Bing Crosby
In the 1940's Bing Crosby was the biggest star in the world.
Fans saw him on his TV shows where he sang "white Christmas" for the first time.
This is a clip form "the Bing Crosby show"
This is the song white Christmas that was first sang on the Bing Crosby show.
This is an episode of the Bing Crosby show.
Frank Sinatra
He replaced Bing Crosby as the biggest star in the world.
This is one of Frank Sinatra's popular songs performed live.
Frank Sinatra was like a younger version of Bing Crosby.
Elvis Presley
Elvis marked the birth of Rock and Roll. Fans mainly saw him on TV and the only was to see him live was to fly out to the USA as he didn't tour in any other country.
This is one of Elvis Presley's popular songs "suspicious Mind".
This is a video of Elvis performing live.
Elvis was liked so widely as he was a young man who looked younger than Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
The Beatles
The Beatles were the most popular band in the 1960's . Pre-music videos the Beatles toured all over the world.
In 1966 the Beatles were sick of touring as when they sang they couldn't be heard due to the amount of screaming girls.
After they stopped touring the performed regularly on top of the pops in order to promote their new records.
1966 marked the birth of the pop video where the Beatles performed paperback writer and rain at kenwood house. They then sent the videos all over the world to promote their records and everyone got the chance to see them.
The Beatles performing live where you can hear the screaming fans.
These are the first pop music videos that marked the birth of the music video.
The Beatles were liked as they were British, young, relate-able and a little bit rebellious.
At the time there was no other band like the Beatles, that why they were so universally loved.
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