Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.

While various forms of commercially produced popular music had existed in Great Britain for several centuries what is now understood as British pop music emerged in the mid-to late 1950s as a softer alternative to rock ‘n’ roll and later to rock music. Like American pop music it has a focus on commercial recording often orientated towards a youth market usually through the medium of relatively short and simple love songs.

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