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is music composed and performed for children. In
European-influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment and educational functions. Children's music is often
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and the original Letter People were featured on network and public television, respectively. These represented an effort to make music that taught specific lessons about different subjects (math, history, and
English) to youngsters through the high-quality, award-winning music. The classic PBS
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As more children are using smartphones, tablets, laptops and smart TVs, kids' songs have entered the on-demand streaming content era. On YouTube, some children's songs have surpassed 1 billion views, easily becoming some of the
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The role of Disney in children's cinema from the 1930s meant that it gained a unique place in the production of children's music. The first popular Disney song was 'Minnie's Yoo Hoo' (1930) the theme song from a
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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to the creation of a number of songs aimed at children. These included 'Ten little fingers and ten little toes' by Ira
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Many children's stores and sometimes music outlets sell covers of pop songs, performed by adults for children, especially
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nursery rhymes. The earliest record catalogues of several seminal figures in the recording industry such as Edison, Berliner, and Victor all contained separate children's sections.
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film soundtrack. Most albums targeted nationally to children are soundtracks for motion pictures or symbiotic marketing projects involving mass-marketed acts such as
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infuses hip-hop with family friendly messages and imaginative stories and is known as "The King of Kid-Hop". Also recently, traditionally rock-oriented acts like
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In the 1960s, as the baby boomers matured and became more politically aware, they embraced both the substance and politics of folk ("the people's") music.
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2648:Pontic Greek
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2508:Celtic metal
2432:Balkan brass
2178:Manila sound
1947:Chutney soca
1751:Country rock
1741:Country folk
1635:Folk revival
1491:Son huasteco
1328:Celtic metal
1299:Celtic metal
1274:Folk baroque
1252:Country folk
1206:Sea shanties
1194:Protest song
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218:Harold Peary
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2915:World music
2900:Pub session
2873:Roud number
2868:Collections
2860:Instruments
2742:Azerbaijani
2518:Celtic rock
2513:Celtic punk
2388:Montenegrin
2099:Bangladeshi
2051:Marshallese
1746:Country pop
1637:(1950s–60s)
1623:Appalachian
1486:Son jarocho
1423:Tamang Selo
1342:Folktronica
1333:Celtic punk
1323:Celtic rock
1316:Celtic punk
1179:Dance music
896:22 December
861:22 December
652:Fred Penner
561:VeggieTales
557:The Wiggles
470:Red Grammer
338:Shari Lewis
328:Bob Keeshan
308:Pete Seeger
288:(1940) and
234:Fanny Brice
214:Bing Crosby
151:School Days
78:kids' music
41:Kids' music
38:Other names
2855:Folk dance
2850:Folk clubs
2840:Filk music
2806:Tsifteteli
2653:Portuguese
2628:Lithuanian
2488:Belarusian
2479:Tsifteteli
2442:Turbo-folk
2393:Macedonian
2364:Tsifteteli
2308:Sevdalinka
2251:Vietnamese
2207:Indonesian
2019:Australian
1994:Venezuelan
1908:Kontradans
1841:by region
1798:Indigenous
1761:Rockabilly
1756:Honky-tonk
1729:Roots rock
1706:Spirituals
1646:New Mexico
1508:Panamanian
1449:traditions
1394:Freak folk
1347:Indie folk
1294:Folk metal
1269:Filk music
1174:Children's
1124:Types and
727:References
518:Pocahontas
509:Elton John
374:Joe Raposo
353:Tom Paxton
246:Danny Kaye
230:Roy Rogers
186:RCA Victor
87:folk songs
2920:Worldbeat
2845:Festivals
2801:Arabesque
2695:Ukrainian
2675:Slovenian
2638:Norwegian
2601:Icelandic
2596:Hungarian
2469:Arabesque
2449:Slovenian
2320:Bulgarian
2246:Pakistani
2236:Mongolian
2126:Cantonese
2111:Bhutanese
1984:Brazilian
1890:Caribbean
1850:Québécois
1736:Bluegrass
1724:Americana
1689:Dixieland
1540:Blackfeet
1447:Regional
1428:Vallenato
1384:Nerd-folk
1311:Folk punk
1289:Folk rock
1279:Folk jazz
1247:Bluegrass
1242:Anti-folk
1221:Work song
1216:War songs
1189:Love song
1126:subgenres
891:Huff Post
810:The Times
740:Hugo Cole
594:known as
572:Dan Zanes
485:" won an
378:Jeff Moss
285:Pinocchio
2942:Category
2823:articles
2821:Related
2747:Egyptian
2737:Assyrian
2732:Armenian
2663:Scottish
2616:Hornpipe
2576:Estonian
2559:Hornpipe
2532:Moravian
2415:Romanian
2359:Rebetiko
2337:Croatian
2291:Albanian
2281:Austrian
2268:European
2241:Nepalese
2212:Japanese
2173:Kundiman
2163:Filipino
2146:Pak-kóan
2141:Lâm-kóan
2104:Bhawaiya
2081:Tuvaluan
2071:Tahitian
2011:Oceanian
1915:Jamaican
1867:Maritime
1860:Néo-trad
1845:Prairies
1785:Canadian
1651:Red Dirt
1641:Hawaiian
1628:Old-time
1615:American
1590:Seminole
1560:Iroquois
1530:Canadian
1522:American
1374:Muiñeira
1284:Folk-pop
1167:Koliadka
710:See also
632:synthpop
546:Kidz Bop
513:Tim Rice
294:(1946).
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