Soon after pop and jazz albums expanded from 10 inches to 12 in 1956, vocalists turned the tables on instrumentalists. In previous decades, singers had played second fiddle to bands. Crooners typically began singing a chorus only after the band played the entire song through, and then they were pushed aside as the band returned to wind down the three-mi…
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