Traditional pop music

(There is no universally-used term for this kind of music, but at least one reference calls it by this name, so this is the name under which I put it. Another name sometimes used is mainstream pop music.)

This article deals with the type of music that succeeded big band music and preceded rock and roll as the most popular kind of music in the United States of America, most of Europe, and some other parts of the world.

Traditional pop music is the popular music of the late 1940s and early 1950s. It developed from big band music as a result of the emphasis shifting from the band to the singer.

Singers who typified this genre:

Male singers Female singers Male groups Female groups

Tony Bennett
Don Cherry
Perry Como
Don Cornell
Eddie Fisher
Dean Martin
Guy Mitchell
Jimmie Rodgers
Frank Sinatra

Teresa Brewer
Rosemary Clooney
Doris Day
Connie Francis
Joni James
Patti Page
Dinah Shore
Jo Stafford
Kay Starr
Gale Storm
Margaret Whiting

The Ames Brothers
The Crew-Cuts
The Four Aces
The Four Lads
The Hilltoppers
The Mills Brothers
The Vogues

The Chordettes
The McGuire Sisters

Male singers	Female singers	Male groups	Female groups
Tony Bennett Don Cherry Perry Como Don Cornell Eddie Fisher Dean Martin Guy Mitchell Jimmie Rodgers Frank Sinatra	Teresa Brewer Rosemary Clooney Doris Day Connie Francis Joni James Patti Page Dinah Shore Jo Stafford Kay Starr Gale Storm Margaret Whiting	The Ames Brothers The Crew-Cuts The Four Aces The Four Lads The Hilltoppers The Mills Brothers The Vogues	The Chordettes The McGuire Sisters

(Note that the Jimmie Rodgers mentioned above is not to be confused with an earlier country music singer of the same name. He, Connie Francis, and The Vogues were from a somewhat later era than most of the singers listed above; however, their style is closer to traditional pop than to the rock and roll typical of their era.)

Sometimes this music is considered "easy-listening music," but there is at best a large overlap between the two.