{ Week 3 - Music American music from 1920s - today
Louis Armstrong 1920s – jazz – ‘What a Wonderful World’
James Brown – ‘The Godfather of Soul’ – Soul/Funk music – 1960s
Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan and many more! 60s music – ‘classic rock’ – a lot of great music!!
British 60’s music – Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rolling Stones
70s disco music – ‘Saturday Night Fever’ movie Group - Bee Gees, Song – You Should Be Dancing
Motown – 1960s – Diana Ross, Jackson 5 (child singer - Michael Jackson), Temptations, and many more
Michael Jackson – 1982 – Album – Thriller – Best- selling album of all time
Early Rap – Grandmaster Flash – 1982 – ‘The Message’ – song and album name
1990 – 2pac and Notorious B.I.G. – Most people think they are the greatest rappers of all time – Died young - both murdered
1990s – today – Pop Music! Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue (British), Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, etc. Boy Bands – Backstreet Boys, N’Sync