description Flashcards
Donna
- Richie Valens
Date of Recording: 1958
The 50’s progression,
tribute to highschool sweetheart donna,
drums bass guitar voice,
rock and roll / doo wop, del-fi records
Twist and Shout
- The Isley Brothers
Date of Recording: 1961
the twist craze (dance song), rock and roll, atlantic records, vocals bass guitar drums rock tambourine,
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
- Neil Sedaka
Date of Recording: 1962
Brill Building, Doo Wop, RCA Victor, guitar piano bass drums sax cello violin percussion,
Earth Angel
- The Penguins
Date of Recording: 1954
Doo Wop, R&B, dootone, covered by white vocal groups, piano voice drums,
Money Honey
- The Drifters
Date of Recording: 1953
R&B, about man with no money landlord wants money the man calls his girlfriends and she asks what he wants he replies money honey and is scolded for asking, atlantic records, drums voice guitar, group members “drifted” from one group to another
Little Girl of Mine
- The Cleftones
Date of Recording: 1956
Saxophone piano voice drums, Gee Records, R+B , Doo wop harm./background vocals, tenor sax solo, drums. “YEEAAH” nice thank good meme
Be My Baby
- Ronettes
Date of Recording: 1963
Pop R&B, Spectre’s wall of sound inspired by Wagner “double everything”, full orchestra horns drums pianos guitars, philles records, “gospel flavoured song of teenage romance = bright, upbeat almost ethereal girl-group sound”
Then He Kissed Me
- The Crystals
Date of Recording: 1963
The lyrics are a narrative of a young woman’s encounter, romance, and eventual engagement with a fellow youth (@laurn), wall of sound, R&B/Soul, guitar, vocals, background vocals, perc. (castanets and tamb.), “gospel flavoured song of teenage romance = bright, upbeat almost ethereal girl-group sound”
He’s So Fine
- The Chiffons
Date of Recording: 1962
pop/doo-wop, laurie records, voice drums bass piano guitar, doo lang recognizable background, group of high school friends who sang in the neighbourhood during their lunch breaks and after school
Leader of the Pack
- The Shangri-La’s
Date of Recording: 1964
pop/teen tragedy/ rock, about a girl dating the leader of a motorcycle gang, piano voice, drums guitar bass, one of the few “all-white” girl groups
Surf Beat
- Dick Dale and the Deltones
Date of Recording: 1962
surf music, surf rock, vault records, piano guitar bass drums vocals saxaphone, rough sound, instrumental, promotes california myth
Miserlou
- Dick Dale and the Deltones
Date of Recording: 1962
cover of east medetteranian folk song, influenced by arabic folk version, surf music, instrumental rock, guitar bass drums sax, no voice only instrumental
Fun, Fun, Fun
- Beach Boys
Date of Recording: 1964
Contrafact of Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode, pop rock, surf vocal, capitol records, california myth, about teenage girl going hot-rodding in her dad’s car, guitar intro inspired by chuck berry’s “johnny b. Goode” guitar bass vocals drums saxophone vocal harmonies.
Wipe Out
- The Surfaris
Date of Recording: 1963
surf rock,, blues, bass guitar drums, mainly blues riffs with some solo sections, title refers to wiping out on a surfboard, based off the dick dale surf sound, creepy ASS LAUGH
Mr. Eliminator
- Dick Dale and the Deltones
Date of Recording: 1964
Weird harmonica, surf music, capitol records, hot rod/racing themes, middle eastern influence, hand-picked guitar drums bass vocal harmonies.
Tom Dooley
- The Kingston Trio
Date of Recording: 1958
folk music, based on the murder of a woman named laura foster, guitar/banjo bass voice
Death of Emmitt Till
- Bob Dylan
Date of Recording: 1962
about murder of emmitt till who was 14, folk music, guitar and voice, simple melody/focus on lyrics,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Joan Baez
Date of Recording: 1969
southern rock/folk, roots rock, capitol records, guitar bass vocals drums large group of people sing in background, This song is originally by The Band and Baez released it in 1971
Blowin’ in the Wind
- Peter, Paul and Mary
Date of Recording: 1963
folk, cover of bob dylan song, warner bros, 2x guitars and voice harmonies and stuff protest song having to do with war peace and freedom, “Blowin’ in the Wind” has been described as an anthem of the civil rights movement.
Like a Rolling Stone
- Bob Dylan
Date of Recording: 1965
folk rock, bob dylan starting to become rock artist, tambourine bass guitar harmonica guitar voice drums organ, columbia records,
Turn, Turn, Turn
- The Byrds
Date of Recording: 1965
part of the lyrics consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes, folk rock, jangle pop, columbia records, guitar tambourine bass drums vocals (lots of unison, with harmonies at the end of phrases)
Sounds of Silence
- Simon and Garfunkel
Date of Recording: 1965
folk rock, columbia records, guitar vocals drums, talks about inability to communicate people talking without speaking feelings of alienation by people,
Do You Believe in Magic
-The Lovin’ Spoonful
Date of Recording: 1965
folk rock, sunshine pop, drums guitar voice bass electric guitar background vocals tambourine,
Fallin’
- Connie Francis
Date of Recording: 1958
upbeat Rock and Roll song, vocals, guitar, bass, light drums (mostly perc. Like cowbell, clapping and stick clicking) , MGM records, Neil Sedaka helped write this song
