pop music—music that evolved out of the rock ‘n roll revolution of the 1950s and continues in a definable path to today:
- With extensive free distribution throughout the Internet, music videos are making a comeback as a promotional vehicle for pop music.
popular music—a wide range of music (from vaudeville to heavy metal) that is most in line with the tastes of the urban middle class:
- Though his work was primarily in the fields of American popular music and jazz, Torme had always loved classical music.