Pop Music — A Century of Recorded Sound

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Before microphones, before radio stardom — pop was a printed medium. A cluster of music publishers on West 28th Street churned out sheet music by the ream, with songpluggers banging upright pianos to sell the next hit to vaudeville singers and parlors across America. Key sections include: POP / MUSIC; Tin Pan Alley.; Big Band & Swing.; Crooners & early R&B.; Rock 'n' Roll.; British Invasion.; The 70s.; Hip-Hop.; M T V.; The 90s..