A 1999 version of the song regularly appeared throughout the run of “Spongebob Squarepants” featuring a steel guitar and a ukulele. The trombonist Walter “Pee Wee” Hunt recorded his 1948 version for Capitol Records, which went on to sell 3 million copies. However, the song was best-known as a spark of sorts, reigniting jazz musicians' interest in ragtime from the 1920s through the 1940s. “Twelfth Street Rag” was composed by Euday Louis Bowman, who first published the song in 1914. 1948: 'Twelfth Street Rag' by Pee Wee Hunt It also was covered by George Jones and Tammy Wynette, becoming a #1 country hit.
It became the theme song for comedian Milton Berle's popular radio show. Unexpectedly, “Near You,” which was a B-side recording on the single, was a breakout hit, eclipsing 1 million copies sold in five months, and sitting atop the charts for an unprecedented 17 weeks. 1947: 'Near You' by Francis Craigįrancis Craig, already a well-known bandleader in his mid-40s, had an unexpected megahit when he recorded “Near You” and three other songs in a studio before taking a gig as a radio station music librarian. Como was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2002 Grammys. In 1945, Billy Eckstine put out a version with Duke Ellington on the piano a year later, Perry Como put out one of his own that charted in March 1946 and hit #1 that year. “Prisoner of Love” was originally performed by Russ Columbo in 1931, but it really took off in popularity a decade and a half later. You may also like: 25 musicians who broke barriers 1946: 'Prisoner of Love' by Perry Como These are the #1 pop songs from the year you graduated high school. Whether you love pop music or hate it, these are the hits that dominated the car radios, the winter balls, the proms, and the house parties every year since 1946. Stacker pulled data from Billboard’s year-end charts, which ranks #1 singles, albums, and more of the calendar year, to compile a list of the #1 pop song for each year from 1946 to 2021. So, what's your pop music dictionary? What are the songs that are part of your teenage cohorts' shared language and experience? And because those are the songs that stay with us, pop music becomes a shared language for a generation. What makes it pop is that it speaks to young people of the day.
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Because of that, it can be anything from an orchestral movie theme to a remix of a Spanish-language hit to a folk harmony to a Dolly Parton cover. Pop music is about a time, a place, and what a song or a band can mean to a generation of listeners. But if you were older than 20 or younger than 5 at the time? It's just “meh.” According to the study, if you were an 11-year-old girl when The Cure's “Just Like Heaven” was released, you stream it all the time. Just as fascinating are the songs that don't affect listeners who weren't just the right age when they hit the radio waves.
At that formative moment, music just means more: Each of those songs becomes linked with events that feel monumental (First dance! First kiss! First beer! First love!). A New York Times analysis of Spotify data found that the most influential age for one's musical taste is 13 for women and 14 for men. The fact is, the music we fall in love with as teenagers stays with us for the rest of our lives. ( Stacker) - Old people complaining about "the music these days" is a trope for a reason: it's been happening for as long as music has been on the radio.
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