Downloads

 

Class Reader for Rock: the Early Years

 

Final Exam Guide

 

Recommended Documentaries

 

Midterm Review

 

Powerpoint presentations: posted before exams

 

Introduction to Music 9

 

What to listen for

 

Country music and early media

 

Blues

 

Jump Blues 1946–54

 

Rock 'n' Roll Begins

 

Chuck Berry and Fats Domino

 

Bo Diddley and Little Richard

 

Society & the Music Business

 

Elvis Erupts

 

Rockabilly & Sun Records

 

Rockabilly 2

 

Rise of Doo Wop

 

The Brill Building and Aldon Music

 

Sam Cooke and Girl Groups

 

Motown

 

Phil Spector and the LA Scene

 

Surf and the Beach Boys

 

Bob Dyland and the Folk Scene

 

The Beatles: Liverpool to the World

 

The British Invasions: Merseybeat to the Who

 

The Beatlemania to 1970

 

British Blues Revival and the Rolling Stones

 

Atlantic Records, STAX, FAME

 

Aretha Franklin and James Brown

 

San Francisco and Psychedelic Rock

 

LA in the late 60s

 

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Monterey Pop and Woodstock

 

Cream, Led Zeppelin, and the birth of hard rock and heavy metal

 

Proto-punk in NYC and Detroit

 

British Folk-Rock and Celtic Soul

 

1970 and beyond, singer-songwriters

 

Progressive and Glam Rock

 

Amy Bauer © 2020

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