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Popular music began in the US in the 1930s with a lively new music called swing. Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra sang with big swing bands and later became solo stars. -
The radio program "Your Hit Parade" debuted in 1935 which showcased the most popular songs of the week. -
Jazz audiences become increasingly interested in the history of jazz, as well as a "new field called discography (which dealt with jazz's) recorded 'documents', and a few European and American writers were reviewing jazz records critically in print". -
The recent success of "Tennessee Waltz", a "folk" or country song, a number of cover versions are released, including Jimmy Mitchell's, arranged for jazz band by Erskine Hawkins, and Patti Page, whose version is "path breaking" as Page sings "four-piece harmony with herself, creating a delicate latticework of sound... simultaneously direct and ethereal, plain yet highly ornamented, with an aura of childlike magic"
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Elvis Presley is discharged from the Army and hosts a television show with Frank Sinatra, revitalizing both men's careers. -
Diana Ross leaves the Supremes, considered to be the most successful and influential girl group of all time, to embark upon a solo career after her final performance with the group on January 14, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada. -
The film Urban Cowboy helps inspire a resurgence in mainstream popularity for mainstream country music. -
The Immigration Act of 1990 makes it much more difficult for entertainers and artists to secure visas for entering the United States -
The Grammy Awards designate seven awards for Latin music: Tejano Performance, Latin Pop Performance, Latin Rock/Alternative Performance, Mexican-American Performance, Salse Performance, Merengue Performance and Traditional Tropical Latin Performance.[46] The Latin Grammys are also founded to focus specifically on rewarding Latin music in the United States. -
Jeff Chang's Can't Stop Won't Stop is published. It will become one of the definitive histories of hip hop music. -
The total number of albums sold in 2010, 326.2 million, was the lowest since SoundScan began compiling the data in 1993. Total album sales dropped off nearly 13% when measured against sales in 2009.