Annie's Music in 1920-1930 The Roaring Twenties was a decade absorbed by the growth of the music industry thanks to the birth of radio in 1920 (Tyle) . The excitement of the end of the war gave rise to the Roaring Twenties. The American people were hungry for change and the new music of the time, jazz, satisfied their great hunger (100 Favorite Songs). Jazz was a whole new type of music radically different from anything the American people had heard before. Unfortunately, the Great Depression, which occurred in the 1930s, brought a sense of sadness and despair into the lives of the American people. Would jazz also give in to the Depression? Or fight back? Although the mood of the American people changed between the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, the music of each era remained the same; The music industry was Americans' way out of the Great Depression. Radio was a huge part of the music industry in the 1920s and 1930s. The first radio broadcast took place in 1920, and by 1922 there were 600 radio stations (100 favorite songs). Radio became very popular very quickly; nearly sixty percent of Americans had radios in their homes (100 Favorite Songs). By the time of the Great Depression, the primary source of music was no longer phonographs or sheet music, but radio (Tyle). Their favorite things to listen to were comedies such as Amos 'n Andy and the new music of the time: jazz (Bailey 761). Towards the end of the 1920s, radio went from being a treat to being a cheap entertainment (Tyle). In the famous Annie comic strip, there were pictures of Annie and the orphans listening to the radio; These same scenes were seen in the beloved Broadway play Annie. This shows that radio was definitely...... middle of paper...... the outlet for the changing moods of their lifestyle and politics at that time. Word Count: 1,632 Works Cited “100 Favorite Songs of the 1920s.” WordPress. July 15, 2012. the web. January 26, 2014.Annie. Thomas Meehan. Real. Karen Smith. Calvary Christian School, Covington, KY. March 20, 2014. Armstrong, Louis. Dinah. 1933. YouTube. Internet. March 26, 2014. Armstrong, Louis. Hello Dolly. 1927. YouTube. Internet. January 26, 2014. Bailey, Thomas A. The American Pageant. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. Print. “Jazz, Jazz Music, and Jazz Films: 1920s to Today.” » Arcadia Systems. September 10, 2012. the web. April 29, 2014. Kennedy, David M. Freedom From Fear. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Print.Tyle, Chris. “The History of Jazz in Standard Time.” Jazz Standards. 2012. Internet. February 11 2014.