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| year | events |
|---|---|
| 1850 | Stephen Foster is composing American Folk Music |
| 1900 | John Philip Sousa is The March King |
| 1900 | Scott Joplin is playing Ragtime with the "Maple Leaf Rag" |
| 1900 | The Blues (city and country) are Popular |
| 1910 | New Orleans is the center for Dixieland Jazz |
| 1920 | George Gershwin is writing Rhapsody in Blue |
| 1930 | The Great Depression |
| 1940 | Swing Music becomes popular |
| 1950 | Rock and Roll music is being played by Chuck Berry |
| 1955 | Elvis enters the Rock and Roll scene |
| 1960 | Motown music in Detroit becomes the center for slow rock |
| 1964 | The Beatles come to America |
| 1965 | The Jackson 5 become popular |