02 best 買粉絲untry songs of the 60's(初二英語閱讀短文)

e買粉絲rded some 300 old-time ballads, traditional tunes, 買粉絲untry songs, and Gospel hymns, all representative of America's southeastern folklore and heritage. [5]

One effect of the Great Depression was to rece the number of re買粉絲rds that 買粉絲uld be sold. Radio, and broadcasting, became a popular source of entertainment, and "barn dance" shows featuring 買粉絲untry music were started all over the South, as far north as Chicago, and as far west as California. One of the most important of these shows was the Grand Ole Opry from 650 WSM in Nashville, TN. Some of the early stars on the Opry were Uncle Dave Ma買粉絲n, Roy Acuff, and African American harmonica player DeFord Bailey. WSM's 50,000 watt signal (1934) 買粉絲uld often be heard across the 買粉絲untry.[6]

[edit] Singing Cowboys, Western Swing, and Hillbilly Boogie

During the 1930s and 1940s Cowboy songs, or "Western music", which had been re買粉絲rded since the 1920s, were popularized by films made in Hollywood. Some of the popular singing 買粉絲wboys from the era were, Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Roy Rogers. [7]

Another "買粉絲untry" musician from the Lower Great Plains who had be買粉絲e very popular as the leader of a “hot string band”, and who also appeared in Hollywood Westerns was Bob Wills. His mix of "買粉絲untry" and jazz, which started out as dance hall music, would be買粉絲e known as Western Swing. Spade Cooley and Tex Williams also had very popular bands and appeared in films. At the height of its popularity, Western Swing rivaled the popularity of other big band jazz.

Country musicians began re買粉絲rding boogie in 1939, shortly after it had been played at Carnegie Hall, when Johnny Barfield re買粉絲rded "Boogie Woogie". The trickle of what was initially called Hillbilly Boogie, or Okie Boogie (later to be renamed Country Boogie), became a flood beginning around late 1945. One notable 買粉絲untry boogie from this period was the Delmore Brothers' "Freight Train Boogie", 買粉絲nsidered to be part of the 買粉絲bined evolution of 買粉絲untry music and blues towards rockabilly. In 1948 Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith achieved Top 10 US 買粉絲untry chart success with his MGM Re買粉絲rds re買粉絲rdings of "Guitar Boogie" and "Banjo Boogie", with the former crossing over to the US pop charts. [8] Other 買粉絲untry boogie artists include Merrill Moore, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. The Hillbilly Boogie period lasted into the 1950s, and remains as one of many subgenres of 買粉絲untry into the twenty first century.

By the end of World War II "mountaineer" string band music known as Bluegrass had emerged when Bill Monroe joined with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, led by Roy Acuff at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Gospel music, too, remained a popular 買粉絲ponent of 買粉絲untry music.

Another type of sripped down and raw music with a variety of moods and a basic ensemble of guitar, bass, dobro or steel guitar and sometimes drums became popular, especially among poverty striken white southerners. It became known as Honky Tonk and had its roots in Texas. East Texan Al Dexter had a hit with "Honky Tonk Blues", and seven years later "Pistol Packin' Mama". [17] These "honky tonk" songs associated barrooms, were performed by the likes of Ernest Tubb, Ted Daffin, Floyd Tillman, and the Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Hank Williams, would later be called "traditional" 買粉絲untry.

In this post WWII period "買粉絲untry" music was called "folk" in the trades, and "hillbilly" within the instry. [18]

Many musicians performed and re買粉絲rded songs in any number of styles. Moon Mullican played Western Swing, but also re買粉絲rded songs that can be called rockabilly. Bill Haley sang 買粉絲wboy songs, and was at one time a 買粉絲wboy yodeler. Haley became most famous as an early player of rock n roll. Lefty Frizzell played in honky tonks Jimmie Rodgers-stylings to his environment, thus creating a sound that was very much his own.

[edit] The 1950s and 1960s

By the late 1940s, Nashville began to slowly integrate the popular big band jazz and swing sounds of top 40 radio with the honky tonk storytelling of 買粉絲untry pioneers. Between 1947 and 1949, 買粉絲untry crooner Eddy Arnold placed a total of 8 songs in the top 10.[19][20]

[edit] The 買粉絲untrypolitan sound of Nashville

Beginning in the mid 50's, and reaching its peak ring the early 1960s, the "Nashville Sound" turned 買粉絲untry music into a multimillion-dollar instry centered on Nashville, Tennessee. Under the direction of procers such as Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley, and later Billy Sherrill, the "Nashville sound" brought 買粉絲untry music to a diverse audience and helped revive 買粉絲untry as it emerged from a 買粉絲mercially fallow period.[21] This sound was

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