Music in the 1940s was mainly built around the jazz and big band styles that were popular during the day. This was also the era of World War II, and many musical acts strived to reflect the pain that the countries were going through while still remaining upbeat and positive about the impending future.
By the end of the decade, several important technological changes would affect the music industry. First, vinyl would replace shellac as the medium for pressing records; then 78 rpm records would give way to first 45 rpm and then 33 1/3 long play records. Television, invented in the late 1930s, was no longer a novelty as the big radio networks (CBS and NBC) perceived it as the medium of the future.
The 1940's was a time for many breakthrough artists who made their mark in the history of music and several of them are still recognized as innovators in their day. The 1940s positive musical styles helped to give way to the rock ‘n’ roll styles of the decade that was to come.
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