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3 unusual facts about American Pop


American pop

By the late 1990s, there were numerous varieties of Teen pop including singers like Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson and Clean-cut boy bands like Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC.

A number of Italian-American crooners soon found a major youth audience, including Dean Martin, Rudy Vallee, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Frankie Laine and, most famously, the "first pop vocalist to engender hysteria among his fans" Frank Sinatra.

Shinji Miyazaki

His work pulls from many inspirations, among them J-Pop and American pop influences, as well as jazz artist Gil Evans.


Frank de Kova

He played Abiram in The Ten Commandments, appeared in Cowboy (1958) with Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon, and in The Mechanic (1972) with Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent and the Ralph Bakshi film American Pop.


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Almont, Michigan

Jimmy Gregerson- Guitar player of the International American pop/rock band I See Stars.

Altered States

It's an anthology and apotheosis of American pop movies: Frankenstein, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Nutty Professor, 2001, Alien, Love Story.

Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein

Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was orchestrated and conducted by Alvy West.

Anthony Bennett

Tony Bennett (born 1926), American pop and jazz singer and painter

Ashlee Simpson discography

The discography of Ashlee Simpson, an American pop singer, consists of three studio albums and nine singles and music videos.

B. George

From 1982 to 1985, he produced an occasional survey of new American pop and experimental music for the BBC that was broadcast as part of “The John Peel Show” in the UK.

Be Still

"Be Still", a song from American pop rock singer Kelly Clarkson's 2007 album My December

Best Friend's Brother

"Best Friend's Brother" is a song performed by American pop recording artist Victoria Justice, billed as Cast of Victorious featuring Victoria Justice.

Can't Put a Price on Love

"Can't Put a Price on Love" is a 1980 song written by Doug Fieger and originally released by American pop group The Knack on their second album, ...But the Little Girls Understand.

Chris Hillman

During the mid-1960s the Byrds ranked as one of the most successful and influential American pop groups; they recorded a string of hits, including "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Eight Miles High" and "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star".

Don Cheto

Don Cheto (La Sauceda, as "El Hombre del Vozarrón" ("the loud-voiced man"), is a fictional Mexican American radio and television personality widely known throughout Mexican American Pop culture.

Don't Start Now

Another version of "Don't Start Now" can be found on the eponymous album of American pop singer Brooke Allison, entitled "Toodle-oo".

Eduardo Úrculo

In 1967, in Stockholm, he first encountered the American pop art of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg which he described as "un flechazo" ("love at first sight").

Élan Luz Rivera

During the making of their album, she worked with the American pop singer Ashley Tisdale in the background vocals for her 2007 hit song "He Said She Said" and wrote "Fuego" for The Cheetah Girls' first Bi-lingual single with Producer J.R. Rotem and songwriter Evan Bogart.

Go On

Go On..., the third album by American pop band Mr. Mister

Green and Yellow TV

The Green and Yellow TV was an American pop rock band that formed in 1997 when Michael Regilio, Todd O'Keefe and Justin Rocherolle uprooted from Boston and moved to the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, where the three met bass player Io Perry.

Gumboot dance

The album Graceland by the American pop singer Paul Simon has a song titled "Gumboots", which is performed in the style of South African township jive (mbaqanga) and contains performances by members of the Boyoyo Boys.

Hot air ballooning

Up, Up and Away is the debut album by American pop group The 5th Dimension, released in 1967 (see 1967 in music).

I Live for the Sun

"I Live for the Sun" is a 1965 single written by Rick Henn and performed by American pop band The Sunrays.

Joy Layne

Joy Layne (born 1941) was an American pop singer from Chicago, Illinois, often compared to Sandy Duncan and with a style inspired in at least part by Teresa Brewer.

La Terza Luna

"La Terza Luna" is an Italian popular song recorded by the American pop singer Neil Sedaka, written and arranged by Luis Enriquez Bacalov with the text by Franco Migliacci.

Leslie Carter

Leslie Barbara Carter (June 6, 1986 – January 31, 2012) was an American pop singer best known as the sister of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter and Aaron Carter.

Love Italian Style

Love, Italian Style, 1967 studio album by American pop singer Connie Francis who sings in Neapolitan Italian; some songs are also performed with English lyrics; recorded October 1966 in Italy

Love Like Woe

"Love Like Woe" is a single by the American pop singer Jordan Witzigreuter, also known as The Ready Set, from his second album, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming.

Luz Rios

Luz Ríos (Guerrero) is a Mexican-born California-based American pop singer and songwriter.

Marchin On

"Marchin On" is a rock song by the American pop rock band OneRepublic, and is written and produced by frontman Ryan Tedder for the group's second studio album Waking Up (2009).

Mathis Is...

. is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the winter of 1977 by Columbia Records and reunites the singer with producer Thom Bell for the first time since their collaboration on I'm Coming Home in 1973.

Merci, Chérie

In 2007, American pop star Belinda Carlisle recorded a French version of the song and included it on her album of standards, Voila.

Music of Sudan

Other popular imported musicians included reggae superstar Bob Marley and American pop singer Michael Jackson, while the funk of James Brown inspired Sudanese performers like Kamal Kayla, to adopt the same style.

Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits, Volume 2

Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is a compilation album containing the works of American pop singer Neil Sedaka.

Nguyen Tan Hoang

: The strange tale of Dalena, "a blond-haired, blue-eyed, all-American white woman who is also a Vietnamese American pop star...A gift from God, she possesses the uncanny ability to sing in perfect Vietnamese."

November 2001

Melanie Thornton, the German/American Pop singer, also the former member of La Bouche, dies in a plane crash going to Zürich, Switzerland,along with Maria Serreno-Serreno and Nathaly Van Het Ende of the German dance band Passion Fruit (band).

Red button

The Red Button, an American pop band consisting of Seth Swirsky and Mike Ruekberg

Steve and Eydie

Steve and Eydie is the name of an American pop vocal duet, consisting of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé.

Studdard

Ruben Studdard (born 1978), American pop, R&B, and gospel singer

The Americans

Jay and the Americans, American pop music group popular during the 1960s

The Ivy Three

The Ivy Three were an American pop group from Garden City, Long Island, New York.

The Red Button

The Red Button is an American pop band consisting of Seth Swirsky and Mike Ruekberg.

The Romantic Age

In 1960, composer Charles Williams topped the American pop music charts with his theme for the film The Apartment.

The Sims 3: Showtime

A limited collector's edition includes exclusive in-game content such as a stage and two costumes along with a poster based on American pop singer Katy Perry.

The Wonderland Tour 2005

McFly covered a snippet of American Pop Punk band Green Day's hit American Idiot and played a full cover song by The Who who they had previously worked worked with.

The Words You Don't Swallow

The Words You Don't Swallow is the first full length studio album by American pop rock band Anarbor.

Twentysix

Twentysix Gasoline Stations, an artist's book by American pop artist Ed Ruscha

Twilley

Dwight Twilley (born 1951), American pop/rock singer and songwriter

Walker Brothers

The Walker Brothers, a British-based American pop music trio popular in the 1960s and 1970s