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Positively 4th street

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by: bob dylan
w/m: bob dylan
date: 1965
form: simple verse form
genre: folk
backlash from folk community, electric organ

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Mr tambourine man

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by: the byrds
w/m: bob dylan
date: 1965
form: verse chorus form
genre: folk
12 string guitar, about drugs

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Louie, louie

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by: the kingsman
w/m: richard berry
date: 1963
genre: garage band
$50, ambiguous lyrics, performance mistake

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Last train to clarksville

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by: the monkees
w/m: tommy boyce and bobby hart
date: 1966
form: simple verse form
beatles style

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The way you do the things you do

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by: the temptations
w/m: smokey robinson and robert rogers
date: 1964
form: simple verse form
genre: HDH
sunny happy lyrics

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Baby love

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by: the supremes
w/m: HDH
date: 1964
form: simple verse form
strong quadruple meter

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Respect

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by: arthena franklin
w/m: otis redding
date: 1967
form: simple verse form
genre: southern soul
answer song

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White rabbit

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by: jefferson airplane
w/m: grace slick
date: 1967
form: AABA
genre: southern soul
alice and wonder land references

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Good vibrations

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by: the beach boys
w/m: brian wilson and mike love
date: 1966
form: dissolution of form (F form)
genre: southern soul
use of theremin, synthesizers and cello

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A day in the life

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by: the beatles
w/m: john lennon and paul McCartney
date: 1967
stitched together 2 songs

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Purple haze

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by: jimi hendrix
w/m: jimi hendrix
date: 1967
form: simple verse form
genre: blues/ pop
instrumental bridge, and mondgreens

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Whole lotta love

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by: led zepplin
w/m: ed zeppelin and willie dixon
date: 1969
form: compound AABA form
genre: heavy metal
heavy use of panning, riff based

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Whipping post

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by: allan brothers band
w/m: gregg allman
date: 1969
use of organ, increases virtuosity, blues style vocal delivery

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Roundabout

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by: yes
w/m: jon anderson and steve howe
date: 1971
form: compound AABA form
genre: prog. rock
synthesizer, extended intro.

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Ride a white swan

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by: t.rex
w/m: mark nolan
date: 1970
form: simple verse form
electric guitar

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Rock and roll all nite

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by: kiss
w/m: gene Simmons and paul stanley
date: 1975
form: verse pre chorus chorus
genre: glam rock
guitar ostinato, metal glam

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You’ve got a friend

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by: carole king
date: 1971
w/m: carole king
form: verse chorus w/ bridge
voice and piano 1 performer, authentic connection with listener

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Take it easy

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by: the eagles
date: 1972
form: simple verse form
w/m: jackson browne and glenn frey
genre: country rock
electric guitar and banjo

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Superstition

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by: stevie wonder
date: 1972
w/m: stevie wonder
builds groove, funk bass line

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Get up, stand up

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by: bob marley and the wailers
date: 1973
form: verse chorus form
w/m: bob marley and peter tosh
emphasis on the upbeat

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folk rock

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  • Combination of guitar-based rock bands from British Invasion and the aesthetic of folk
  • Lyrics often provide social commentary
  • Ballad style
  • Connection to “roots” music
  • 12-string guitar
  • Nasal Singing Style
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12 string guitar

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main guitar the folk community likes

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bob dylan

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up and coming folk artist that received back lash from folk community over an electric guitar

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newport folk festival

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bob Dylan played folk song with an eleteric guitar and they didn’t like that so they basically excommunicated him

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the byrds

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  • came on the folk scene after bob dylan
  • British invasion -> folk rock -> country
  • 12 string guitar (Rickenbacker)
  • David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman, and Roger McGuinn
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simon and farfunkel

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  • influenced by everly brothers
  • commercial flop
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tom wilson

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producer for simon and garfunkel

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beach boys

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surf rock band that has changed a lot, released pet sounds

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garage bands

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  • Sparked by the popularity of the Beatles
  • More of an attitude than a style
  • Inherently flawed
  • One-hit wonders
  • High energy
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the kingsmen

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  • from portland, Oregon
  • made song louie, louie
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tv rock

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  • garage bands where put on t.v.
  • industry tried to take control
    Paul revere and the raider, the monkees, the archies, the banana splits, the partridge family
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paul revere and the raiders/ the monkees

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  • tv rock band
  • Michael Nesmith
  • Peter Tork
  • Davy Jones
  • Mickey Dolenz
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motown

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  • Native Detroit Singers
  • R&B and Soul Vocals
  • No swing beats
  • Drums, percussion, electric bass, electric guitar, and keyboard
  • Performance Art, a complete act
  • Black owner, black songwriters, black artists, but geared toward white audiences with a refined, polished sound
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berry gordy

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  • born in Detroit
  • ceo of answer songs?
  • owned a record shop/ songwriter
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holland/ dozier/ holland

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  • Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland
  • Defined Motown Sound
  • Wrote 10/12 Supremes’ No. 1 hits
  • Left Motown in 1972 after legal disputes
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funk brothers

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  • Session musicians for Motown from 1959-72
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the temptations

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  • Mash-up of two different doo-wop groups
  • Athletic Choreography
  • Lead Vocalist: David Ruffin
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the supremes

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  • Most representative group of Motown
  • Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard
  • Holland/Dozier/Holland
  • Hand claps/Marching
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jerry wexler

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gets tasked with sweet soul and harder edge sound

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stax records

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Jim STeward and Estelle AXton

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fame records

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  • muscle shoals, al
  • Became known for rhythm-heavy grooves
  • The Swampers
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muscle shoals

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city in alabama

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the swampers

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  • Muscle shoals, al
  • fame records
  • became known for rhythm heavy grooves
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booker t and the mgs

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house banks

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otis redding

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  • macon, georgia
  • Redding brings Stax sound to national stage
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wilson pickett

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  • Detroit, MI
  • 1964: Comes to Atlantic, signed by Wexler
  • Sent to Memphis (Stax) to record
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arthena franklin

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  • Born in Memphis, raised in Detroit
  • Queen of Soul
  • Fight with FAME records
  • The Swampers come to NY
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southern soul

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White producer, white record owners, black artists, hard edged sound derived from R&B

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james brown

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  • Godfather of Soul
  • Hardest working man in show business
  • Pioneer of Funk
  • Began career as a stand-in for Little Richard
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yes

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hippie spirituality, instrumentally virtualisty, focus on cover art

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progressive rock

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Rock as art, from psychedelia, lyrics like psychedelic rock, quotations of classical music, instrumental experimentation, keyboard emphasis, longer tracks

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lynyrd syknyrd

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2nd gen. of blues based rock, focused on guitarist

52
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allan brothers

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duane (gtr), gregg allman (vocals/kb), blue, jazz, country, psychedelic, 69’ allman brothers band album

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southern rock

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2nd gen. of blues based rock, focused on guitarist

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black sabbath

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2nd gen. of blues based rock, focused on guitarist

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deep purple

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2nd gen. of blues based rock, focused on guitarist

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compound form

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panning

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58
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led zeppelin

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  • originally formed as the yardbirds
  • jimmy page (gtr), john bonham (drums), robert plant (voc) john paul jones (bass)
  • album oriented, jan. 1969 led zeppelin album,
  • oct. led zeppelin 2,
  • 1970 led zeppelin 3,
  • 1971 led zeppelin 4 (best selling album),
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jimmy page

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eric clapton

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woodstock

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in NY 1969, 400,000+, nightmare, culturally rich (lots of diff people), financial disaster

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concept album

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63
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theremin

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electric current flows through you and adjust the pitch

64
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“good vibrations”

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65
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jefferson airplane

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grace slick and marty balin, human be-in, 1st psychedelic band in sf to land deal, defines sf sound

66
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acid test

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67
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Timothy leary

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68
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ken kesey

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69
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haight ashbury

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location of san fran. scene

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psychedelic rock

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  • 2 fronts
  • fusion and extended solos (played till they didn’t want to)
  • sonic experimentation
  • 2 purposes (enhance trip/ be trip)
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sgt. pepper

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  • most important album in rock history
  • 1st concept album (storyline), printed lyrics on the sleeve
  • stylistically varied (diff, sounds)
  • artsy, album over singles
72
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hippie aesthetic

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  • influenced by psychedelic rock,
  • wanted to get good, rock musicians as artist,
  • wanted music to hold up (keep listening), meaningful lyrics,
  • instrumental virtuosity (more intricate/professional), - – album> single
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summer of love

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  • 1967
  • hippie music
  • hallucinogenic drugs
  • free love and anti war flower power
  • sgt. peppers band
74
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psychedelia

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  • new may of seeing (drugs)
  • alternate lifestyles
  • suspicion of institutions
  • influence of eastern philosophy and religion
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groove

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groups of instruments that play complementary musical figures that combine to make a musical idea

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riff

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repeated melodic segment from 1 instrument

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glam rock

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not defined by strict style, w/ visual effect, concise form and short, hook based (identifiable), hard rock sound, distorted guitar and heavy percussion

78
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t. rex

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marc bolan, formed in 67’ in psychedelic folk movement

79
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david bowie

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also known as ziggy stardust, was an androgynous, bisexual alien rock star

80
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ziggy stardust

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also known as david bowie, 72-73, androgynous, bisexual alien rock star

81
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kiss

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formed in NYC in 73’, glam rock

82
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carole king

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brill building, divorced gerry goffin and performs,

83
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joni mithcell

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singer song writer

84
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stevie wonder

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born in MI, originally recorded on gordy’s tamla label, pioneer in R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, jazz, (well rounded), 25 grammy awards

85
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raggae

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from jamaica in the 60’s, evolved from ska and rocksteady, news social gossip, political commentary, linked to rastafari, bass and drum grooves, emphasis upbeat

86
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bob marley

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pioneer of reggae made it global, born in jamaica,

87
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upbeat

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1 AND 2 AND 3

88
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disco

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dance club culture, dj/ producer based, synthetic, emphasis on the visual, four on the floor drum patterns (every beat is emphasized)

89
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saturday night fever

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famous dicso show

90
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four on the floor

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emphasis on upbeat 1 AND 2 AND 3

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eurodisco

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adds strings to disco

92
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donna summer

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queen of disco, originally a psychedelic rock singer, meets giorgio moroder and pete bellotte

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