Museum of Pop Music
The Museum of Pop Music is an online archive tracing the history of popular music recorded between 1860 and 1960. It organizes and presents classic songs that have become the roots of contemporary artists, along with recording dates, artists, labels, and background information. It focuses not only on the recordings themselves, but also on the relationship between music and society, including the political and cultural context of the era in which the songs were recorded, and the history of technological innovation.
We are currently expanding our explanatory content to convey the story of each song, rather than just a list.
While many discographies are organized by artist for collectors, this site creates a list that traces the history of music in the order of recordings. The goal of this site is to integrate popular music records scattered on the web, focusing on old recordings from around 1890, into one resource that anyone can access.
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Date: Recording date
The basis is the recording date, but for unknown dates it is the release date.
The information is organized by year, so please click on the year that interests you.
Title: Song title
Sorted by song title
Artist: Person name
In addition to the main artist, all the people involved in the song, such as the producer and conductor,
Band: Band name
All information about the band, including recordings and members
Credits: Performers, producers, conductors, etc.
Organized by role, such as instrumentalists/parts, songwriters, conductors, etc.
Company: Record company
Record company and label information
About the Museum of Pop Music
The basic idea is to create individual pages for each recorded record.
- The date it was recorded
- title
- Artist
- Song creator (Lyricist, Composer, Songwriter, etc.)
- Audio sources (YouTube, database sites, various subscription services, etc.)
- Record information (disc number, etc.)
The information has been categorised and summarised as follows:
Date
Songs are sorted by the year and month they were recorded.
If the recording date is unknown, use the release date.
Title
This is a summary of information for each song.
- Lyricist, Composer, Songwriter
- If there is any information, please include anecdotes about how the song was created.
- Original (oldest recording) to cover version
Artist
Sorted by artist name
- Biography
- Participating songs
- Songs I've produced (lyrics and composition)
Band
Sorted by band name
- Biography
- Participating songs
- member
Credits
Organized by role, such as instrumentalists/parts, songwriters, conductors, etc.
- personal name
Company
List of record companies and labels
- Company and label information
The information is being added and updated as soon as new items are found.Update historyYou can check it out at:
Reference source
The reference sources used to create the chronological recording list are listed below. References for individual pages of recordings, songs, people, etc. are listed on each page.
Update history
Update history will be recorded on the next page.
