What was the first pop album ever produced?
Im doing a report on pop music and i need to know what the first ever pop album was called and maybe a couple siteds that could give me some info on pop music.
Prior to WWII, "Albums" were collections of Grammaphone-78’s in a booklet resembling a photo album, rarely more than four records to a set. The only thing that came close was an experimental 33 rpm Long-Play Grammaphone record in 1945 by Bing Crosby called Merry Christmas… obviously a collection of traditional Xmas music.
The first record-album (non grammaphone) of original material released by what could conceivably be called a Pop Artist was "The Voice of Frank Sinatra", released on 78 LP disc in 1946 and re-issued as a 33 LP in 1948.
Read up on Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra and the way that they blazed the trail for modern music. They were the first real Pop Idols. It would be interesting for your report to stress the fact that they were the template for Elvis, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson.
Prior to WWII, "Albums" were collections of Grammaphone-78’s in a booklet resembling a photo album, rarely more than four records to a set. The only thing that came close was an experimental 33 rpm Long-Play Grammaphone record in 1945 by Bing Crosby called Merry Christmas… obviously a collection of traditional Xmas music.
The first record-album (non grammaphone) of original material released by what could conceivably be called a Pop Artist was "The Voice of Frank Sinatra", released on 78 LP disc in 1946 and re-issued as a 33 LP in 1948.
Read up on Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra and the way that they blazed the trail for modern music. They were the first real Pop Idols. It would be interesting for your report to stress the fact that they were the template for Elvis, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson.
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