The Beetles did a song that included the words “Will you still need me, will you still love me when I’m 64?”. That one sounds a great deal like some of the 20s and 30s tunes.
They used tgat sort of electric ukelele later. Ya.
Huge subject
These Guys didn’t just come up with these tunes. They were influenced by pure classic compositions tgat we’re in turn classic. The patterns are appealing to us
Much can be said about Tge opposite in Catholic Churches. There’s a prohibition of classic hymns there replacements are tunes with disturbing time signatures. They drive people away.
I used to go, when they still had it, to an evening mass with well done Gregorian chant a capella music. Latin mass. Usually packed no sign of piece btw. That was where the single men went. (Single or married with progressive wives)