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  1. Sep 28, 2024 · Idol Playthings: How Teen Idols Shaped The Pop World. Mass-marketed music promoting pretty, clean-living singers to teenagers looking for romance is hardly a new thing. Photos: Darren Tieste ...

  2. Jun 27, 2019 · Teen idol singing sensation and son of actress Shirley Jones, Shaun Cassidy, poses in this 1979 photo. ... and become even more popular than his previous band — a feat that was hard to do when ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Teen_popTeen pop - Wikipedia

    Teen-oriented popular music had become common by the end of the swing era, in the late 1940s, with Frank Sinatra being an early teen idol. [4] However, it was the early 1960s that became known as the "golden age" for pop teen idols, who included Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Lulu and Ricky Nelson. [7]

  4. Freddy Cannon. Bobby Darin. Fabian. Ricky Nelson. Bobby Rydell. Bobby Vee. Jimmy Clanton. To many avid rock historians, the teen idols -- who were firmly entrenched on the top of the charts between the death of Buddy Holly and the rise of the Beatles -- represent the greatest threat to rock's survival that the music ever weathered.

  5. Pop-soul maestro Michael Jackson was a teen idol in the 1980s, as well as the previous decade, when he was one of the Jackson Five. The Beatles were huge teen idols in the 1960s, as was Elvis Presley in the 1950s. In the 1940s, females screamed for Sinatra. Even those teen idols who did not successfully make a transition as their fans matured ...

  6. The Rise of Teen Idols: How Boy Bands and Girl Groups Took Over Pop Culture It wasn’t until the 1980s when boy bands and girl groups truly began to dominate charts. This era saw the emergence of groups like New Edition and New Kids on the Block, who captured the hearts of teenage audiences with their catchy hooks, synchronized dance moves, and boy-next-door charm.

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  8. May 11, 2012 · In the early 1950s the pop singer became one of the first teen idols with huge hits like "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried" – even though he was partially deaf. ... the popular family ...

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