Deletion of List of British pop musicians of the 1940s

Comment: List of British pop musicians of the 1940s and List of British pop musicians of the 1930s. '''Clarify''' inclusion criterion for the rest and '''cleanup''' per |various |editing |guidelines.--Special:Contributions/70.80.234.196|70.80.234.196
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:MOS||WP:LAY||WP:STAND)

Comment: The idea that there was no popular music in Britain before 1950 is ludicrous.  See http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=n3PHdGaUqIkC Popular music in England, 1840-1914, for example.  By coincidence, I just created an Sam Cowell|article about a singer who was popular in the fifties &mdash; the 1850s that is.  The idea that we can't or shouldn't have a list of such articles is nonsensical |recentism
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Recentism (WP:RECENT)