Mandopop
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Mandopop or mandapop refers to popular music sung in Standard Mandarin, primarily songs from Mainland China and Taiwan. The genre originated from the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai kn
Zhou Xuan, the most notable singing star of the early Shanghai period.
Shidaiqu
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Shidaiqu is a type of Chinese popular music that is a fusion of Chinese folk, American jazz and Hollywood film music that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s.
Mandopop
…Standard Mandarin, primarily songs from Mainland China and Taiwan. The genre originated from the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu ("period music"); later influences included Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwanese Hokkien pop, and particularly the campus folk song movement…
Singer Zhou Xuan remains an icon of the Shidaiqu era
Bai Guang played a prominent role in Shidaiqu music
Shanghai in the 1930s represented the center of the Shidaiqu music phenomenon