Who invented the fade-out

1. Who invented fade in fade out?
2. When was Fade Out invented?
3. Why did 80s songs fade out?
4. What year had all top 10 songs using the fade out?

Who invented fade in fade out?

Fade Out – Fade In is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. The story involves the movie industry in the 1930s.

When was Fade Out invented?

The fade-out—the technique of ending a song with a slow decrease in volume over its last few seconds—became common in the 1950s and ruled for three decades. Among the year-end top 10 songs for 1985, there's not one cold ending.

Why did 80s songs fade out?

The eighties and most especially the alternative bands of the '90s who aspired to a more honest and natural aesthetic tried hard to come up with endings to songs. They wanted something that represented the live sound of the band. Fades were deemed a cop out and cheesy." The fade never went away.

What year had all top 10 songs using the fade out?

Weir examined Billboard's Top 10 songs for every year since 1946 to see where the technique popped up. "It peaked in 1985: Every one of the Top 10 songs of the year-end chart is a fade-out," he tells NPR's Robert Siegel. "By the 1990s, you start seeing a noticeable decline.