Until the late 1970's, this reflective pop tradition, which coincided with the flowering of feminism, seemed to be as firmly entrenched a genre as the pop-soul diva.
The godparents of American pop tradition keep one foot in the past, the other in the present.
The fundamental difference between the two universes is the space between African-American and Jewish pop traditions.
In contemporary pop traditions (Soul, Rap, R&B, Rock) triple metre is much less common but examples do exist.
He went on to place himself in a satiric pop tradition that includes the Nashville comic songwriter Jerry Reed and the 1950's group the Coasters.
The team's love songs stay general, in a fine pop tradition, while the autobiography on "Captain Fantastic" was obscured in extravagant metaphors.
Female singers of the pop vocal tradition are referred to as torch singers when their repertoire consists predominantly of material of that nature.
More than simply presenting popular standards, he aspires to embody pop tradition as a performer.
Mr. Manilow's career is really a casebook study of how one pop tradition merges into another.
The finished product rests in a glorious pop tradition not usually associated with a wide-ranging career like Young's.