' Magpie Tales #153