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The most popular music of the 1920s was jazz. It was born out of blues music, which in turn had evolved from a combination of slaves’ work songs, spirituals and traditional African drumming pieces.
Jazz became popular with young, white Americans and was played in dance halls. New dances such as the Charleston became all the rage, and shocked older people.
“Jazz stimulates to extreme deeds, to a breaking away from all rules and conventions. It is harmful and dangerous and its influence is wholly bad.”