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Links for new exploration:
1.Tin Pan Alley today: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-remnants-of-tin-pan-alley-new-york-new-york
Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64rulm3CFhg
2.History of the 78 RPM record: https://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/historyof78rpms
Recording of Original Rhapsody in Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng8QDwkKZsU
3. Louis Armstrong Performs live in 1933: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZvqvNYJmC4
Guy Lombardo, an example of “sweet” bands of the 30’s and early 40’s, performs live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2olK7cLP6KI
4. Bing Crosby sings Iriving Berlin’s “White Christmas”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QLn7gM-hY
Frank Sinatra and the rise of the “bobby-soxer”: https://www.paleycenter.org/sinatra-the-bobby-soxers/
5. Tracing the beginnings of the ‘Latin tinge’ in popular music: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-19-ca-7785-story.html
Jimmy Rodgers’ “The Singing Brakeman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvA9fWnEXw0
6. Tommy Dorsey’s “Take My Hand, Precious Lord”
Website of poet, playwright, and scholar of African American music Amiri Baraka: http://www.amiribaraka.com/
7. Bessie Smith’s “St. Louis Blues”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rd9IaA_uJI
Britannica biography of Bessie Smith: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bessie-Smith
8. Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “See That My Grave is Kept Clean”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXMhnYNzWaM
Website of the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, MS: https://www.deltabluesmuseum.org/
9. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five playing “Buzz Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fdlfXfF8GY
Downbeat: a magazine that continues to discuss jazz today: http://downbeat.com/
10: Johnny Otis playing “Little Hand Jive”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEeeGMpM_Nk
Biography of Johnny Otis: https://www.blackpast.org/aaw/vignette_aahw/otis-johnny-1921-2012/
11. Henry Glover’s New York Times obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/13/obituaries/henry-glover-69-recording-official.html
Ahmet Ertegun’s page on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Website: https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/ahmet-ertegun
12. About Honky-tonks: https://www.opry.com/articles/broadway-to-broadway/what-is-a-honky-tonk
Example of Western Swing, performed by Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNP4M85oxIQ
13. Hank Williams, playing his famous song “Cold, Cold Heart” live in 1952: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yCQraOX4Bw
Pop cover of Hank Williams’ “Cold, Cold Heart” by Tony Bennett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORPxmsBJoE
14. A look at B.B. King’s top live performances: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/b-b-kings-5-greatest-live-performances-171360/live-in-cook-county-jail-1971-175284/
On the history of Rhythm and Blues: https://folklife.si.edu/talkstory/2016/tell-it-like-it-is-a-history-of-rhythm-and-blues
15. Ruth Brown live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUa8X7MvZ50
Connection between Gospel and Rhythm and Blues: https://blogs.longwood.edu/musicintheworld/2013/04/28/how-does-gospel-influence-soul-and-rb-music/
16. Ray Charles’ song “Mess Around” featured in the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5miXR-BaQM
Learn about the legacy of Ray Charles’ groundbreaking album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/14/693859864/first-listen-ray-charles-modern-sounds-in-country-and-western-music-vol-1-2
17. The GRAMMY Foundation interviews Jerry Wexler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnCsT1LGLfw
Norman Mailer’s article in Dissent that inspired much of Jerry Wexler’s message in this chapter: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-white-negro-fall-1957
18. The story of the inventor of the jukebox, a device that encouraged the spread of music across racial lines: https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a21127/how-the-jukebox-got-its-groove/
On the 45 RPM Record: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/45-vinyl-singles-history-806441/
19. Chuck Berry plays his classic “Johnny B. Goode” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROwVrF0Ceg
Muddy Waters, whose blues influenced Chuck Berry’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, live in concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y--sWBtgQ0
20. Little Richard performs his breakout hit, “Tutti Frutti”, live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kM1khne_sg
Little Richard in his second career as a preacher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBzTNewSzDI
21. Elvis performs live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4euyTDhFnk
A look at Elvis’ famous style: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/elvis-presleys-great-style-moments
22. A look at rock music and its struggle against censorship: https://www.rockhall.com/rock-and-roll-vs-censorship
A sociologist discusses moral panics and rock music: https://www.usi.edu/news/releases/2017/02/rock-n-roll-and-moral-panics-part-one-1950s-and-1960s/
23. Rolling Stone on segregation at rock concerts: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-rope-the-forgotten-history-of-segregated-rock-roll-concerts-126235/
Nat King Cole performs “Unforgettable” live: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-rope-the-forgotten-history-of-segregated-rock-roll-concerts-126235/
24. On the history of Dick Clark’s American Bandstand: https://www.google.com/search?q=american+bandstand&rlz=1C1GCEV_enUS852US852&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG9ta7_azjAhWDW80KHYU8D5YQ_AUICSgA&biw=1920&bih=969&dpr=1
On Alan Freed, who as blacklisted as a result of the Payola Scandal: https://case.edu/ech/articles/f/freed-alan
25.
Chubby Checker performs “The Twist”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHGXwQeUk7M
26. On the history of surf music: http://www.surfsiderecords.com/the-first-wave-a-brief-history-of-the-roots-of-surf-music/
On the making of the Beach Boys’ classic album, Pet Sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3HsGW1GndI
27. Review of classic folk album Dust Bowl Ballads by woody Guthrie: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/dust-bowl-ballads-buddha-111684/
Trailer for Inside Llewyn Davis, a film which follows a musician during the 1960’s folk revival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuQ8pz-5WLY
28. Bob Dylan goes electric at Newport Folk Festival: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6wf5x0
History of American Protest music: https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/12/14462948/protest-music-history-america-trump-beyonce-dylan-misty
29. Article on Bob Dylan’s poetry collection, Tarantula: http://www.bobdylan.com/books/tarantula/
Dylan’s first full-length interview: https://www.interferenza.net/bcs/interw/play78.htm?fbclid=IwAR0_m7Y0wNy9n0AGaBXjCq8V6a3daQSnw-6nTYTwUHhhQravfZpZv6C1Mss
30. Sam Cooke performs live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yIMt-aZjCo
A look at the history and development of soul music: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/artsandculturewithreese/2009/06/11/the-evolution-of-soul-music/
31. Berry Gordy discusses Motown: the Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxyhtDeq2TM
The Marvellettes performing “Please Mr. Postman” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KseUrBSRBDA
32. James Brown performing live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xbwMHfIzjM
James Brown performs on the TAMI show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zieXmNwHGYA
33. Music video for Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVjnBo96Ug
Southern Soul genre overview: https://www.allmusic.com/style/southern-soul-ma0000002877
34. Aretha Franklin revisits her church and childhood home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rdCsE7AwmU
Aretha Franklin performs “Respect” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxuu8LNluY
35. On George Martin meeting the Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvHePwCXig
On how Elvis influenced the Beatles: https://www.beatlesstory.com/blog/2017/08/11/the-kings-elvis-presley-and-the-beatles/
36. A taste of Beatlemania: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mw1D3HTGng
Trailer for remastered film, A Hard Day’s Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWbiVqlSMgc
37. Facts about Sgt. Pepper’s famous album artwork: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/beatles-sgt-pepper-artwork-10-things-you-didnt-know-107812/
A history of the concept album: https://www.wers.org/the-evolution-of-the-concept-album/
38. Influence of British art schools on rock: http://businesslessonsfromrock.com/notes/2010/09/rock-roll-by-design%E2%80%94the-influence-of-the-brit-art-schools/
The Who play “My Generation” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjN5uHRIcjM
39. Blues roots of the Rolling Stones: https://blackgrooves.org/the-blues-roots-of-the-rolling-stones/
John Lennon on the Beatles’ experimental track, “Revolution 9”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpMKmXKgPmc
40. Jefferson airplane performs at the Monterrey Pop Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9CVLVevm4E
On Ken Kesey’s “acid tests”: http://www.openculture.com/2013/01/ken_kesey_talks_about_the_meaning_of_the_acid_tests_in_a_classic_interview.html
41. Janis Joplin sings “Me and Bobby Magee” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfIQ4J0LzLc
Big Brother and the Holding Company play “Ball and Chain”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCB2eDF3jBM
42. History of the 27 club: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/the-27-club-a-brief-history-17853/
Jimi Hendrix plays “Purple Haze live”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJunCsrhJjg
43. Frank Zappa testifying before the US Senate concerning censorship and political correctness in rock lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgAF8Vu8G0w
An example of Zappa’s avant garde music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGQxI0G6mKk
44. Remembering the disaster of the Altamont Free Concert: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/remembering-meredith-hunter-the-fan-killed-at-altamont-630260/
Looking at festivals in 1969 besides Woodstock: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/beyond-woodstock-revisiting-the-other-summer-of-69-music-festivals/
45. The Velvet Underground perform “Sister Ray” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPCI2H1sV4
Iggy and the Stooges perform live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR2rl_OVcl4
46. Carole King, who wrote countless hits for herself and the girl groups of the 50’s, inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame: https://www.songhall.org/profile/Carole_King
A look at the singer/songwriter genre of the late sixties and early seventies: https://www.shsu.edu/~lis_fwh/book/hybrid_children_of_rock/Singer-Songwriters2.htm
47. Joni Mitchell plays “Woodstock”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjQCvfcXn0
Joni Mitchell on the creative process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFMrn-kcNeU
48. Sly and the Family Stone performing “Everyday People Live”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJt-C6I6EDs
New York Times article on the debate between integrationism and nationalism in the civil rights movement: https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/01/archives/the-nationalist-vs-the-integrationist-ideological-foes.html
49. Stevie Wonder live in the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_sG0weS1d8
Stevie Wonder interview on his development and career: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFyHWep5nek
50. Parliament plays “Mothership Connection (Star Child)” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT3ecv01xDE
On the broader intersection between Black artists and the possibilities of space: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/to-seattles-black-artists-and-activists-the-space-race-showed-distorted-priorities-and-utopian-possibilities/
51. On the invention of the power chord: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5021946
A short history of metal: https://metal.mit.edu/brief-history-metal
52. Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlNhD0oS5pk
On Led Zeppelin’s beginnings: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/how-led-zeppelin-formed-718697/
53. Elton John and others looking back at his classic album, Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ODYfKrwqc
Glam rock’s future relevance and why it was misunderstood: https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/33252/1/simon-reynolds-glam-rock-shock-and-awe-interview
54. On the making of Pink Floyd’s classic album, Dark Side of the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUBnS5G34IM
Emerson Lake and Palmer and their influence on prog rock: https://slate.com/culture/2012/08/history-of-prog-the-nice-emerson-lake-palmer-and-other-bands-of-the-1970s.html
55. Bob Marley playing “Exodus” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SFXXDO4LHA
Rastafarian music and its influence on Reggae: https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/rastafari/customs/music.shtml
56. How disco music has changed the world: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/23hgH64c0cvLlwYjfmzcztJ/6-ways-disco-changed-the-world
On the importance of architecture to disco: https://www.metropolismag.com/design/night-fever-disco-vitra-exhibition/
57. On punk music and style: https://pitchfork.com/features/from-our-partners/9943-rip-it-to-shreds-a-history-of-punk-and-style/
A breakdown of the different subgenres of punk rock: https://www.liveabout.com/subgenres-of-punk-rock-2803348
58. Patti Smith discusses her creative process: https://news.yale.edu/2016/09/20/music-icon-patti-smith-shares-her-creative-process-and-ponders-compulsion-write
Sample Patti Smith’s poetry: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/patti-smith
59. Sex Pistols perform “Anarchy in the UK” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94DNV6oM8HU
The political and economic roots of punk: https://unireadinghistory.com/punk-politics-and-youth-culture/
60. Devo’s “Whip It” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_QLzthSkfM
Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8
61. History of music videos before MTV: https://www.history.com/news/the-music-video-before-music-television
The first music video ever aired on MTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ
62. On Michael Jackson’s troubled childhood: https://sites.jmu.edu/103fall14/mj-draft/
Thriller Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
63. Madonna’s “Material Girl” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p-lDYPR2P8
A look at Madonna’s style: https://www.billboard.com/photos/428558/madonnas-most-iconic-looks-throughout-the-years
64. On Bruce Springsteen’s childhood: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/bruce-springsteen-my-father-only-called-me-outcast-misfit-weirdo/
Bruce Springsteen’s “Jungleland” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIFpapdaMvw
65. Prince live at the American Music Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3LHatq2u4k
Anita Baker live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKoKpYsTz9c
66. Eddie van Halen demonstrates his tapping technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwDKqfMX3o
A guide to different genres of metal: https://ironskullet.com/2017/10/30/the-history-of-heavy-metal-part-i-the-difference-between-metal-and-heavy-metal/
67. Metallica’s James Hetfield on the band’s songwriting process: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/james-hetfield-on-metallica-songwriting-process-were-out-for-the-best-songs/
Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV-2Q8QtCY4
68. About a controversy involving Judas Priest’s lyrics and censorship: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/17/arts/2-families-sue-heavy-metal-band-as-having-driven-sons-to-suicide.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=8B67658C3E3385899CDB14904B578507&gwt=pay
A brief history of censorship in popular music: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/12/a-brief-history-of-censorship-of-music-in-america.html
69. On the history of indie music: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/06/how-indie-rock-changed-the-world/392057/
On the relevance of college rock stations today: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/10018-does-college-radio-even-matter-anymore/
70. On John Zorn’s Masada Project: https://themusicandmyth.com/2018/03/20/john-zorns-masada-a-core-collection/
Sonic Youth Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QZAETFJ3a8
71. PBS on the birth of Hip Hop: https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/birthplace-of-hip-hop/
Interview with the Sugar Hill Gang on their breakout hit, “Rapper’s Delight”: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/02/sugarhill-gang-how-we-made-rappers-delight-interview
72. On MTV and rap: https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/how-yo-mtv-raps-changed-hip-hop.html
A brief history of sampling in rap music: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/a-brief-history-of-sampling/
73. On bigotry in Guns N Roses’ “One in a Million”: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/guns-n-roses-gnr-lies-ep-1988-song-removed-homophobic-racist-lyrics-a8341551.html
Public Enemy’s Chuck D. on the group’s political message: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/06/13/public-enemy-chuck-d-tour/2421193/
74. A look at De La Soul’s Three Feet High and Rising: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising/
History of the term ‘Gangsta rap’: https://www.laweekly.com/who-invented-the-term-gangsta-rap-its-complicated/
75. Rap Music and the First Amendment: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1582/rap-music-and-the-first-amendment
New York Times covers Time-Warner’s release of Ice T from his contract.
76. On the rivalry between 2Pac and Biggie Smalls: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqkqz3/tupac-biggie-friends-to-foes
Discussing the Wu-Tang Clan and the phenomenon of Blockism: https://crazyhood.com/diggin-in-the-files-wu-tang-clan-by-bill-adler/
77. History of sampling in music: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93844583
Missy Elliott interviewed in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/aug/05/life1.lifemagazine7
78. Sociology of gen x-ers who made the grunge movement: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/05/generation-x-americas-neglected-middle-child/
Nirvana performing “The Man who Sold the World” live MTV Unplugged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8
79. History of the Riot Grrrl Movement: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-riot-grrrl-movement-sold-the-world-on-girl-power
Spotify page for Riot Grrrl band Bikini Kill: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gvHPdYxlU94W7V5MSIlFe?si=IfAxnw0qSuSyW2X6aEu5GQ
80. Playlist of 90’s alternative rock classics: https://x96.com/life/50-alternative-songs-90s-never-forget/
When alternative music became mainstream: https://www.popmatters.com/163289-the-1990s-when-alternative-became-mainstream-2495814659.html
81. Paul Simon interview on the story of Graceland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oboiWGgtmHg
On the creation of world music: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/29/popandrock1
82. Lilith Fair live performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT1WyL2mCsc
Sarah Mclachlan on the story behind Lilith Fair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlyzjfLF0xg
83. “Dance Pride: The Gay Origins of Dance Music”: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/aeqxwz/dance-pride-the-gay-origins-of-dance-music
Video guide to different electronic music genres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4r0MdBQI6U
84. Mary J. Blige performs live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBOqbRkR5EY
The Black Feminist Teachings of “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”: https://medium.com/black-feminism/the-black-feminist-teachings-of-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-c5e6daf5b6f4
85. Look at the Dixie Chicks’ and their interaction with politics and the music industry: http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/14/dixie.chicks.reut/
Garth Brooks playing his hit, “Friends in Low Places” live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4X3ZRU5Ghg
86. Debate over who was the best boy band: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6627385/n-sync-backstreet-boys-boy-band-debate
Rolling Stone recounts the creation of the two biggest boybands of the 90’s: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/n-sync-vs-backstreet-boys-remembering-the-nineties-definitive-boy-band-rivalry-204787/
87. On the changing nature of ‘Classic Rock’: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-classic-rock-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/
The website of the Journal of Popular Music Studies: https://jpms.ucpress.edu/
88. Timeline of the history of Spotify: https://www.fastcompany.com/90205527/the-definitive-timeline-of-spotifys-critic-defying-journey-to-rule-music
A look at how streaming services affect local artists: https://spec.hamilton.edu/consider-the-artist-how-music-streaming-services-affect-smaller-musicians-8d4d0849003e
89. New Yorker on Beyonce’s Lemonade: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/beyonces-lemonade-is-a-revelation-of-spirit
Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY
90. New York Times on the success of EDM: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/international/an-unprecedented-success-for-electronic-dance-music-and-its-djs.html
EDM artist Deadmau5 performing live at the Grammy Awards in 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ6PZ3iBbMc