Music of Alabama
|Music of the United States|
|History (Timeline and Samples)|
|Before 1940: Synthesis of Sources|
|1940s and 50s: Invention of Popular Music|
|1960s and 70s: Creation of a Counterculture|
|1980s to the present: Diversification of Styles|
|Native American music (Inuit music>Inuit and Hawaiian)|
|Latin (Tejano and Puerto Rican)|
|Other immigrants (Jewish, European, South and East Asian, modern African, Middle-Eastern and Cajun and Creole)|
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Alabama has played a central role in the development of both blues and country music. In addition the blues and country, Appalachian folk music, fiddle music, gospel, spirituals, mariachi and polka have had local scenes in parts of Alabama. Gospel music, especially the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, has been especially influential in the state.
Alabama is the leading state for Sacred Harp singing. The B. F. White Sacred Harp is published by the Sacred Harp Book Company of Samson, Alabama. The Sacred Harp/Shape Note Music and Cultural Center is located in Bessemer, Alabama.