1930s - early 40s

Question 1

what new mode of listening became hugely popular during the Great Depression?

Answer 1

radio listening became popular as record sales declined

Question 2

what trend became increasingly popular during the 30s?

Answer 2

genre crossover, as race music and hillbilly music entered the mainstream

Question 3

when was the swing era? what was it?

Answer 3

• 1935-1945
• emerged as jazz bands of the 20s grew to larger ensembles with more instruments
• represented overlap between race music and pop charts

Question 4

what was the new popular genre of the 1930s and early 40s?

Answer 4

• western swing
• saw huge crossover between race, hillbilly and pop genres

Question 5

what happened to ASCAP in 1940?

Answer 5

in 1940, the ASCAP monopoly was disrupted, allowing non-tin pan alley songwriters (i.e., race music and hillbilly composers) to receive royalties for their music for the first time