Pop music, as an important part of Western culture, has profoundly affected the lives of Westerners, especially young people, from the beginning. Since the reform and opening up, the introduction of European and American pop music has continuously affected the development of pop music in our country. While experiencing local pop music, more young people are focusing on pioneering English pop music through increasingly developed media. English pop music has gone through more than half a century since the 1930s and 1940s. Nat King Cole's low and broad blues in the 1940s brought people spiritual solace. The rock music of Elvis Pressley in the 1950s promoted a generation of self-knowledge and awakening. The "Beatles" music from England set off a rock and roll trend all over the world in the 1960s. American country music and the Swedish disco music of ABBA were both fantastic examples of the music scene in the 1970s. The 1980s was the era of the explosion of pop music in Europe and the United States, and the commercialization of music became mature. International superstars such as Manonna and Jackson emerged as the times require. They flaunt their individuality and lead the trend. By the end of the 20th century, English pop music was presented to people in more diversified styles and colorful forms...

This paper is from the perspective of jazz, country music, and rock music. To introduce you to the development and evolution of English pop songs in various stages.

Styles and genres of English pop music

1. Jazz

The origin of jazz and the evolution of jazz: New Orleans Jazz → Swing → Bebop → Chill Jazz→Hard Bop→Free Jazz→Rock Jazz→Latin Jazz and Bossa Nova→Fusion Jazz→Acid Jazz

2. American Country Music

Early Country Music Western Swing→ Bluegrass music → Sound of Nashville - Country music in the 1950s → The rebellious era of country music - Country music in the 1960s

3. Rock music

The background of rock music The source of rock music The development of rock music

The development and evaluation of English pop music

Keywords: History of the development of English pop music A brief history of Western pop songs

About our survey

Concerning this research topic, we used Internet search (literature research method) and questionnaire (survey research method).

Our research results mainly include papers, questionnaires, audios of some popular music songs, etc.

As for the questionnaire, the main target of the survey is high school students, so we can only explain that this survey only represents their position and has nothing to do with our views and positions. We just use their data to illustrate. According to the survey data, we feel that many high school students do not know much about English pop songs, so we think it is necessary to conduct an investigation on many aspects of English pop songs and their genre development.

For example: Among the 136 people participating in English songs, how much of the music do you listen to? In this question, about 75% of the students think that English songs account for 10% to 20% of the music they listen to, and most of the students, 39 (129 people participated in English songs, are they helpful to your learning? This question), accounted for 30.2%. English songs are not helpful for learning, but 35.7 students think they are helpful for speaking English. Regarding the way to obtain English songs, 46.7 (165 people participated) of students relied on rankings or media recommendations.

The development of styles and genres of English pop music

English pop music, also known as popular music (popular music), American pop music is the main body of European English pop music, mainly based on It is developed based on the traditional music, folk music and black music of Europe and other countries. With the gradual evolution and development, new types and forms have emerged, such as jazz, Timpan Alley songs, country music, ragtime blues, rock music, etc.

Pop music is relative to serious music. It is different from serious music because serious music often has deeper ideological connotations and some specialized knowledge levels, requiring listeners to use their own knowledge and cultivation to comprehend and taste it carefully. For the audience, pop music is short, popular, and catchy to sing, and the audience does not need to be more specialized to understand it and can only rely on their understanding and perceptual knowledge of the music.

American pop music is more self-entertaining and commercial. Its self-entertainment comes from African musical traditions. The most influential ones, such as jazz, blues, rock music, etc., all originated from black music.

The style of English pop songs has developed especially now and has entered a stage of diversified development. From the history of pop music, combined with our data: Do you know the types of English pop songs? Style or genre? In this question, 46 people chose rock, 32 people chose jazz, and 18 people chose country, so we will focus on these three aspects.

Listening to music is It will affect your mood. Sometimes you will feel like crying when listening to music. Since you are a pessimist, it is best to listen to fast songs.

Also, your life or psychology has been a bit depressed recently. As soon as you hear a sad love song, you may have the urge to cry immediately; this is just an emotional vent! ·

I once heard Su Yongkang's "It's So Hard to Love" when I was walking on the street. I cried wildly on the street, not for myself, but because my friend fell out of love two days ago. I cried for her. feel sad. After crying for comfort, I realized that I was really a psycho!