急求关于流行音乐的英文演讲

Pop music is a genre of popular music distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music [1]. The term indicates specific stylistic traits, but the genre also includes elements of rock, hip hop, dance,and country, making it a flexible category. The expression "pop music" may also be used to refer to particular subgenres (within the pop music genre) that are in some cases referred to as soft rock and pop/rock. The pop music genre also often involves mass marketing and consumer-driven efforts by major record companies, which is makes it an often scorned genre by non-mainstream musicians.

History of pop music

1930s and 1940s
Styles influencing the later development of pop include the Blues (electric guitar Blues well known in Chicago), and Country (Sun Records in Tennessee), which blended to become early Rock and Roll.

1950s
Early Pop music artists include Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and Peggy Lee