midterm song specifics Flashcards
Elvis Presley
That’s all right
1954
a mix of genres: country, R&B, pop … rockabilly
Chuck Berry
Maybellene
1955
crossover hit
talking blues style vocals with rockabilly style
Booker T and the MGs
Green Onions
1962
instrumental rock, riff-based … reverb from the guitar
The Ronnettes
Be My Baby
1963
Girl Groups & Wall of Sound
contrasting verse-chorus form
The Beach Boys
Surfin USA
1963
Doo-wop style vocals
surf, cars, girls
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
Misirlou
1962
wet sound (reverb)
instrumental surf music
the sliding pic on strings (became big in surf music and early psychedelia)
The Kingston Trio
Tom Dooley
1958
The revival of folk music
folk elements of acoustic guitar, no drums, story telling
Bob Dylan
Like a rolling stone
1965
long song, no drums, harmonica,
folk rock
The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man
1965
cover song of Bob Dylan
US and UK #1
folk
Simon and Garfunkel
Sound of Silence
1964
not initially a hit song, after record company added instruments it became famous
folk
The Beatles
Please Please Me
1963
folk influence from skiffle
simple lyrics and pop feel
The Rolling Stones
Little Red Rooster
1964
Blues Rock; simplicity and riff-based
Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit
1967
psychedelic rock
The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows
1966
psychedelic rock
reverse tape effect/tap loops
backwards guitar
vocals through a Leslie speaker
The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
1966
took at least 5 months to record because of unique instruments
