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The diverse nations that now make up the United Kingdom were much more distinct from each other prior to modern times. Music from the United Kingdom has lost great popularity since the 1960s when a wave of musicians helped to popularise Rock and roll. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI is the British record industry's trade association. The Official UK Charts Company ( OCC) previously called the Chart Information Network ( CIN) compiles various "official" UK record charts The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Singles Chart, from its inception in 1952 to the present Since the inception of the UK Singles Chart in 1952 there have been various records to break including most chart toppers longest run at number one biggest selling single etc The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart, from its inception in 1956 to the present The UK Official Download Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the Music industry. This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Official Download Chart, from its inception on 23 June 2004 to the present The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for Sponsorship reasons is an annual music prize The NME Awards are an annual music awards show founded by the music magazine NME (New Musical Express The roots of British popular music for the rest of the 20th century and into the next were set during the 1950s In the 1970s, music from the United Kingdom further diversified In the early 1980s in the United Kingdom, Punk rock diversified into genres such as Gothic rock (e In the early 1990s American grunge bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam helped inspire the British alternative rock scene Music from the United Kingdom has lost great popularity since the 1960s when a wave of musicians helped to popularise Rock and roll. The Folk Music of England has a long history. History Little survives of the early music of England by which is meant the music that was used by the people before Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to Pop music Wales has a strong and distinctive tradition of Folk music related to the Celtic music of countries such as Ireland and Scotland. Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the entire island of Ireland, North and South of the border Music from Trinidad Large-scale Caribbean migration to England began in 1948 This article is concerned with Classical music in the sense elsewhere defined of formally composed and written music of chamber concert and church type as distinct from popular Britpop is a subgenre of Alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. British hip hop is a genre of music, and a culture that covers a variety of styles of Hip hop music made in the United Kingdom. The history of Opera in the English language commences in the 17th century British rock and roll, or Brit rock, was born out of the influence of Rock and roll and Rhythm and blues from the United States, but added Jazz in Britain has been performed in the country since shortly after the music's first appearance on record in 1917 The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry Founded in 1959 as Record Retailer, it was relaunched on 18 March 1972 as Record Collector is the United Kingdom 's longest-running monthly music magazine Record Mirror was a national tabloid consumer weekly pop music newspaper founded by Isadore Green in 1953 then priced 6d (2½p in decimal currency featuring news articles interviews Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK Record industry. This article is about a magazine For the compilation album by Jimi Hendrix, see Smash Hits (album. Sounds was a British Music paper, published weekly from October 10, 1970 &ndash April 6, 1991 Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 Kerrang! is a weekly rock Magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom. fRoots (pronounced "eff-Roots" originally Folk Roots) is a specialist Music Magazine published monthly in the UK. There are a large number of music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres This is a summary of 1991 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 1992 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 1993 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 1994 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 1995 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 1996 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 1997 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 1998 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 1999 in music in the United Kingdom including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 2000 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 2001 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 2002 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 2003 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This article gives details on 2004 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year This is a summary of 2005 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts This is a summary of 2006 in music in the United Kingdom including the official single and album charts This is a summary of the year 2007 in British music. It was the first year of Digital downloads being fully integrated into the charts leading to many songs not This is a summary of the year 2008 in British music. So far this year fifteen singles have been at Number one with six being new releases A nation is a Human Cultural and Social Community. In as much as most members never meet each other yet feel a common bond it may be considered The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located There was little culturally uniting the varying Welsh, Scottish, English and Irish villages and regions until relatively recently. Broadside ballads were the first pan-British popular music tradition, and were quickly followed by popular British operas and musicals, music hall and, following the invention of recording technology, pop music. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more The history of Opera in the English language commences in the 17th century Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960 Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure
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Broadside ballads
Main article: Broadside (music)
The earliest forms of music popular across all of the United Kingdom were broadside ballads. Printed lyrics of popular songs were extremely popular from the 16th century until the early 20th century These were popular folk songs printed on sheets of varying lengths (broadsides); most were originally lyrics with a note on the sheet that the words were to be sung to some well-known tune. Broadside ballads were popular across Western Europe beginning in the 16th century. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' They were written by hand before the invention of the printing press, and only grew extremely popular after they could be cheaply reproduced. A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a medium (such as paper or cloth thereby transferring an image Broadside ballads were sold by travelling peddlers or by merchants in stalls in a town's marketplace, and were pasted on walls or other locations before being learned; after the words had been committed to memory, the broadside was replaced or pasted by another.
The earliest broadsides come from about 1506, and their popularity grew quickly -- one merchant sold 190 ballads in 1520, a remarkable sum considering the rarity of literacy at the time. After 1556, printers were required to register with the Stationers' Company in London, and had pay four pence to register each ballad beginning in 1557 and continuing to 1709. The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (better known as the Stationers' Company) is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
Broadsides were often folded into pamphlets called chapbooks, which were popular in the 18th century, sold by chapmen. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The earliest garland, or a collection of songs and ballads in chapbooks. By the beginning of the 20th century, broadsides were declining in popularity due to the influx of newspapers, and the tradition soon died out. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint.
Music hall
Main article: Music hall
Music hall is a specific form of popular music that developed as a result of the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation of previously rural populations. Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960 Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960 is a process of social and economic change whereby a human group is transformed from a Pre-industrial society into an industrial one Urbanizationn (also spelled urbanisation) is the physical growth of Urban areas into rural or natural land as a result of population in-migration to an existing The new urban communities, cut off from their cultural roots, required new and accessible means of entertainment. Music halls were originally bars which provided entertainment, in the form of music and speciality acts, for their patrons. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. By the middle years of the 19th century the first purpose-built music halls were being built in London. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The halls created a demand for new and catchy popular songs that could no longer be met from the traditional folk repertoire. Professional songwriters were enlisted to fill the gap. By the turn of the century Music hall was dominated by songwriting companies and theatre chains such as that of Sir Oswald Stoll.
Music hall songs are characterized by a simple beat and a strong melody or tune which can be easily acquired by the audience. Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960 A beat is the basic Time Unit of a piece of Music; for example each tick sounded by a Metronome would correspond to a beat In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or Typically a music hall song consists of a series of verses sung by the performer alone, and a repeated chorus which carries the principal melody, and in which the audience is encouraged to join. The structures or Musical forms of Songs in Popular music are typically sectional forms such as Strophic form. A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat" and later from Old French refraindre) is the Line or lines that are Leading music hall stars included: Marie Lloyd, Harry Champion, George Formby, Vesta Tilley, Gus Elen, Little Tich , Gracie Fields, Flanagan and Allen. Matilda Alice Victoria Wood ( 12 February 1870 &ndash 7 October 1922) was an English Music-hall Singer, William Crump (1866 – January 14, 1942) better known by the stage name Harry Champion, was a famous British Music hall composer and star George Formby may refer to George Formby Jr, banjolele player singer and comedian 1904 - 1961 George Formby Sr Dame Gracie Fields, DBE ( January 9 1898 &ndash September 27 1979) born Grace Stansfield, was an English / Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy Double act popular during World War II. Musical hall composers included Lionel Monckton, Felix Powell, Noel Gay, Fred W. Lionel John Alexander Monckton (18 December 1861 – 15 February 1924 was an English writer and Composer of Musical theatre. Felix Powell ( 1878 - 10 February 1942) was a British Staff Sergeant most famous for writing the music for marching song " Noel Gay born Reginald Moxon Armitage ( July 15, 1898 - March 4, 1954) was one of the most successful British Composers Leigh.
Music hall singers shared the stage with other kinds of performers - acrobats, animal imitators etc.
Dance Bands (Big Bands)
Main article: British dance band
From about 1925 to 1946 the most popular form of music in the UK was Dance Bands. British Dance bands evolved a unique style of popular Jazz and dance music during the 1920's and 1930's that evolved in British dance halls and hotel ballrooms thousands of miles The British Bands never quite adopted the kind of "Swing" music that was generally associated American "Big Band" jazz. It was quite tame compared to American jazz and was generally more sweet. Billy Cotton had perhaps the longest fame, as he still had a prime-time TV programe until the late 60s. William Edward Cotton ( 6 May[[ 899]] &ndash 25 March[[ 969]] better known as Billy Cotton, was a British Band leader The fame of Ted Heath (bandleader) lasted until 1964. George Edward 'Ted' Heath ( 30 March, 1902 &ndash 18 November, 1969) was the most famous English Bandleader of the 40s Fans tended to divide them into "Sweet" (Ambrose (bandleader), Geraldo and Victor Silvester) and "Hot" (Harry Roy, Nat Gonella). Benjamin Baruch Ambrose ( 15 September 1896 &ndash 11 June 1971) was an English Bandleader and Violinist. Gerald Walcan Bright, better known as Geraldo ( August 10 1904, London, England - May 4 1974, Vevey Note Victor Silvester is the correct spelling Many sources - even including some cheap modern reissues of his records on CD - wrongly have "Sylvester" Nathaniel Charles (Nat Gonella ( 7 March 1908 &ndash 6 August 1998) was an English Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader Jack Hylton's band was "hot" until 1933, then became sweeter as their success grew. Jack Hylton ( 2 July 1895 &ndash 29 January 1965) was a British Band leader and Impresario.
Some of the lead singers enjoyed fame on their own. Most famous was Al Bowlly and Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson. Albert Allick 'Al' Bowlly ( January 7, 1899 &ndash April 17, 1941) was a popular British Jazz singer in the United Leslie Arthur Julien Hutchinson ( Hutch) (born Grenada, 7 March 1900 &ndash 19 August 1969) was one of the biggest
Stage and film musicals continue to be influenced by music hall. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance.
Easy listening
Main article: Easy listening
Easy listening records dominated the British charts in the 1950s and early 1960s. Easy listening music is a style of Popular music and radio format that emerged in the mid-20th century evolving out of swing and Big band music Such records never appear in lists of greatest albums, and are rarely the subject of books. Nevertheless they deserve mention. Cliff Richard notched up 819 weeks in the album charts between 1958 and 2005. Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940 is an English Singer, Actor and Businessman. Only 16 acts have achieved more. Adam Faith spent 252 weeks in the singles charts from 1959 to 1993. Terence (Terry Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith (23 June 1940 East Acton, London &mdash 8 March 2003 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire By comparison "The Doors" spent 42 weeks in the singles charts. Another highly successful singer was Petula Clark (247 weeks in the singles charts). Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932 is an English singer actress and Composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits The George Mitchell Minstrels, also known as The Black and White Minstrel Show had 292 weeks in the album charts but now have only one or two CDs in print. The Black and White Minstrel Show was a British television series that ran from 1958 until 1978 and was a popular stage show David Whitfield, Russ Conway and Val Doonican all had more than 150 weeks in the singles charts. David Whitfield ( 2 February 1925 — 16 January 1980) was a a popular British male tenor vocalist. Russ Conway (born Trevor Herbert Stanford, 2 September 1925 - 16 November 2000) was a Popular music Pianist Val Doonican (born Michael Valentine Doonican, 3 February 1927, in Waterford, Irish Free State) is an Irish Singer Other popular singers were Dickie Valentine and Ronnie Hilton. Dickie Valentine ( 4 November 1929, &mdash May 1971 was a popular Singer in the 1950s Ronnie Hilton ( 26 January 1926 - 21 February 2001 He started singing professionally under his adopted name during 1954 after leaving his