the music industry can be a powerful influence in people’s lives. Discuss the impact of the music industry including songs, singers, writers, music groups. Additionally, music is in many areas of our lives such as background music on television shows and movies, videos, sports competitions, music lists on cell phones (ipads, ipods etc..), even in elevators, offices, stores, etc… Some of us even have a “couple’s” song. Below is a long list of singers and their genere of music over the years:

Blues Bessie Smith 1920-1930s
Big Band Frank Sinatra 1930s-40s
Jukebox Johnson Sisters 1940s

Wartime
Samba/Chic Carmen Miranda 1940s-50s
Jazz Miles Davis 1950s
Rock and Roll Elvis Presley 1950s-70s
Pop The Beatles 1960s-70s
Swing/Classic Frank Sinatra 60s-70s
Disco/Soul Gloria Gaynor 70s-80s
Soul Marvin Gaye 1970s
Early Johnny Cash 1950s-=60s
Country Patsy Cline 1950s-60s

Rap Eminem 1990s-present

R&B Rhianna 2000s
New Country Carrie Underwood 2000s
Adult Rock Lady Gaga 2011

Soul/Pop Adele

Pop One Dimension, Justin Bieber

How does music links to people to their own sexuality.
How does it blend desires, identity, and sexual behavior together. How does different types of music relate to sexuality?
How does a particular choice of music (you choose) put one into a romantic mood?
Why do lyrics come back when people are being intimate? or are a reminder of someone after a break-up?
How does music or a particular song create an association with someone one has either first met or care for deeply, or both?
How come songs communicate feelings of love?