Midterm I Songs Flashcards
Angels; My Boyfriend’s Back; 1963; girl groups & simple teen revenge
Beach Boys; California Girls; 1965; surfing with a hint of psychedelia
Beach Boys; Good Vibrations;1966; psychedelic LSD over doo wop and surfing band style
Beatles; Here Comes the Sun; 1969; psychedelic edge
Beatles; Paperback Writer; 1966; rock ‘n’ roll with warm sound
Beatles; Twist and Shout; 1963; garage twisting R&B
Beatles; Yesterday; 1965; semi-classical, ballad, acoustic
Chuck Berry; Johnny B. Goode; 1958; early rockabilly becomes rock ‘n’ roll
Pat Boone; Ain’t That a Shame; 1955; teen crooning from above
The Chantays; Pipeline; 1963; instrumental surf music
The Chords; Sh’Boom; 1954; doo wop (R&B vocal harmony)
Cream; Spoonful; 1968; psychedelic blues/rock
Crew Cuts; Sh’Boom; 1954; white R&B vocal harmony/ doo wop
Arthur Crudup; That’s All Right Mama; 1946; R&B
Fats Domino; Ain’t That a Shame; 1955; R&B NO
Bob Dylan; Like A Rolling Stone; 1965; electrified folk, seriously adult, electric music
Bob Dylan; The Times They Are a-Changin’; 1963; folk
Esquivel; Night and Day; 1958; space age odyssey
Golden Gate Gospel Quartet; Golden Gate Gospel Train; 1937; black roots vocal harmony
Benny Goodman; King Porter Stomp; 1935; big band swing, jazz influence
Woody Guthrie; Mean Talking Blues; 1945; talking blues
Bill Haley; Rock the Joint; 1952; R&B/Western swing
Fletcher Henderson; King Porter Stomp; 1933, big band swing, jazz and blues influence
Buddy Holly; That’ll Be the Day; 1957; rockabilly
Robert Johnson; Cross Road Bues; 1936; country blues
The Kinks; You Really Got Me; 1964; electric rock ‘n’ roll, straighforward, country simplicity
The Kingsmen; Louie, Louie; 1963; garage rock
Led Zeppelin; Dazed and Confused; 1968; psychedelic blues rock
Jerry Lee Lewis; Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On; 1957; rockabilly, intense piano
Little Richard; Tutti Frutti; 1955; intense piano blues ‘gumbo’
Love; 7 and 7 Is; 1966; garage fury to level of psychedelic existentialism
Monkees; I’m A Believer; 1966; clean pop rock
Carl Perkins; Dixie Fried; 1956; rockabilly, working class fury
Elvis Presley; Heartbreak Hotel; 1955; rockabilly becomes mainstream pop
Elvis Presley; That’s All Right Mama; 1954; rockabilly
Jimmy Preston and the Prestonians; Rock the Joint; 1949; gospel-infused jump-band boogie-blues
Righteous Brothers; You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling; 1964; Phil Spector & white duet
Shadows of Knight; Gloria; 1966; garage rock
Simon and Garfunkel; Sound of Silence; 1965; vocal harmony and pop sensibility
Frank Sinatra; I’ve Got You Under My Skin; 1956; swing
Rolling Stones; Gimme Shelter; 1969; rock with boogie-backbeat
Rolling Stones; Lady Jane; 1966; trippy baroque
Rolling Stones; Satisfaction; 1965; rock rebels without a cause
Muddy Waters; Hoochie Coochie Man; 1954; Chicago blues
Hank Williams; Honky Tonk Blues;1952; honky tonk
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys; New San Antonio Rose; 1940; western swing
Howlin’ Wolf; Spoonful; 1960; Chicago blues/ boogie
Link Wray and his Raymen; Rumble; 1958; garage music