28 February

Start of class: "Valentine's Day" by Hello Saferide (2006)

Example of Beatlemania-era Beatles: "A Hard Day's Night" from A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Example of middle period Beatles: "Yesterday" from Help (1965)

Example of middle period Beatles: "Eleanor Rigby" from Revolver (1966)

Example of middle period Beatles: "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Example of late period Beatles: "Revolution 9" from The Beatles (White Album) (1968)

The second side of Abbey Road (1969):

"You Never Give Me Your Money"
"Sun King"
"Mean Mr. Mustard"
"Polythene Pam"
"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"
"Golden Slumbers"
"Carry That Weight"
"The End"

25 February

Start of class: "Road to Peace" by Tom Waits from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards (2006)

23 February

Start of class: "My Generation" by the Who (1965)

Beach Boys example: "God Only Knows" from Pet Sounds (1966)

Beach Boys example: "Good Vibrations" from Smiley Smile (1967)

Skiffle example: "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On Your Bedpost Overnight)?" by Lonnie Donegan (1959)

Roy Orbison example: "Only the Lonely" (1960)

Beatles example: "Please Please Me" (1962)

Beatles example (on Ed Sullivan Show): "All My Loving" (written 1963, performance on Sullivan 1964)

21 February

Start of class: "Pick Up the Change" by Wilco from AM (1995)

Example of Motown sound: "I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops (1965)

Example of Motown girl groups: "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes (1966)

Example of Motown male group: "My Girl" by the Temptations (1964)

Example of early Beach Boys sound: "Fun, Fun, Fun" (1964)

Example of early Beach Boys sound 2: "Surfer Girl" (1963)

Example of evolving Beach Boys sound: "California Girls" (1965)

Example of evolving Beach Boys sound 2: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" from Pet Sounds (1966)

End of class: "God Only Knows" from the Beach Boys from Pet Sounds (1966)

18 February

Start of class: "Lorelei" by Lis Er Stille from Apathobvious (2007)

Example of teen idol: "Tiger" by Fabian (1959)

Example of Brill Building sound: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by the Shirelles (1960)

Comparison of Brill Building sound: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" by Carole King from Tapestry (1971)

Example of Spector "Wall of Sound" production: "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes (1963)

Example of Motown sound: "I Can't Help Myself (Instrumental)" by the Funk Brothers (1965)

Comparison of Motown sound: "I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops (1965)

16 February

Start of class: "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" by Radiohead from In Rainbows (2007)

Example of cover song 1: "Mystery Train" by Little Junior's Blue Flames (1953)

Example of cover song 2: "Mystery Train" by Elvis Presley (1955)

Chuck Berry example: "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry (1955)

Elvis Presley example: "That's All Right" (1954)

Elvis Presley example: "Hound Dog" from the Milton Berle Show (1956)

Elvis Presley example: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (1960)

Buddy Holly example: "Oh Boy" (1957)

Buddy Holly example: "Peggy Sue" (1957)

End of class: "Words of Love" by Buddy Holly (1957)

14 February

Start of class: "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye from What's Going On (1971)

Example of Chicago blues: "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters (1953)

Example of women in R&B: "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" by Ruth Brown (1953)

Example of women in R&B: "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton (1953)

Cover songs comparison 1: "Shake, Rattle & Roll" by Big Joe Turner (1953)

Cover songs comparison 2: "Shake, Rattle & Roll" by Bill Haley and the Comets (1953)

Cover songs comparison 3: "Sh'Boom" by the Chords (1953)

Cover songs comparison 4: "Sh'Boom" by the Crew Cuts (1953)

11 February

Start of class: "Dreaming Up" - a mash-up of Radiohead and Jay-Z from the record Jaydiohead (2009)

Example of hillbilly music: "Blue Yodel, No. 2" by Jimmie Rodgers (1928)

Example of bluegrass: "It's Mighty Dark to Travel" by Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys (1947)

Example of honky-tonk country: "Hey Good Lookin'" by Hank Williams (1951)

Example of honky-tonk country: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams (1949)

Example of jump blues: "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (1946)

End of class: "Baby Please Don't Go" by Muddy Waters (1953)

9 February

Start of class: "I Remember When" by The Coral from The Coral (2002)

Example of classic blues: "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith (1925)

Example of country blues: "Tom Rushen Blues" by Charley Patton (1929)

Example of country blues: "That Black Snake Moan" by Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)

Example of country blues: "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson (1936)

Example of hillbilly music: "Blue Yodel, No. 2" by Jimmie Rodgers (1928)

7 February

Start of class: "Dance Song '97" by Sleater-Kinney from Dig Me Out (1997)

Example of Tin Pan Alley/Musical Theater: "I Got Rhythm" by Ethel Merman from Ethel's Ridin' High (1947)

Example of crooning: "How Deep Is The Ocean" by Bing Crosby (1932)

Example of Frank Sinatra: "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" from CD accompanying textbook (1945)

Example of Frank Sinatra: "The Way You Look Tonight" (1961)

Example of pop music recording technology: "I'm Sitting On Top of the World" by Les Paul and Mary Ford (1952)

4 February

Start of class: "Twisted" by Lettuce from Outta Here (2005)

Example of swing era sound: "Wrappin' It Up" by Fletcher Henderson Orchestra (1934)

Example of Benny Goodman big band: "Taking A Chance on Love" (1940)

Example of Duke Ellington band: "Ko-Ko" (1940)

Example of Count Basie band: "One O'Clock Jump" (1937)

Example of Texas Swing: "New San Antonio Rose" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (1940)

End of class: "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939)

2 February

Start of class: "Adventure Rocket Ship" by Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 from Olé! Tarantula (2006)

Example of New Orleans style jazz: "Tiger Rag" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917)

Example of Chicago style (Hot) jazz: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928)

Example of symphonic/sweet jazz: "Rhapsody in Blue" composed by George Gershwin, originally performed by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (1924). This recording performed by Leonard Bernstein and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1982)

Example of a standard: "I Got Rhythm" by Django Reinhardt and his Orchestra from Djangology (1949).

Example of contrafact: "Anthropology" by the Mehldau/Rossy Trio from When I Fall in Love (1993)