Nashville sound

Nashville sound
Nashville sound
Stylistic origins	Country; pop;
Cultural origins	1950s, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Derivative forms	Countrypolitan; country pop;
Other topics
	List of country musicians; list of years in country music;

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.^[1]^[2] It was an attempt "to revive country sales, which had been devastated by the rise of rock 'n' roll".^[2]

^ Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. pp. 7, 115–117, 169. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9.
^ ^a ^b Dawidoff, Nicholas (1997). In the Country of Country. Great Britain: Faber and Faber. pp. 48–50. ISBN 0-571-19174-6.

[1] Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. pp. 7, 115–117, 169. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9.

[Dawidoff-2] Dawidoff, Nicholas (1997). In the Country of Country. Great Britain: Faber and Faber. pp. 48–50. ISBN 0-571-19174-6.

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Nashville sound
Stylistic origins	Country pop
Cultural origins	1950s, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Derivative forms	Countrypolitan country pop
Other topics
List of country musicians list of years in country music