3 October

Start of class: "Slavin' Away" by Fiery Furnaces from Rehearsing My Choir (2005)

Start of class: "Don't Push" by the Exit from Home for an Island (2004)

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

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

Example of big band blues: "One O'Clock Jump" by the Count Basie Orchestra (1937)

Example of jump blues: "Caldonia" by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (1945)

End of class: "Trying to Make It Through" by the Mighty Hannibal (1967)