List of power pop artists and songs
Power pop is a music genre which is a more aggressive form of pop rock.[1] Although its mainstream success peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the genre continues to influence new artists.[2]
The following list is divided in two sections. The first section includes notable power pop bands and solo artists, while the second section includes power pop songs by power pop artists, as well as power pop songs by artists whose main music genre is not power pop. Solo artists are listed alphabetically by last name, and groups are listed alphabetically by the first letter (not including the article "the").
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| Artists: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Songs |
Artists[edit]
0–9[edit]
A[edit]
B[edit]
- Badfinger[4]
- The Bangles[15][16][17][18]
- The Barracudas[19]
- Stiv Bators[20][21]
- Bay City Rollers[22]
- The Beat[23]
- Beathoven[24][25][26]
- Chris Bell[27]
- Ben Folds Five[28]
- Brendan Benson[29]
- The Beths[30]
- Big Star[4][31][32]
- Bleu[33]
- Blink-182[2]
- Blondie[34][35][36]
- Blue Ash[37][38]
- The Bongos[39]
- Boston[40]
- The Boys[41]
- The Breakaways[23][42]
- Busted[2]
C[edit]
D[edit]
E[edit]
F[edit]
G[edit]
H[edit]
I[edit]
J[edit]
K[edit]
L[edit]
M[edit]
N[edit]
O[edit]
P[edit]
Q[edit]
R[edit]
S[edit]
- Adam Schmitt[217]
- The Scruffs[218]
- The Semantics[219]
- Sex Clark Five[220]
- Phil Seymour[221]
- The Shins[222][223][224]
- Shoes[4][49][225]
- The Sidewinders[226]
- Silver Sun[227]
- Simple Plan[228]
- Sloan[229][230]
- The Smithereens[231]
- The Sneetches[144]
- The Someloves[232]
- The Speedies[159]
- The Spongetones[233]
- Rick Springfield[234]
- Squeeze[235]
- Chris Stamey[155]
- The Starjets[236]
- Starz[237]
- Sugar[164][238]
- The Summer Set[239]
- Sunnyboys[240][241]
- Superdrag[242][243][244]
- Matthew Sweet[245][246][247]
T[edit]
U[edit]
V[edit]
W[edit]
X[edit]
Y[edit]
Z[edit]
Songs[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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the sublimely romantic power pop of Blondie
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