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Music controversies
- Gangsta rapPhiladelphia rapper Schoolly D released a self-titled debut album in 1985 that contained the song "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" This track is widely regarded…
- EmoIn 1983, a band called Rites of Spring formed in Washington, D.C., playing music that sounded like hardcore punk but felt different.
- Rock and Roll Hall of FameAhmet Ertegun stood at the center of a room on the 20th of April 1983. He signed papers to create the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.
- Sampling (music)In the 1940s, French composer Pierre Schaeffer developed musique concrète. He recorded sounds from human bodies, locomotives, and kitchen utensils onto tape.
- GhostwriterA ghostwriter is a person hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are credited to another person as the author.
- Electric Dylan controversyIn 1965, Bob Dylan began recording and performing with electric instruments. This move generated immediate controversy within the folk music community.