- Post War baby boom became teenagers
- Solo singers and vocal groups became popular
- Rhythm and blues became so popular it got its won chart
- Rock'n'roll also started early in the decade
- Major record labels ignored rock'n'roll leading to the rise of independent record labels like Atlantic, Chess, and King
- Elvis became very popular
The 60s:
- American rock'n'roll caused revolution inspiring bands like the Beatles
- Fun-in-the sun sound of The Beach Boys
- Soul became popular eg Otis Redding
- British invasion dominated the American hit parade
- America fought back with folk-pop and pyschedelic sound
- Hippie Culture: free love, expanded conciousness, new
The 70s:
- Reflected more narcissism that 60s idealism
- Lots of successful 60s bands broke up
- Rise of solo singers like Michael Jackson, Elton John and Cat Stevens
- Also more solo female singers like Olivia Newton-John, Carole King, and Linda Rionstadt
- Hysterical heavy metal like Kiss and Led Zeppelin
- Alice Copper produced Shock Rock hwereas David Bowie, The New York Dolls and Marc Bolan started Glitter Rock
- Lots of other sub-genres started like jazz rock, progressive rock, and reggae became popular
- Rocking fifties revived with films like Grease and American Grafitti
- Saturday Night Fever sold 25 million copies with disco becoming popular while rock lost its edge
- Disenfranchised and disenchanted punk movement was short lived but brought outrage and rebellion back into rock'n'roll
- Very diverse
The 80s-90S:
- Lots of famous singers died: John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley
- Sony Walkman Cassette and MTV
- Music became million dollar industry
- People like The Who and The Eagles had come backs
- Charity rock was started by George Harrison with his Bangladesh concert
- Rock'n'roll became part of the establishment
- Youthful movements like rap and hip hop tried to avoid that fate
- New wave of punk became more musical eg Graham Parker, Elvis Costello and The Clash
- Garage Rock transformed into grunge rock with Nirvana, Pearl Jam
- Reggae revival
- Most innovative development was CD and by the end of the decade vinyl was phased out
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