Popular music began to replace folk music in Slovakia beginning in the 1950s, when Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia; American jazz, R&B, and rock and roll were popular, alongside waltzes, polkas, and czardas, among other folk forms.
Populærmusik begyndte at erstatte folkemusik i begyndelsen af 1950'erne, da Slovakiet var en del af Tjekkoslovakiet; Amerikansk jazz, R&B og rock and roll var meget populært ved siden af vals, polka, og csárdás i folkemusikken.