A Brief History of the Pop Music

A Brief History of the Pop Music

In the 1950s, America dominated the Pop Music industry. American Artists like Elvis where global stars however due to copyright problems, American music had a certain time where it could be shown in other countries like the UK, this was known as 'Needle Time'. BBC only allowed a few hours a week of American Music. In order to allow the UK to have access to all the top rated songs at all times, illegal Pirate Radio Stations where created that could be accessed by people at home.

Eventually a law passed that allow the BBC to show American music without the need for 'Needle Time'. As you can imagine this led to a huge amount of British Pop Music. Bands such as The Beatles and Rolling Stones are part of what is known as the "Swinging Sixties". These bands where so popular. However they where so popular that when The Beatles used to perform live, no one could actually hear the songs due to the enormous cheering of their fans. As a result of this, The Beatles didn't actually want to perform live anymore as there was clearly no point, so to please their fans The Beatles created a short series of films that went with their music which allowed their fans to still see them at home on TV. This consequently was how the birth of the Pop Videos. The Beatles released "Paperback Whiter" and "Rain" by doing this.