Back to basics, musically speaking

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When people hear the term “vintage music” they often imagine listening to on one of those box radios from the 50’s with two knobs and a little channel select window. Names like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke and others are familiar to fans of vintage music. These artists, the ‘greats’ of the 1950’s, all shared multiple aspects in common: slow tempos, jazzy and soulful stylings, swing rhythms, and deep-voiced, emotional singing and lyrics.

More contemporary artists that have tried to replicate this sound include the late Amy Winehouse, who derived inspiration from each of the aforementioned ‘greats’, especially Frank Sinatra, arguably the ‘king’ of vintage music.

Fans of vintage music have even tried to replicate it with remixes of contemporary songs to make them sound vintage. To find these remixes yourself, look no further than the 3.3 million subscriber strong YouTube channel PostmodernJukebox, which has rehashed songs such Bad Romance and Despacito to sound more vintage.

Current music fans can thank the vintage artists of their day for the current music that populates the airwaves and gives us the emotional draw of rich sound and meaningful lyrics.