Andalusian Cadence! Also known as the Diatonic Phrygian Tetrachord--sometimes written as i-bVII-bVI-V (or, in the key of A, the descending sequence A, G, F, E)

the Dorian tetrachord-- A popular melodic pattern of Ancient Greece[5] offers a possible starting point for the Andalusian cadence. A sequence more or less close to the Greek tetrachord structure might have been known to the Moors in Southern Spain and spread from there through Western Europe. The French troubadours were influenced by the Spanish music.

You might have better luck asking in a music subreddit.

Wikipedia has a list of songs containing this progression. The oldest song in this list is San Francisco from 1967, but I'm sure it was used before this in music that was not a song.

One characteristic with this chord sequence is that you end on a IV-I plagal cadence rather than a regular V-I cadence. It gives the songs a wandering, meandering feel, as each phrase doesn't have quite as much closure.

In spite of what Axis of Awesome says, there are more songs with !-IV-V and I-V-ii-IV permutations, but they are so common that they less distinctive.