This document provides a timeline and overview of popular music in New York City from 1954 to 2009. It features 31 slides highlighting important musical artists, genres, and venues from different decades. Key moments and artists mentioned include the development of hard bop jazz with Art Blakey in 1954, early rock and roll broadcasts by Alan Freed in 1955, the rise of doo-wop in 1956, Tito Puente's Latin music in 1958, Bob Dylan's arrival in New York in 1961, the Brill Building songwriters in the 1960s, the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol in 1965, the establishment of CBGB and punk rock in the 1970s, and the emergence of hip hop from DJ Kool Herc

1. Popular music
in new york city
An exhibit presented by Ursula C. Schwerin Library
New York City College of Technology
Curated by Profs. Monica Berger and Junior Tidal
PowerPoint, M. Berger

2. 1954 The Jazz Messengers , the first "hard bop"
jazz ensemble, is started by leader Art Blakey.

3. 1955
Early rock and roll
is broadcast on
WINS by Alan
Freed. Freed plays
an important role
in popularizing
the new genre of
rock and roll.

4. 1956
Doo-wop, a musical
style heavily based on
vocal harmonies, is
epitomized by
performers such as
Little Anthony and
the Imperials (top)
and Dion and the
Belmonts (bottom).

5. 1958 Tito Puente, the “King of Latin
Music” releases his best known album, Dance
Mania.

6. 1960
Jazz
Saxophonist
John Coltrane
leaves Miles
Davis’ band
and forms his
own group.

7. 1961
Bob Dylan
arrives in New
York City, playing
Greenwich
Village folk
clubs. By 1963,
he becomes
nationally
famous.

8. 1962/63
The Brill Building
pop song
“factory” peaks.
The Ronettes
partner with Phil
Spector and Be
My Baby is a
huge hit.

9. 1965 The Velvet Underground meet Andy Warhol.
The band is hugely influential on future musicians.

10. 1968 Fillmore East, New York’s leading venue
for rock, opens in the East Village.

11. 1971
The glam and
protopunk rock
band the New
York Dolls is
established.

12. 1972
DJ Kool Herc develops
hip hop in the Bronx.

13. 1973
CBGBs established by Hilly Kristal on the Bowery.

14. 1974 The Ramones, often cited as the
first punk rock band, are formed in Forest
Hills, Queens.

15. 1978 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious
Five usher in early hip group in the South
Bronx. “The Message” is released in 1980.

16. 1979 Latin Jazz musician Jerry Gonzalez
starts his innovative Fort Apache Band.

17. 1981 MTV (Music Television) is launched
and music videos become the rage.

18. 1984
Madonna, living in
the East Village in
relative obscurity,
breaks as a
superstar.

19. 1984
Run-DMC, from
Hollis, Queens,
have first gold
record, Run-
DMC.

20. Beastie Boys go national with
1986 License to Ill .

21. 1987 The Knitting Factory is established,
spawning the eclectic, experimental music of the
Downtown Music Scene.

22. 1991 Jazz at Lincoln Center established.

23. 1993
Wu-Tang
Clan issue
first (hit)
album,
Enter the
Wu-Tang
(36
Chambers).

24. 1994 Notorious B.I.G. releases Ready to
Die which goes four times platinum.

25. 1995
Sonic Youth
headline
Lollapalooza.

26. 1999
Christina
Aguilera's
self-titled
debut
album is a
huge hit.

27. 2001
Alicia
Keyes
releases
Grammy
award
winning
album,
Songs in a
Minor.

28. 2002
Norah Jones
launches her
solo career
with hit
album Come
Away With
Me.

29. 2003 Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs break through
with Fever to Tell.

30. 2005 50 Cent releases his most commercially
successful album, The Massacre .

31. 2009
Jay-Z
releases The
Blueprint 3.

32. Image sources
Slide 2 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_Blakey08.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/At_the_Cafe_Bohemia%2C_Vol_1.jpg
Slide 3 http://www.ijamming.net/wp-uploads/FreedAlan014.jpg
Slide 4 http://www.singers.com/group/images/little-anthony-imperials-sm.jpg
http://www.singers.com/group/images/dion-belmonts-sm.jpg
Slide 5 http://www.n-punto.com/tito-puente-quatro-la-coleccion-definitiva/tito-puente/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Dance_Mania_%28album%29.jpeg
Slide 6 http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/files/2010/09/John-Coltrane-1960.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Coltrane_Giant_Steps.jpg/220px-
Coltrane_Giant_Steps.jpg
Slide 7 http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/bob-dylan-1961/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Bob_Dylan_-
_The_Freewheelin%27_Bob_Dylan.jpg/220px-Bob_Dylan_-_The_Freewheelin%27_Bob_Dylan.jpg
Slide 8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Ronettes.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/TheRonettesBeMyBaby.jpg
Slide 9 http://www.kitchensnark.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/velvet-underground.jpg
http://www.topalbumcovers.com/Album%20Covers/Velvet_Underground_Nico_Andy_Warhol2.jpg
Slide 10 http://www.classicposters.com/images/MSO.FME.1968.04.12wm.jpg
http://www.ainian.com/FillmoreEast_Page_1.jpg
http://www.david-edward-byrd.com/gallery/rock3-02-lrg.jpg
Slide 11 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/New_York_Dolls_-_TopPop_1973_11.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/NewYorkDollsNewYorkDolls.jpg/220px-
NewYorkDollsNewYorkDolls.jpg
Slide 12 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJZqOMOgVcc/TUlGSJO1RWI/AAAAAAAAAis/o7JHz5ecG_g/s640/Kool-Herc-
2.jpg
http://sweb.uky.edu/~tlwalk5/unconventional/images/park.jpg
Slide 13 http://annikahagen.com/resource/cbgb.jpg?userId=25273&fileId=113522
Slide 14 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Ramones_Toronto_1976.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Ramones_-_Ramones_cover.jpg/220px-Ramones_-
_Ramones_cover.jpg

33. Image sources
Slide 15 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Grandmaster_Flash_and_The_Furious_Five.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/The_MessageGMF.jpg/220px-The_MessageGMF.jpg
Slide 16 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Fortapachebandoriginal.jpg
Slide 17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mtvmoon.png
Slide 18 http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3444/3882251951_9c39aa4ab6.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/MadonnaTheFirstAlbum1983AlbumCover.jpg
Slide 19 https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5hZthL98H368iDsn-
NPvfC8JTrpW12SqVKUvkQAcW7tLy_Nod
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Slide 20 http://imgsrv.waaf.com/image/waaf2/UserFiles/Image/Carrie/beastie%20boys.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Licensed_to_ill.jpg
Slide 21 http://lamusicblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/knitlogovectorfull.jpg
Slide 22 http://upload.wikimedia.org/
wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Jazz_at_Lincoln_Center_sign.JPG/800px-Jazz_at_Lincoln_Center_sign.JPG
Slide 23 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Wu-TangClanEntertheWu-Tangalbumcover.jpg
Slide 24 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/The_Notorious_B.I.G.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Ready_To_Die.jpg
Slide 25 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/SonicYouth-ExpermentalJetSetTrashAndNoStar.jpg
Slide 26 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/Christmas_Time_Music_Video.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/Christinaaguilera-christinaaguilera.jpg
Slide 27 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Alicia_Keys.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/AliciaKeys-SongsInAMinor-music-album.jpg
Slide 28 http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/7558/1210611.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Norah_Jones_-_Come_Away_With_Me.jpg
Slide 29 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Yeah_Yeah_Yeahs.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Yyy-fever-to-tell-cover.jpg
Slide 30 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/50_cent_in_concert.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/50_Cent_-_The_Massacre.png
Slide 31 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Jay-zlivein2010.jpg/480px-Jay-
zlivein2010.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Jay-Z_-_The_Blueprint_3.jpg