1871 – A Gospel group Fisk Jubilee Singers was organized, and succeed in European tour.
1920 – The golden age of harlem renaissance culture.
1923 – Single record of ‘Downhearted Blues’ by Bessie Smith sold 800,000 copies.
1934 – First live show was held at Apollo Theater in Harlem.
First recording of Mahalia Jackson.
1941 – First recording of Muddy Waters.
1943 – First recording of Nat King Cole.
1947 – Magazine for African-Americans ‘Ebony’ was first published.
1955 – ‘I’ve Got a Woman’ by Ray Charles was a big hit (reached No.1 on the R&B chart), and Soul music was born.
‘Tutti-Frutti’ by Little Richard reached No.2 on the R&B chart and No.17 on the US chart.
The debut song of Chuck Berry ‘Maybellene’ reached No.1 on the R&B chart and No.5 on the US chart.
1956 – James Brown released his first hit tune ‘Please, Please, Please’ reached No.5 on the R&B chart.
First recording of Aretha Franklin (Gospel songs).
Sam Cooke recorded non Gospel songs.
1957 – The predecessor of Stax Records, Satellite Records was founded.
Jackie Wilson made a his major debut.
1958 – The predecessor of Motown Records, Tamla Records was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan.
1959 – ‘Try Me’ by James Brown was a big hit and reached No.1 on the R&B chart.
1962 – Otid Redding got signed to the Volt Records, subsidiary label of Stax Records.
1963 – The major debut song of Otis Redding ‘These Arms of Mine’ made a hit (No.20 on R&B chart).
1964 – ‘Where Did Our Love Go’ by The Supremes reached No.2 on the US chart.
Sam Cooke was shot dead in Los Angeles.
1965 – Sam Cooke’s single ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ released after his death, was hit in conjunction with the Civil Rights Movement (No.9 on the R&B chart, No.31 on the US chart).
‘My Girl’ by Temptations reached No.1 on the US chart.
1967 – The Monterey Pop Festival
Singles ‘Respect’ ‘Baby I Love You’, ‘(You Make Feel Like) A Natural Woman’ and ‘Chain of Fool’ by Aretha Franklin are big hits.
Otis Redding died in a plane crash.
DJ Kool Herc emigrated from Jamaica to Bronx, New York.
1968 – Concert of James Brown was broadcast live on TV and it restrain race riots.
Stax Records was independence from Atlantic Records.
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair
1970 – Al Bell became the Stax’s vice-president and a co-owner.
Debut of Jackson Five.
Jimi Hendrix died.
1972 – Motown relocate the office to Los Angeles.
1975 – DJ Kool Herc held his first block party.
1976 – Grandmaster Flash mixed records by two of turntables.
1977 – Grand Wizzard Theodore invented scratching.
1979 – Sugar Hill Records released the first rap record.
1980 – ‘The Breaks’ by Kurtis Blow became the first gold disc of rap.
1982 – Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force released ‘Planet Rock’.
A Hip Hop film ‘Wild Style’ released.
1984 – Run-D.M.C. released the first album, and the Oldschool Hip Hop came to the end.
Def Jam Recordings, held up sheer fresh sound, founded.
Schoolly D in Philadelphia released first Gangsta Rap single ever in Hip Hop.
1986 – Beastie Boys’ ‘Licensed to Ill’ became the first No.1 Hip Hop album on the Billboard pop album chart ever.
1987 – Groups, such as Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy and N.W.A., changed the paradigm of Hip Hop debut one after another.
1988 – Teddy Riley produced Bobby Brown’s album ‘My Prerogative’, and his own group Guy released debut album. He created a great sensation of New Jack Swing fuse Hip Hop and R&B.
1989 – ‘3 Feel Height and Rising’ by De La Soul explosive sold, and it indicated quite new sense of Hip Hop.
1992 – ‘The Chronic’ by Dr. Dre released, Gangsta Rap and G-Funk became a craze.
Mary J. Blige debut by ‘What’s the 411?’, and her musical style called ‘Hip Hop Soul’.
1994 – NAS and The Notorious B.I.G. released debut albums one after another, the boom of the Hip Hop proclaims gangsta and street taste has broken out.
1996 – ‘The Score’ by The Fugees suddenly became popular in worldwide.
1998 – Lauryn Hill released ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ which has world’s first Hip Hop album has female viewpoint.
1999 – White rapper Eminem, found talent by Dr. Dre, debut.
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