Jazz music became popular in the 1920s. This style of music carried over into the 1930s during the depression. The jazz music that people listened to in the 20s was a little different than the 30s. The music in the 30s was a lot faster pace and introduced swing dancing. People used jazz music and dancing as something to do that didn't cost much money because no one could afford anything during the depression.
The music during the 30s was usually related to the depression. One of the most popular songs during that decade was "brother, can you spare a dime?" which was written about the hard times of the depression. Some of the most popular songs were
-Putting on the Ritz
-Dancing in the Dark
-April in Paris
-Its Only A Parer Moon
The 30's had a lot of popular musicians and many of them were jazz musicians, a few are Bennty Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Cab Calloway, and Helen Forrest.
The people that went to the dances often did popular dances of the time like the gitter bug, charleston, and the lindy lop.
This time seems like it was very hard for most people and it looks like they used music as something to forget about all the problems they were having.
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