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  1. www.allmusic.com › subgenre › nashville-sound-countrypolitanNashville Sound/Countrypolitan Music Subgenre Overview | AllMusic

    Countrypolitan -- an outgrowth of the Nashville sound of the '50s -- is among the most commercially-oriented genres of country music. The Nashville sound emerged in the '50s as a way to bring country music to a broad pop audience.

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    The Nashville sound is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the 1950s in Nashville, Tennessee. It replaced the dominance of the rough honky tonk music with "smooth strings and choruses", "sophisticated background vocals" and "smooth tempos" associated with traditional pop.

  4. www.allmusic.com › style › nashville-sound-countrypolitan-maNashville Sound/Countrypolitan Music Songs | AllMusic

    Countrypolitan -- an outgrowth of the Nashville sound of the '50s -- is among the most commercially-oriented genres of country music. The Nashville sound emerged in the '50s as a way to bring country music to a broad pop audience. The movement was led by Chet Atkins, who was the head of RCA Records' country division.

  5. www.pbs.org › kenburns › country-musicCountrypolitan | Branches of Country Music | Country Music | Ken...

    In the 1970s, the smooth Nashville Sound had evolved into something even smoother. People called it “Countrypolitan” – and producers hoped it would help their artists cross over to the ...

  6. www.pbs.org › kenburns › country-musicNashville Sound | Branches of Country Music - PBS

    Countrypolitan. Other Styles, Other Voices. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Music Row producers began experimenting with ways to reach a broader audience: adding violins, a soft piano, and...

  7. sites.dwrl.utexas.edu › the-history › the-nashville-soundThe Nashville Sound | Country Music Project - University of Texas...

    In the late 1950s the emergence of rock ‘n’ roll pulled fans away from the country music industry, forcing Nashville producers to search for a sound that could appeal to the whole country and be profitable while still being country, and they found the Nashville Sound.

  8. www.allmusic.com › genre › nashville-sound-countrypolitan-maNashville Sound/Countrypolitan Music Artists | AllMusic

    Find Famous Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan Artists and Musicians on AllMusic