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Hooked On Swing
''Hooked on Swing'' is an album produced by Larry Elgart in 1982 for K-tel, K-tel International and released by RCA Records. Origins K-tel had scored a major success with the release in 1981 of ''Hooked on Classics'', a classical crossover album recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark. The album consisted of medleys of familiar themes in classical music. K-tel recorded a similar medley album of swing music in Australia, titled "Switched on Swing," and pitched it to RCA. RCA declined, but suggested the concept be pursued with Larry Elgart. He agreed to produce a recording of swing medleys. K-tel announced its plans for ''Hooked on Swing'' in May 1982, and the album, credited to Larry Elgart and His Manhattan Swing Orchestra, was recorded and released later that month. Reception and sales With a half million sales in the three months after the album was released, ''Hooked on Swing'' was RIAA-certified gold in July 1982. It rose to a high of No. 24 af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), , pp. 95–105. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock music, Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, wikt:ephemeral, ephemeral, and accessible. Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and Hook (music), hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus form, verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, hip hop, urban contemporary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
