Music Sound

Traditional pop music is a neologism for Western popular music which encompasses music that succeeded big band music and preceded rock and roll as the most popular kind of music in the United States, most of Europe, and some other parts of the world. Its heyday is considered to be from the late 1940s to early 1960s. It evolved from big band music as a result of the emphasis shifting from the band to the singer.

Singers and groups who typified this genre include:

Male singers	Female singers	Male groups	Female groups
Tony Bennett Don Cherry Nat "King" Cole Perry Como Bing Crosby Don Cornell Eddie Fisher Jack Jones Frankie Laine Julius LaRosa Dean Martin Tony Martin Guy Mitchell Johnnie Ray Jimmie Rodgers Frank Sinatra Frankie Vaughan	Teresa Brewer Alma Cogan Rosemary Clooney Doris Day Connie Francis Georgia Gibbs Connie Haines Joni James Kitty Kallen Vera Lynn Jane Morgan Patti Page Dinah Shore Jo Stafford Kay Starr Gale Storm Margaret Whiting	The Ames Brothers The Crew-Cuts The Four Aces The Four Lads The Hilltoppers The Lettermen The Mills Brothers The Vogues	The Andrews Sisters The Chordettes The Fontane Sisters The McGuire Sisters

The Jimmie Rodgers mentioned above is not to be confused with an earlier country music singer of the same name. He, Connie Francis, The Lettermen, and The Vogues were from a somewhat later era than most of the singers listed above; however, their style is closer to traditional pop than to the rock and roll typical of their era. However, it should be noted that the Vogues began as a pop/rock group with hits like "You're The One" and "Five O'Clock World" before embracing a softer sound in the late 1960s, and Connie Francis' early catalog of hits includes some rock and roll tunes, including "Stupid Cupid" and "Lipstick On Your Collar."

Styles of pop music

Bubblegum pop - Futurepop - Indie pop - Pop punk - Pop-rap - Power pop - Synthpop/Electropop - Teen pop - Traditional pop

Other topics

Boy band - Girl group - Popular music