We all have our taste. We all are judgments. And in music there's no different. Except, people personal opinions.
Benny Goodman. Duke Ellington. Glenn Miller. Doing their time, they were the music of soul to many. When people probably dance a little different.
Frank Sinatra. Vic Damone. Nat King Cole.
Doing their era music had changed. More was borrowed from the previous decade.
Elvis. Little Richard. Buddy Holly. Fats Domino. Gene Vincent. Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke. And yes, Pat Boone too. The music of the soul were beaingt to a different tone.
Then came the sixties. And a various style came before us.
The Rascals. The Beatles. Donovan. The Beach Boys. The Temptations and the Supremes and the Miracles. Was totally changed from Neal Sedaka early days.
James Taylor, Carole King, Elton John and the Eagles. Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendegrass and the O'jays. Was the masters of the seventies decades
The the eighties came. And again the music changed. Rick James, Prince and Madonna too.
Don't we see all the above artists in the music of today. Especially, in rap. Where they take an old song and tries to create a new tune. And questions, why they getting sued?