Melody Maker was a British weekly music
newspaper and one of the world's earliest
music weeklies It was founded in 1926, as a magazine
for dance band musicians.
Originally the Melody Maker
concentrated on jazz. It was slow to cover rock and
roll and lost ground to the New Musical Express
which had begun in 1952. MM launched its own
weekly singles chart on 7 April 1956,and an LPs
charts in November 1958. From 1964, the paper led
its rival publications in terms of approaching music
and musicians as a subject for serious study rather
than merely entertainment.
By the late 1960s, MM had regained its success, principally by
targeting an older market than the teen-oriented
NME. MM had larger and more specialized
advertising; musical groups would advertise for
musicians. It ran pages devoted to other genres,
such as folk and jazz, as well as detailed reviews
of musical instruments.
In 2000 it was merged into New Musical Express. |
