[78-L] Pop vs popular

[Julian Vein]

On 21/09/11 21:29, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Cary likes Bing but not Amy; the kids like Amy, hardly Bing -
> nevertheless both are pop singers.
> Don's suggestion to use "popular" for the older generation of artists
> and "pop" for the younger seems reasonable, but doesn't really rhyme
> with the way the word "pop" has been used. I checked Billboard magazines
> from 1942, 1952, 1962, 1972 and 1982 - the word "pop" (meaning
> "popular") is used from the beginning, a little less in the 1940's but
> the difference is small: about 10/20 per issue between 1942 and 1982.
> Not a radical change...
> Kristjan
>
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Bing could turn his hand to all sorts of material--rhythm tunes, popular 
ballads, novelties, Hawaiian, country etc. How many contemporary singers 
(sic) can do that?

      Julian Vein