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FOR CHAPTER 1: The Genesis of Rock and Roll

The Early Blues Tradition

CHARLEY PATTON (1887-1934):

• Stone Pony Blues (early Delta Blues)

ROBERT JOHNSON (1911-38):

• Cross Road Blues (c late 1920s)--Time/Life Video 2

BESSIE SMITH (1894-1937):

• Down Hearted Blues (c1920s)

SAM "LIGHTNIN'" HOPKINS (1912-82):

• Mojo Hand (mid 1950s)--Time/Life Video 4
• Gambler's Blues (mid 1950s)

Jump Blues

LOUIS JORDAN (1908-75):

• Caldonia (1945)--Time/Life Video 1

WYNONIE HARRIS (1915-69):

• Good Rockin' Tonight (1948)

RUTH BROWN (born 1928):

• Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (1953)--Time/Life Video 1
• Shine On (Big Bright Moon) (c1953)

BIG JOE TURNER (1911-85):

• Shake, Rattle and Roll (1954)--Time/Life Video 1; compare to Haley's version in Chap. 2
• Bump Miss Suzi (c1954)

Rhythm & Blues

WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON (1911-85):

• Hound Dog (original version written by Leiber & Stoller, 1952)--compare to Elvis' version in Chapter 2

HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS (born 1936):

• Work With Me Annie (1954)

New Orleans R & B

FATS DOMINO (born 1928):

• Ain't That a Shame (1955)--compare to Pat Boone's cover version
• Blueberry Hill (1957)
• Blue Monday (1957)--Time/Life Video 1

LLOYD PRICE (born 1933):

• Stagger Lee (1959)

Electric Rhythm & Blues

MUDDY WATERS (1915-83):

• I Got My Mojo Workin' (c1952)--Time/Life Video 1
• I Just Wanna Make Love to You (1954); compare to The Rolling Stones' version (1964)

HOWLIN' WOLF (1910-78):

• Spoonful (1954)
• Smokestack Lightnin' (1954)

BO DIDDLEY (born 1928):

• Bo Diddley (1955)--Time/Life Video 1
• I'm a Man (1955)

B. B. KING (born 1925):

• Sweet Little Angel (1956)

JOHN LEE HOOKER (born 1933):

• Motor City is Burning (this recording from mid 1960s)

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN (died 1984):

• Texas Flood (1982)

Early Rock & Roll

LITTLE RICHARD (born 1935):

• Tutti Frutti (1956) --Time/Life Video 1
• Ready Teddy (c1957)--Time/Life Video 1
• Lucille (1957)--Time/Life Video 2

CHUCK BERRY (born 1926):

• Maybellene (1955)--Time/Life Video 1
• Sweet Little Sixteen (1958)
• Roll Over, Beethoven (c1958)--Time/Life Video 2
• Johnny B. Goode (1958)--Time/Life Video 7
• Rock and Roll Music (1957)--Theme song of the Time/Life Video series

PAT BOONE (born 1934):

• Tutti Frutti (1957)--Time/Life Video 1
• Ain't That A Shame (cover version; #1 in 1955)

An Extreme Example of 50s "Pop" Music

PATTI PAGE (born 1927):

• The Doggie in the Window (#1 song/March 1953)--Time/Life Video 2

Country & Western Influences

JIMMIE RODGERS (1897-1933):

• Blues Yodel No. 11 (1930)

HANK WILLIAMS, SR. (born 1934):

• Hey, Good Lookin' (1952)--Time/Life Video 1

JOHNNY CASH (born 1932):

• Folsom Prison Blues (1956)

Rockabilly

BILL HALEY (1925-81) and His Comets:

• Rock Around the Clock (1955)--Time/Life Video 1
• Shake, Rattle and Roll (1954)

ELVIS PRESLEY (1935-77):

• Heartbreak Hotel (1956)--Time/Life Video 1
• Hound Dog (1956)--Time/Life Video 2; compare to the original version sung by Big Mama Thornton (written by Leiber and Stoller)
• Blue Moon of Kentucky (1957)--Time/Life Video 7
• Money, Honey (1956)--Time/Life Video 1
• Jailhouse Rock (1956)--MGM Film

CARL PERKINS (1932-98):

• Blue Suede Shoes (1956)--Time/Life Video 2

GENE VINCENT (1935-71) and His Blue Caps:

• Be-Bop-a-Lula (1956)--audio link in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography

JERRY LEE LEWIS (born 1935):

• Great Balls of Fire (1957)
• Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (1957)--Time/Life Video 2

BUDDY HOLLY (1936-59) and The Crickets:

• That'll Be The Day (1957)--Time/Life Video 1
• Oh, Boy (1957)--Time/Life Video 2
• Peggy Sue (1957)--Dick Clark American Bandstand Video

THE EVERLY BROTHERS (formed 1954/disbanded 1973):

• Bye, Bye Love (1957)--Time/Life Video 2
• Cathy's Clown (c1958)--Dick Clark American Bandstand Video

EDDIE COCHRAN (1938-60):

• Summertime Blues (1959)--audio link in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography

ROY ORBISON (1936-88):

• Only The Lonely (1960)--Time/Life Video 2
• Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)

RICKY NELSON (1940-85):

• Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart (1961)--Time/Life Video 7

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FOR CHAPTER 2: Pop-Rock of the 50s and 60s

50s Doo-Wop Vocal Groups

THE ORIOLES (formed 1948/disbanded 1957):

• Crying in The Chapel (1953)

THE PENGUINS (formed 1954/disbanded 1959):

• Earth Angel (1954)

FRANKIE LYMON (1942-68) & THE TEENAGERS:

• Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (1956)

THE COASTERS (formed 1956):

• Searchin' (1957)--Time/Life Video 2
• Yakety Yak (1958)

DANNY AND THE JUNIORS (formed 1955/disbanded 1964):

• At The Hop (1958)--Time/Life Video 2

THE SILHOUETTES (formed 1956):

• Get a Job (1958)--Time/Life Video 2

THE DRIFTERS (formed 1953):

• There Goes My Baby (1959)

DION (born 1939) AND THE BELMONTS:

• Teenager in Love (1959)--Dick Clark American Bandstand Video
• Runaround Sue (solo hit) (1962)
• The Wanderer (solo hit) (1962)

1950's R & B solo "crooning"

SAM COOKE (1931-64):

• You Send Me (1957)--Time/Life Video 5

Teen Idols of the late 50s/early 60s (Dick Clark, etc.)

BOBBY DARIN (1936-73):

• Splish Splash (1958)--Dick Clark American Bandstand Video

PAUL ANKA (born 1941):

• Lonely Boy (1959)--Dick Clark American Bandstand Video

NEIL SEDAKA (born 1939):

• Calendar Girl (c1960)-- Dick Clark American Bandstand Video
• Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do (c1959; reissued as pop ballad in the early 1970s)

FABIAN (born 1943):

• Turn Me Loose (1959)-- Dick Clark American Bandstand Video

CHUBBY CHECKER (born 1941):

• The Twist (1960; reissued 1962)--Time/Life Video 2

60s Girl Groups

THE SHIRELLES (formed 1958):

• Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (1961)

THE CHIFFONS (formed 1960):

• He's So Fine (1963)

THE RONETTES (formed 1959):

• Be My Baby (1963)--Time/Life Video 2

THE ANGELS (formed 1961/disbanded 1967):

• My Boyfriend's Back (1963)

THE SHANGRI-LAS (formed 1963/disbanded 1969):

• Leader of The Pack (1964)

Other

THE FOUR SEASONS (featuring Frankie Valli; formed 1961):

• Sherry (1962)

BEN E. KING (born 1948; former lead singer of THE DRIFTERS):

• Stand By Me (1961)--Time/Life Video 2

Instrumental Surf Music

DUANE EDDY (born 1938):

• Rebel-Rouser (1959)

THE VENTURES (formed 1959):

• Walk Don't Run (1960)
• Diamond Head (1965)

DICK DALE AND HIS DELTONES (Dale-born 1937):

• Miserlou (1962)

THE CHANTAYS (formed 1962):

• Pipeline (1963)

THE SURFARIS (formed 1963):

• Wipe Out (1963)

Surfer Bands

JAN & DEAN (formed 1958/disbanded 1964):

• Surf City (1963)

THE BEACH BOYS (formed 1961):

• Surfer Girl (1963)--Time/Life Video 4
• Surfin' USA (1963)
• Warmth of The Sun (1963)
• I Get Around (1964)-- Time/Life Video 3

Early Motown

SMOKEY ROBINSON (born 1940) & THE MIRACLES:

• Shop Around (1960)
• Ooh, Baby Baby (1965)--Time/Life Video 7
• The Tracks of My Tears (1965)

MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS (formed 1963/disbanded 1972):

• Heat Wave (1963)
• Dancing in the Street (1964)

THE MARVELETTES (formed 1960/disbanded 1971):

• Please, Mr. Postman (1964)

MARY WELLS (1943-92):

• My Guy (1964)

THE SUPREMES (formed 1961):

• Come See About Me (1964)--Time/Life Video 5
• Where Did Our Love Go? (1964)
• Can't Hurry Love (1965)

THE TEMPTATIONS (formed 1960):

• The Way You Do the Things You Do (1963)--Time/Life Video 3
• My Girl (1965)--Time/Life Video 5

MARVIN GAYE (1939-84):

• How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (1964)
• Ain't That Peculiar (1965)--Time/Life Video 5

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FOR CHAPTER 3: 1962-65: American Folk-Rock vs. The British Invasion

Pre-60s Folk/Protest

WOODY GUTHRIE (1912-67):

• If I Had a Hammer (c1959)
• The Flood and The Storm (1960)
• This Land Is Your Land (1961)

PETE SEEGER (born 1919):

• Where Have All The Flowers Gone (recorded 1962); compare to version by Peter, Paul & Mary

THE KINGSTON TRIO (formed 1957/disbanded 1968):

• Tom Dooley (1959)
• Remember The Alamo (1959)

Early 60s Folk & Folk Activists

JOAN BAEZ (born 1941):

• All My Trials (1960)--Time/Life Video 4
• We Shall Overcome (1960)

PETER, PAUL and MARY (formed 1961):

• Blowin' In The Wind (1963)--Time/Life Video 4

PHIL OCHS (1940-76):

• I Ain't Marchin' Anymore (1965)--Time/Life Video 4

BOB DYLAN (born 1941):

• Talkin' New York (1962)--Time/Life Video 4
• It's Alright Ma [I'm Only Bleeding] (1963)--Time/Life Video 4
• Blowin' in the Wind (1963; see also Peter, Paul & Mary's version--Time/Life Video 4)
• Mr. Tambourine Man (1963; see also The Byrds' version --Time/Life Video 4)
• The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)--Time/Life Video 4
• My Back Pages (1964)--Time/Life Video 4 (see also The Byrds' version)
• Like a Rolling Stone (1965)--Time/Life Video 4
• Maggie's Farm (1965)--Time/Life Video 4
• Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965)--Time/Life Video 4

Major Bands of the British Invasion

THE BEATLES (formed 1960/disbanded 1970):

• Twist and Shout -Please, Please Me (1963)--Time/Life Video 3; compare to Isley Brother's version
• Please, Please Me -Please, Please Me (1963)
• She Loves You -Meet The Beatles (1964)
• A Hard Day's Night -Meet The Beatles (1964)
• I Wanna Hold Your Hand -Meet The Beatles (1964)
• Norwegian Wood-Rubber Soul (1965)
• Nowhere Man -Rubber Soul (1965)
• Help! -Help! (1965)
• Yesterday -Help! (1965)
• Eleanor Rigby -Revolver (1966)

THE ROLLING STONES (formed 1963):

• Around and Around-12 x 5 (1964)--Time/Life Video 3
• Time Is On My Side -12 x 5 (1964)
• I Just Wanna Make Love To You-The Rolling Stones (1964)--Time/Life Video 1; compare to Muddy Waters' version.
• As Tears Go By -December's Children (1965)--also recorded by Marianne Faithfull as on Time/Life Video 3
• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction -Out of Our Heads (1965; first released as a single)--Time/Life Video 3
• The Last Time -Out of Our Heads (1965)--Time/Life Video 7
• Paint It Black -Aftermath (1966)--Time/Life Video 3

THE WHO (formed 1964/disbanded 1983):

• Can't Explain (1965)--Time/Life Video 3

Mersey Beat

THE HOLLIES (formed 1962):

• Carrie-Anne (1965)--Time/Life Video 3
• Bus Stop (1966)
• Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress (1972)

GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS (formed 1959/disbanded 1966):

• Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (1964)--Time/Life Video 3

THE SEARCHERS (formed 1957):

• Needles and Pins (1964)--Time/Life Video 3

HERMAN'S HERMITS (formed 1964/disbanded 1970):

• I'm Into Something Good (1964)--Time/Life Video 3

PETER & GORDON (formed 1963/disbanded 1968):

• World Without Love (1964; written by Paul McCartney)--Time/Life Video 3

British Blues-Influenced Bands

THE ANIMALS (formed 1964/disbanded 1968):

• House of the Rising Sun (1964)--Time/Life Video 3

THE KINKS (formed 1963):

• You Really Got Me (1964)--Time/Life Video 3

THE YARDBIRDS (formed 1963/disbanded 1968):

• For Your Love (1965)
• Train Kept a'Rollin' (1966)--Time/Life Video 7

THEM (featuring VAN MORRISON-born 1945):

• Gloria (1965)

THE TROGGS (formed 1964):

• Wild Thing (1966)

THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP (formed 1963):

• Keep on Running (1966)--Time/Life Video 3

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FOR CHAPTER 4: Soul Music

As background, see 1950s Doo Wop & R & B "crooners" in Chapter 2

Late 1950's/early 1960s Soul Artists

RAY CHARLES (born 1930):

• I Got a Woman (1955)--Time/Life Video 1
• What'd I Say? (1959)--Time/Life Video 5
• Georgia On My Mind (1960)--Time/Life Video 5

BOOKER T. & THE MGs (formed 1962/disbanded 1968):

• Green Onions (1962)

Mid-/Late-60s Soul Artists

JAMES BROWN (born 1928):

• Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (1965)--Time/Life Video 5
• I Got You [I Feel Good] (1965)
• [Say It Loud] I'm Black and I'm Proud (1968)

WILSON PICKETT (born 1941):

• In The Midnight Hour (1965)--Time/Life Video 5
• Land of 1,000 Dances (1966)

OTIS REDDING (1941-67):

• I've Been Loving You Too Long [To Stop Now] (1966)--Time/Life Video 5

PERCY SLEDGE (born 1941):

• When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)

SAM & DAVE (formed 1961/disbanded 1988; Sam Moore and Dave Prater):

• Hold On, I'm Comin' (1966)
• Soul Man (1967)

ARTHUR CONLEY (born 1946):

• Sweet Soul Music (1967)--Time/Life Video 5

ARETHA FRANKLIN (born 1942):

• R-E-S-P-E-C-T (1967)

GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS (formed c1960):

• Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968)--Time/Life Video 5; compare to Marvin Gaye's Motown version (1968), and to Ike and Tina Turner's Soul version (1969)

IKE & TINA TURNER (formed 1959/disbanded 1976):

• River Deep, Mountain High (1966)
• Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968); compare to Marvin Gaye's Motown version (1968), and to Gladys Knight and The Pips' version (1969)--Time/Life Video 5
• Proud Mary (1969); Soul version of country-rock tune by CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (1968)

ETTA JAMES (born 1938):

• Tell Mama (1967); compare to 60s Blues-Rock version by JANIS JOPLIN (1969)

Motown's Soul Artists of the later 60s/early 70s

THE FOUR TOPS (formed 1956):

• I Can't Help Myself (1965)--Time/Life Video 5
• Reach Out and I'll Be There (1966)

MARVIN GAYE (1939-84):

• Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968)--compare to Soul versions from Chapter 9 by Gladys Knight and The Pips (1968) as on Time/Life Video 5 and to Ike and Tina Turner (1969)
• What's Goin' On (1971)--Time/Life Video 5
• Mercy, Mercy Me [The Ecology] (1971)--Time/Life Video 5

"Little" STEVIE WONDER (born 1950):

• Up-Tight [Everything's Alright] (1966)
• I Was Made to Love Her (1967)

THE JACKSON 5 (formed 1966):

• I Want You Back (1969)--Time/Life Video 5

THE TEMPTATIONS (formed 1960):

• Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (1972)

White Soul Artists of the 60s

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS (formed 1962):

• You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (1965)--Time/Life Video 2

THE YOUNG RASCALS (formed 1964/disbanded 1972):

• Good Lovin' (1966)--Time/Life Video 3

1970s Philadelphia Soul

THE O'JAYS (formed 1958):

• Love Train (1972)

1980s/90s Soul Artists

LUTHER VANDROSS (born 1951):

• A House Is Not a Home (1980s Soul)--Time/Life Video 5

MICHAEL BOLTON (born 1954):

• Georgia On My Mind -- as performed with RAY CHARLES (1990s Soul)--Time/Life Video 5

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FOR CHAPTER 5: Folk-Rock, Psychedelia & Woodstock

Folk & Psychedelic-Folk Artists of the mid-/late 60s

THE BYRDS: (formed 1964/disbanded 1973)

• Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)--Time/Life Video 4; compare to Bob Dylan's version (1963)
• Turn! Turn! Turn! (1966)--Time/Life Video 3
• My Back Pages (1966; compare to Bob Dylan's original version, 1964)

THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL (formed 1965/disbanded 1968):

• Do You Believe in Magic (1965)--Time/Life Video 3
• Summer in the City (1966)

SIMON & GARFUNKEL (formed 1964/disbanded 1970):

• The Sound of Silence (1965; electric remix of 1964 acoustic original)
• Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS (formed 1965/disbanded 1972):

• California Dreamin' (1966)--Time/Life Video 4
• Creeque Alley (1967)--Time/Life Video 3

DONOVAN (born 1946):

• Universal Soldier (1965)
• Sunshine Superman (1966)
• Mellow Yellow (1967)

SCOTT McKENZIE (born 1944):

• San Francisco [Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair] (1967)

THE BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD (formed 1966/disbanded 1968):

• For What It's Worth [Stop, Hey, What's That Sound?] (1967)

DION (born 1939):

• Abraham, Martin and John (1968; about the assassinations of Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedys)

San Francisco Acid-Rock

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (formed 1965/disbanded 1973):

• Somebody to Love --Surrealistic Pillow (1967)--Time/Life Video 6
• White Rabbit --Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

THE GRATEFUL DEAD (formed 1965/disbanded 1995):

• China Cat Sunflower --Aoxoxoxoa (1969)--Time/Life Video 6
• A Touch of Grey --In the Dark(1987)--Time/Life Video 6

Acid Rock Influences Seen in Selected Songs by

THE BEATLES (formed 1960/disbanded 1970):

• Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane (1967)--released together only as a "single"
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967)
• Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967)
• For the Benefit of Mr. Kite -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967)
• A Day in the Life -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967)
• Helter Skelter -The Beatles "white" album (1968)
• Revolution 9-The Beatles "white" album (1968)
• (Other late Beatles): Let It Be -Let It Be (1970; produced by Phil Spector)

America's Commercial Answer to The Beatles in the late 60s

THE MONKEES (formed 1965/disbanded 1969):

• The Monkees [T.V. Theme Song] (1966)
• Last Train to Clarksville (1966)
• I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone (1967)--first released as a single with "I'm a Believer" on the flip side
• I'm a Believer (1967; notice the "No, no, no" chorus that mocks The Beatles "Yeah, yeah, yeah" stereotype)

Psychedelic-Influenced Songs by

THE WHO (formed 1964/disbanded 1983):

• I Can See For Miles (1967)
• Pinball Wizard from the Rock opera Tommy (1969)
• Won't Get Fooled Again (1971)--Time/Life Video 7
• (The Who--early 70s):Baba O' Riley (1971)--Time/Life Video 6

Other Psychedelic Bands c1966-67

THE DOORS (formed 1965/disbanded 1973):

• Light My Fire --The Doors (1967)
• When the Music's Over --Strange Days (1967)--Time/Life Video 6
• Riders on the Storm --L. A. Woman (1971)

THE BOX TOPS (formed 1966/disbanded 1970):

• The Letter (1967); compare to version by Joe Cocker (with Leon Russell and the Shelter People)
  
  

THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN (British band; formed 1968):

• Fire --Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)

Woodstock Era Psychedelic Blues-Rock

JANIS JOPLIN (1943-1970)

• Piece of My Heart (1968; with BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY-formed 1965/disbanded 1972)
• Tell Mama (1969; with the FULL TILT BOOGIE BAND)--Time/Life Video 10; compare to 60s Soul version by ETTA JAMES (1967)

JIMI HENDRIX (1942-1970):

• Wild Thing (1967, Monterey Pop Festival)--Time/Life Video 6
• Like a Rolling Stone (1967, Monterey Pop Festival)--Time/Life Video 4
• Purple Haze --Are You Experienced? (1967)--Time/Life Video 4
• Foxey Lady --Are You Experienced? (1967)--Time/Life Video 6
• Voodoo Chile --Electric Ladyland (1968)--Time/Life Video 6
• Star-Spangled Banner (1969, Woodstock)

CREAM (formed 1996/disbanded 1968):

• I Feel Free --Fresh Cream (Dec 1966)--Time/Life Video 6
• Spoonful --Fresh Cream (Dec 1966); based on a Delta Blues song by WILLIE DIXON, recorded by CHARLEY PATTON (1929) and HOWLIN' WOLF (1960)
• Crossroads --Wheels of Fire (1968); based on the original Delta Blues version by ROBERT JOHNSON (1920s)
• Sunshine of Your Love --Disraeli Gears (1967)--Time/Life Video 7

SANTANA (formed 1966):

• Soul Sacrifice (1969, Woodstock)--Time/Life Video 6

Other Woodstock/Isle of Wight Performers (Folk/Acoustic)

THE BAND (formed 1967/disbanded 1976):

• Up On Cripple Creek -(1969, Woodstock)--Time/Life Video 6

COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH (formed 1966; featuring Joe McDonald--born 1942):

• I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag (1969, Woodstock)--Time/Life Video 6

CROSBY, STILLS & NASH (formed in 1968):

• Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1969, Woodstock)--Time/Life Video 6

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH (& YOUNG--added in 1969):

• Down By The River featuring NEIL YOUNG (1969, Woodstock)--Time/Life Video 6

JONI MITCHELL (born 1943):

• Big Yellow Taxi (1970, Isle of Wight--Mitchell was not at Woodstock)--Time/Life Video 6
• Woodstock (1970; Mitchell was not at Woodstock); also recorded by CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG.

RICHIE HAVENS (born 1941):

• Handsome Johnny (c1966)--Time/Life Video 4

Vietnam

SSgt. BARRY SADLER (1940-89):

• The Ballad of the Green Berets (1966; No. 2 song of the year)

Heavy Metal

LED ZEPPELIN (formed 1968/disbanded 1980):

• How Many More Times --Led Zeppelin II (1969)--Time/Life Video 6; based on How Many More Years (1950s electric blues) by HOWLIN' WOLF
• Dazed and Confused --Led Zeppelin (1969)--Time/Life Video 7
• Whole Lotta Love --Led Zeppelin II (1969)
• Stairway To Heaven --Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

BLACK SABBATH (formed 1969; featuring Ozzie Osbourne):

• Paranoid --Paranoid (1970)--Time/Life Video 6

Blues Rock

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (formed 1969):

• Whipping Post (1971)--Time/Life Video 8
• Ramblin' Man (1972)

GUESS WHO (formed 1963/disbanded 1976; Canadian):

• American Woman (1969)
• Undun (1969)

JOE COCKER (born 1944):

• With a Little Help From My Friends (1969); compare to THE BEATLES' original version from the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album (1967)

DEREK AND THE DOMINOES (; formed 1970/disbanded 1972) featured ERIC CLAPTON (; born 1945) & members of The Allman Bros. Band:

• Layla (1970)--Time/Life Video 7

Late 60s/Early 70s Songs by

THE ROLLING STONES (formed 1963):

• Street Fighting Man -Beggar's Banquet (1968)--Time/Life Video 6
• Sympathy For The Devil -Beggar's Banquet (1968)
• Honky Tonk Women -Get Yer Ya-Yas Out (1970)
• Brown Sugar -Sticky Fingers (1971)

Country Blues-Rockabilly

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (formed 1967/disbanded 1972): [at Woodstock]

• Proud Mary --Bayou Country (1968); also done as Soul version by IKE & TINA TURNER (1969)
• Born on a Bayou --Bayou Country (1968)
• Fortunate Son [war protest]--Willie and the Poor Boys (1969)

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FOR CHAPTER 6: The 70s--The Corporate Diversification of Rock

Jazz-Rock

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS (formed 1967):

• Spinning Wheel (1969)
• Go Down Gamblin' (1969)

THE IDES OF MARCH (formed mid-1960s):

• Vehicle (1970)

SANTANA (formed 1966; Latin-Rock):

• Evil Ways (1970)
• Black Magic Woman (1970)

CHICAGO (formed 1967):

• 25 or 6 to 4 (1970)

STEELY DAN (formed 1972/disbanded 1981):

• Reelin' in the Years (1972)--Time/Life Video 8

TOWER OF POWER (formed 1967):

• What is Hip? (1973)

DOOBIE BROTHERS (formed 1970):

• Long Train Runnin' (1973)
• Listen to the Music (1973)
• Takin' It to the Streets (1976)
• What a Fool Believes (1979)

Progresssive (Classical) Art-Rock

THE MOODY BLUES (formed 1964):

• Nights in White Satin --Days of Future Passed (1967)
• Tuesday Afternoon --Days of Future Passed (1967)

THE WHO (formed 1964/disbanded 1983):

• Pinball Wizard from the Rock Opera Tommy (1969)

YES (formed 1968):

• Roundabout --Fragile (1971)

JETHRO TULL (formed 1967):

• Aqualung --Aqualung (1971)
• Locomotive Breath --Aqualung (1972)

PINK FLOYD (formed 1965):

• Dark Side of the Moon--Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
• Money --Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
• Brain Damage --Dark Side of the Moon (1973)--Time/Life Video 8
• Another Brick in the Wall (Part Ii)--The Wall (1979)

GENESIS (formed 1966):

• The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974; at this point, featuring Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins):)
• see also Chapter 8

70s Country-Rock

THE EAGLES (formed 1971/disbanded 1982):

• Take It Easy (1972)
• One of These Nights (1975)
• Hotel California (1976)

JACKSON BROWNE (born 1948):

• Running on Empty (1977)--Time/Life Video 8

Folk & Pop-Rock c70s

BOB DYLAN(born 1941):

• Lay, Lady Lay --Nashville Skyline (1969)

JIM CROCE (1943-73):

• Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (1973)

JAMES TAYLOR (born 1948):

• Fire and Rain --Sweet Baby James (1970)
• Honey Don't Leave L.A.--In the Pocket (1976)
• Steamroller Blues (1979)

DON McLEAN (born 1945):

• American Pie (1971)

BILLY JOEL (born 1949):

• Just the Way You Are --The Stranger (1977)
• You May Be Right --Glass Houses (1978)

Corporate Rock

ELTON JOHN (born 1947):

• Bennie and the Jets --Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)--Time/Life Video 8
• Crocodile Rock --Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)

PETER FRAMPTON (born 1950):

• Do You Feel Like We Do?--Frampton Comes Alive (1976)--Time/Life Video 8
• Show Me The Way --Frampton Comes Alive (1976)

FLEETWOOD MAC (formed 1967):

• Go Your Own Way --Rumours (1977)--Time/Life Video 8

Early Rock Theatre

FRANK ZAPPA (1940-93) and The Mothers of Invention:

• Dear Jeepers (1969)

DAVID BOWIE (born 1947):

• Space Oddity (1969)
• Ziggy Stardust (1972)--Time/Life Video 8

ALICE COOPER (born 1948):

• School's Out (1972)--Time/Life Video 8

KISS (formed 1973):

• Rock and Roll All Nite (1975)--Time/Life Video 8

QUEEN (formed 1971/disbanded 1995):

• Killer Queen (1974)
• Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)--Time/Life Video 8
• We Are The Champions (1977)
• We Will Rock You (1977)

Funk

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (formed 1967/disbanded 1981):

• Dance To The Music (1968)
• I Want To Take You Higher (1969)--Time/Life Video 8

STEVIE WONDER (born 1950):

• Superstition --Talking Book (1972)--Time/Life Video 8
• Living for the City--Innervisions (1973)
• Sir Duke --Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

THE O'JAYS (formed 1958):

• For the Love of Money (1973)--Time/Life Video 5

PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC (featuring George Clinton; formed 1968/disbanded 1981):

• Do That Stuff (1976)--Time/Life Video 8

MICHAEL JACKSON (born 1958):

• Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough --Off the Wall (1979)
• Rock With You --Off the Wall (1979)

Reggae

BOB MARLEY (1945-81) AND THE WAILERS:

• Get Up, Stand Up! (c1975)--Time/Life Video 8
• I Shot the Sheriff (1976)

Disco

THE BEE GEES:

• Stayin' Alive --Saturday Night Fever (1977); compare to their earlier style as heard in
• I Started a Joke (1969)

CHIC (formed 1977/disbanded 1985):

• Le Freak (1978)

ROD STEWART (born 1945):

• Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? (1979); compare to his earlier style as heard in Maggie May (1972)

GLORIA GAYNOR (born 1949):

• I Will Survive (1979)

DONNA SUMMER (born 1948):

• Hot Stuff (1979)

THE VILLAGE PEOPLE (formed 1977):

• Y.M.C.A. (1979)--Time/Life Video 8

70s Heavy Metal

AEROSMITH (formed 1970):

• Sweet Emotion --Toys in the Attic (1975)--Time/Life Video 8
• Walk This Way --Toys in the Attic (1975)

VAN HALEN (formed 1974):

• Eruption (1978)--Time/Life Video 7

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FOR CHAPTER 7: The Mid-to-Late 70s--Punk

Late 60s/early 70s Pre-Punk Avant Garde

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (formed 1964/disbanded 1973):

• Sweet Jane (1969)--Time/Life Video 9

MC5 (formed 1966/disbanded 1971; psychedelic to agressive blues):

• Kick Out the Jams (1969)

LOU REED (born 1942):

• Take a Walk on the Wild Side (1973)

Early Punk Artists

THE NEW YORK DOLLS (formed 1971/disbanded 1977):

• Back in the USA (1973)--Time/Life Video 9
• Personality Crisis (1973)

IGGY POP & THE STOOGES (born 1947):

• The Passenger (1977)--Time/Life Video 9

New York Punk

THE PATTI SMITH GROUP (born 1946):

• Gloria (1975)--Time/Life Video 9

RICHARD HELL (born 1949) AND THE VOIDOIDS:

• Blank Generation (1977)--Time/Life Video 9

THE TALKING HEADS (formed 1974/disbanded 1991):

• Psycho Killer (1977)--Time/Life Video 9

THE RAMONES (formed 1974/disbanded 1996):

• Rockaway Beach (1977)--Time/Life Video 9

British Punk

THE SEX PISTOLS (formed 1975/disbanded 1978):

• Anarchy in the U.K. (1976)--Time/Life Video 9
• God Save the Queen (1977)--Time/Life Video 9
• No Fun (1977)--Time/Life Video 9

THE CLASH (Formed 1976/disbanded 1986):

• Garageland (1977)--Time/Life Video 9
• London Calling (1977)--Time/Life Video 9
• I'm So Bored With the USA (1977)

Post-Punk

X (formed 1977):

• Johnny Hit and Run Pauline (1981)--Time/Life Video 9
• Los Angeles (1980)

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FOR CHAPTER 8: The 80s--MTV and The New Wave

Early New Wave

ELVIS COSTELLO (born 1955):

• Alison (1977)--Time/Life Video 9
• Radio Radio (1980; with THE ATTRACTIONS)--Time/Life Video 9
• Jackson, Monk & Rowe (1980)--Time/Life Video 9 [Classic music influenced]

THE PRETENDERS (formed 1978):

• Message of Love (1980)--Time/Life Video 9
• The Adultress (1981)

BLONDIE (formed 1974/disbanded 1982; featuring Deborah Harry):

• Heart of Glass (1978)

THE POLICE (formed 1977/disbanded 1985; featuring Sting):

• Roxanne (1979)
• Every Breath You Take (1983)--Time/Life Video 9

MTV Glam Rock and New Wave

DEVO (formed 1976):

• Whip It (1980)--Time/Life Video 10

MICHAEL JACKSON:

• Billie Jean Thriller (1982)--Time/Life Video 1
• Beat It Thriller (1982; with Eddie Van Halen on lead guitar)

THE GO-GOS (formed 1978/disbanded 1985)

• Our Lips Are Sealed (1982)--Time/Life Video 10

BOY GEORGE & CULTURE CLUB (formed 1981/disbanded 1986):

• Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? (1982)--Time/Life Video 10

THE EURYTHMICS (formed 1980/disbanded 1990):

• Sweet Dreams Are Made of This (1983)--Time/Life Video 10

MADONNA (born 1958):

• Like a Virgin (1984)
• Justify My Love (1990)--Time/Life Video 10

DIRE STRAITS (formed 1977/disbanded 1993) & STING (born 1951) :

• The Sultans of Swing (1978)--Time/Life Video 8
• Money for Nothing --Brothers In Arms (1985)--Time/Life Video 10

WHAM! (featuring George Michael):

• Careless Whisper (1985)
• Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1985)

GENESIS (featuring Phil Collins; formed 1966):

• Tonight, Tonight, Tonight --Invisible Touch (1986)

THE BANGLES (formed 1981/disbanded 1989):

• Walk Like an Egyptian --Different Light (1986)

80s-90s Soul-Pop

LIONEL RICHIE (born 1949; formerly of THE COMMODORES):

• All Night Long (1984)

WHITNEY HOUSTON (born 1963):

• I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (1987)
• I Will Always Love You (1992)

MARIAH CAREY (born 1970) with BOYZ II MEN (formed 1988) :

• One Sweet Day (1995)

80s-90s Heavy Metal

VAN HALEN (formed 1974):

• And The Cradle Will Rock --Women & Children First> (1980)

GUNS & ROSES (formed 1985):

• Sweet Child O' Mine -- Appetite for Destruction> (1987)--Time/Life Video 7
• Civil War --Use Your Illusion II> (1991)

Socially-Conscious Rock Returns

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and THE E STREET BAND (born 1949):

• Born To Run --Born to Run (1975)--Time/Life Video 1
• Born in the USA --Born in the USA (1984)
• My Hometown --Born in the USA (1984)--Time/Life Video 10
• Quarter to Three --Time/Life Video 8

TOM PETTY (born 1953) & THE HEARTBREAKERS:

• Refugee --Damn The Torpedos (1976)

DAVID BYRNE (born 1952) and BRIAN ENO (born 1948) :

• My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)

U2 (formed in 1976):

• I Will Follow --Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)--Time/Life Video 9
• Bullet the Blue Sky -- (1987)--Time/Life Video 7
• With or Without You -- (1987)--Time/Life Video 1
• Even Better Than the Real Thing --Achtung Baby (1991)--Time/Life Video 10

USA FOR AFRICA:

• We Are the World (1984; co-written by Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie)

PAUL SIMON (born 1941) and LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO :

• Graceland --Graceland (1986)

GARTH BROOKS (born 1962):

• Friends in Low Places --No Fences (1990)

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FOR CHAPTER 9: The Mid-80s to 90s--Alternative and Rap

Alternative

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (formed 1983):

• Fight Like a Brave--The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
• Give It Away --Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)--Time/Life Video 10

NIRVANA (formed 1987/disbanded 1994):

• Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)--Time/Life Video 9

PEARL JAM (formed 1990):

• Alive --Ten (1992)

GREEN DAY (formed 1989):

• Longview (1994)--Time/Life Video 10
• Basket Case (1994)--Time/Life Video 9

Rap/Hip-Hop

U-ROY (pre-rap "dub") :

• Go There Natty (1976)--Time/Life Video 9

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA (early rapper; born 1960):

• Planet Rock (1982)

GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE (formed 1980):

• The Breaks (1980; [funk-rap] rapped by Kurtis Blow)--Time/Life Video 10
• The Message (1982; rapped by Melle Mel)--Time/Life Video 10

RUN-D.M.C. (formed 1982):

• Rock Box (1984)--Time/Life Video 10
• Walk This Way (1986; with AEROSMITH) --Time/Life Video 10

N.W.A. (formed 1986/disbanded 1991; at first, featuring rapper Ice Cube):

• Express Yourself --Straight Outta Compton (1988)--Time/Life Video 10
• F*** tha Police --Straight Outta Compton (1988)

SALT 'N' PEPA (formed 1985):

• Let's Talk About Sex -- (1990)--Time/Life Video 10
• Whatta Man -- (1993; with Rap/Soul combination done with EN VOGUE)--

PUBLIC ENEMY (formed 1982):

• Fight The Power (1988)--Time/Life Video 10
• Shut 'em Down (1991)--Time/Life Video 10
• What Kind of Power We Got? --Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age(1994)

ICE-T (born 1959):

• Escape From the Killing Fields --O.G. Original Gangster (1991)--Time/Life Video 10
• L.A., Home of the Body Bag --O.G. Original Gangster (1991)--Time/Life Video 10

R.E.M. (formed 1980) with KRS-One (born 1965) :

• Radio Song (1991)--Time/Life Video 10

THE BEASTIE BOYS (formed 1979):

• Sabotage (1994)--Time/Life Video 10

THE GOATS:

• Rumblefish --No Goats, No Glory (c1994)--Time/Life Video 10

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