{"id":578,"date":"2026-01-27T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/?page_id=578"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:31:53","slug":"music-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/?page_id=578","title":{"rendered":"Music History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The following documents are in sequential order.   There is not a lot of detail on individual artists except The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modern music developed very much via Afro American Blues artists from the 1920&#8217;s onward with individuals such as Robert Johnson (Eric Clapton has an entire album of Robert Johnson songs). Their influence, particularly on English bands was enormous.  I have tried to provide introductions to a number of genres and list significant artists for each genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> <id=\"https: youthrock.com.au=\"\" wp-content=\"\" uploads=\"\" 1-1-blues-rb-soul-motown-25-pages-2.50mb-lores.pdf\"=\"\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1-Blues-RB-Soul-Motown-25-pages-2.50MB-Lores.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1-Blues-RB-Soul-Motown-25-pages-2.50MB-Lores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Original Blues Guys<\/strong><\/a><\/id=\"https:><ul style=\"line-height:1.6;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1-Blues-RB-Soul-Motown-25-pages-2.50MB-Lores.pdf\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-2-50s-60s-70s-56-pages-11MB-Lores.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-2-50s-60s-70s-56-pages-11MB-Lores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The 50s, 60s &amp; 70s<\/strong><\/a><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1-Blues-RB-Soul-Motown-25-pages-2.50MB-Lores.pdf\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-3-The-Wrecking-Crew-13-pages-1.3MB-Lores-2.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-3-The-Wrecking-Crew-13-pages-1.3MB-Lores-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Wrecking Crew<\/a><\/strong><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-4-Songwriters-in-the-60s-2-12-pages-117KB-.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-4-Songwriters-in-the-60s-2-12-pages-117KB-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Songwriters of the 60&#8217;s<\/a><ul style=\"line-height:1.6;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-5-70s-through-to-80s-and-intro-to-20s-2000s-Punk-New-Wave-Ska-Glam-Rock-18-pages-7MB.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-5-70s-through-to-80s-and-intro-to-20s-2000s-Punk-New-Wave-Ska-Glam-Rock-18-pages-7MB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The 70s, 80s, 90s &amp; Beyond<\/strong><\/a><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-Country-Music-8-pages-1.31MB-Lores.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-Country-Music-8-pages-1.31MB-Lores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Country Music<\/strong><\/a><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Reggae-6-pages-528KB-Lores-.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Reggae-6-pages-528KB-Lores-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Reggae<\/strong><\/a><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-Disco-Dance-5-pages-549KB-Lores.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-Disco-Dance-5-pages-549KB-Lores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Disco \/ Dance<\/strong><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-Metal-4-pages-642KB-Lores3.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-Metal-4-pages-642KB-Lores2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Metal<\/strong><\/a><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-RAP-5-pages-863KB-Lores.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-RAP-5-pages-863KB-Lores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rap \/ Hip Hop<\/a><\/strong><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-Jazz-and-Swing-7-pages-1.18MB-Lores.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/11-Jazz-and-Swing-7-pages-1.18MB-Lores.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Jazz &amp; Swing &#8211; 1940s<\/strong><\/a><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-A-Development-of-the-recording-Industry-Intro-12-pages-1MB.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-A-Development-of-the-recording-Industry-Intro-12-pages-1MB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Development of the Recording Industry<\/a><\/strong><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-Songwriters-Pre-1960-v2-6-pages-1.2MB.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-Songwriters-Pre-1960-v2-6-pages-1.2MB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Songwriters Pre 1960s <\/a><\/strong><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-Boy-Bands-Lores-2MB-17-pages.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/14-Boy-Bands-Lores-2MB-17-pages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boy Bands and Girl Groups 1980s onward<\/a><\/strong><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-Folk-Music.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-Folk-Music.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Contemporary Folk Music<\/strong><\/a><ul style=\"line-height:1.5;&quot;\"><\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following documents are in sequential order. There is not a lot of detail on individual artists except The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan. Modern music developed very much via Afro American Blues artists from the 1920&#8217;s onward with individuals such as Robert Johnson (Eric Clapton has an entire album [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthrock.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}