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I'm most familiar with the various styles of Black music, so my rankings are based on that category:
1960s--Detroit: The whole Motown sound set the tone for that decade. Those artists are icons, no need to name them all.
1970s--Philadelphia: Philly soul (Gamble & Huff recordings) dominated that decade; (Teddy Pendergrass/Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the Ojays, the Delfonics, the Intruders, the Spinners, the Stylistics, Blue Magic, Billy Paul, the Jones Girls) Also, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Patti Labelle, Evelyn Champagne King, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Sister Sledge, Barbara Mason, on & on, too many. Then "Disco" music (yuck!) manifested as a commercialized imitation of the up-temp, dance songs of Philly soul. Disco in turn gave birth to House Music and other forms of Dance Music.
1980s--New York: Hip Hop came into its own during that decade and became a national phenomenon. 1985-89 can be considered the golden years of hip hop.
1990s--Various cities: Los Angeles came on strong with its form of hip hop. The Bay Area was present. And New York was still producing a lot of highly creative artists.
2000s--Atlanta (& the South in general) has come on strong in today's popular music scene. Not really my style, but I give credit where it is due. They're dominating right now.
Yeah, they were originally from Ohio, but were struggling and unknown. Gamble & Huff recruited them, brought them to Philly, and wrote & produced all of their songs. That's when they took off and became a successful group. ALL of their hits are from Philadelphia International Records.
Remember, that was a common occurrence. For example, Marvin Gaye was originally from DC, but went to Detroit to make music with Motown.
I'm most familiar with the various styles of Black music, so my rankings are based on that category:
1960s--Detroit: The whole Motown sound set the tone for that decade. Those artists are icons, no need to name them all.
1970s--Philadelphia: Philly soul (Gamble & Huff recordings) dominated that decade; (Teddy Pendergrass/Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the Ojays, the Delfonics, the Intruders, the Spinners, the Stylistics, Blue Magic, Billy Paul, the Jones Girls) Also, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Patti Labelle, Evelyn Champagne King, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Sister Sledge, Barbara Mason, on & on, too many. Then "Disco" music (yuck!) manifested as a commercialized imitation of the up-temp, dance songs of Philly soul. Disco in turn gave birth to House Music and other forms of Dance Music.
1980s--New York: Hip Hop came into its own during that decade and became a national phenomenon. 1985-89 can be considered the golden years of hip hop.
1990s--Various cities: Los Angeles came on strong with its form of hip hop. The Bay Area was present. And New York was still producing a lot of highly creative artists.
2000s--Atlanta (& the South in general) has come on strong in today's popular music scene. Not really my style, but I give credit where it is due. They're dominating right now.
same here. My list
for rnb and hip hop
1960 - Detroit
1970 - det Philly chi
1980 - nyc
1990-nyc la SF
2000 - the whole south
Not mentioning SF in the 60's or Seattle in the 90's is kind of silly. Those two cities are virtually synonymous with those respective decades.
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I'm most familiar with the various styles of Black music, so my rankings are based on that category:
1960s--Detroit: The whole Motown sound set the tone for that decade. Those artists are icons, no need to name them all.
1970s--Philadelphia: Philly soul (Gamble & Huff recordings) dominated that decade; (Teddy Pendergrass/Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the Ojays, the Delfonics, the Intruders, the Spinners, the Stylistics, Blue Magic, Billy Paul, the Jones Girls) Also, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Patti Labelle, Evelyn Champagne King, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Sister Sledge, Barbara Mason, on & on, too many. Then "Disco" music (yuck!) manifested as a commercialized imitation of the up-temp, dance songs of Philly soul. Disco in turn gave birth to House Music and other forms of Dance Music.
1980s--New York: Hip Hop came into its own during that decade and became a national phenomenon. 1985-89 can be considered the golden years of hip hop.
1990s--Various cities: Los Angeles came on strong with its form of hip hop. The Bay Area was present. And New York was still producing a lot of highly creative artists.
2000s--Atlanta (& the South in general) has come on strong in today's popular music scene. Not really my style, but I give credit where it is due. They're dominating right now.
Not mentioning SF in the 60's or Seattle in the 90's is kind of silly. Those two cities are virtually synonymous with those respective decades.
Well as that poster said, he/she is referring to the black influenced music.
I don't think SF had an impact in the black music industry during the 60s.
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