29 February

Start of class: "Close To the Edge" by Yes from Close To the Edge (1972)

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 Beatles: "Eleanor Rigby" from Revolver (1966)

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

Example of late Beatles: Songs from the the second side of Abbey Road (1969) - "Because", "You Never Give Me Your Money", "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", and "The End"

End of class: "Buy Her Candy" by Sleater-Kinney from Dig Me Out (1997)

"I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You" by Jens Lekman from Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)

27 February

Start of class: "Blindness" by Metric from Fantasies (2009)

Late-60s Beach Boys sound: "Good Vibrations" from Smiley Smile (1967)

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

American rock influence on the Beatles: "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison (1960)

Beatles example: "Please Please Me" (1962)

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

Beatles example (on Ed Sullivan Show): "'Til There Was You" as performed by the Beatles (1964)

Beatles example (on Ed Sullivan Show): "She Loves You" (released 1963, performance on Sullivan 1964)

End of class: "C'mon Sea Legs" by Immaculate Machine from Immaculate Machine's Fables (2007)

24 February

Start of class: "Sound of the Bells" by Jill Andrews from The Mirror (2011)

"Stand Ins, Two" by Okkervil River from The Stand Ins (2008)

"Long Distance Call" by Muddy Waters (1951)

Example of pop R&B sound: "Cupid" by Sam Cooke (1960)

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

Example of California surf guitar sound: "Walk, Don't Run" by the Ventures (1960)

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)

Pet Sounds: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" from Pet Sounds (1966)

22 February

Start of class: "A Postcard to Nina" by Jens Lekman from Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)

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: "Uptown" by the Crystals (1960)

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

Comparison 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)

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

End of class: "Once In the Night" by Duels from The Bright Lights & What I Should Have Learned (2006)

20 February

Start of class: "Brief Candles" by The Zombies from Odessey and Oracle (1968)

"Getting Better" by Gomez from Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline (2000)

Elvis Presley example: "Hound Dog" from the Ed Sullivan Show (1956)

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

Buddy Holly example: "Oh Boy" (1957)

Buddy Holly example: "Peggy Sue" from the Ed Sullivan Show (1957)

Teen idol example: "Tiger" by Fabian (1959)

End of class: "Honey, honey" by Sun Yanzi from A Perfect Day (2005)

17 February

Start of class: "Radio Free Europe" by R.E.M. from Murmur (1983)

Exam track 1: "I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" composed by Stephen Foster

Exam track 2: "Castle House Rag" by Europe's Society Orchestra (1914)

Exam track 3: "In the Jailhouse Now" by Jimmie Rodgers (1928)

Exam track 4: "In the Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939)

Exam track 5: "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson (1936)

15 February

Start of class: "Burnin' Inside" by King Khan and the Shrines from The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines (2008)

Cover songs comparison 1: "Sh'Boom" by the Chords (1954)

Cover songs comparison 2: "Sh'Boom" by the Crew Cuts (1954)

Doo wop sounds into rock n' roll: "Who Put the Bomp?" by Barry Mann (1961)

Cover songs comparison 1: "Shake, Rattle & Roll" by Big Joe Turner (1954)

Cover songs comparison 2: "Shake, Rattle & Roll" by Bill Haley and the Comets (1954)

Cover songs comparison 1: "Mystery Train" by Little Junior's Blue Flames (1953)

Cover songs comparison 2: "Mystery Train" by Elvis Presley (1955)

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

End of class: "Traces" by Sloan from The Double Cross (2011)

13 February

Start of class: "Hard-Headed Woman" by Cat Stevens from Tea for the Tillerman (1970)

"Summertime" by the Sundays from Static & Silence (1997)

Example of Frank Sinatra: "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (1945)

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

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

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)

End of class: "Dance to the Music" by Sly and the Family Stone (1968)

"My Beach" by Human Highway from Moody Motorcycle (2008)

10 February

Start of class: "Leaving You Behind" by Sleater-Kinney from All Hands On The Bad One (2000)

"Henrietta" by the Fratellis from Costello Music (2006)

"I Know You" by Sloan from Never Hear The End of It (2006)

Example of hillbilly music: "In the Jailhouse Now" 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: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams (1949)

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

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

End of class: "Antarctica Starts Here" by Okkervil River from Golden Opportunities Mixtape (2007)

"J'ai tellement de choses à dire" by Michel Polnareff (1978)

8 February

Start of class: "Here Comes The Sun" by the Beatles from Abbey Road (1969)

"Human Racing" by St. Vincent from Marry Me (2007)

Example of blues form: "Roll Over Beethoven" by the Beatles (1963)

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)

End of class: "Lazyitis (One Armed Boxer Remix)" by the Happy Mondays from Greatest Hits (1999)

"No Comply" by Studio from Yearbook 1 (2007)

6 February

Start of class: "Night of the Living Baseheads" by Public Enemy from It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)

"Swift Coin" by Land of Talk from Cloak and Cipher (2010)

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

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

Example of crooning: "Melancholy Mood" by the Harry James Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra (1939)

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

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

End of class: "A Change of Heart" by 7 World Collide from The Sun Came Out (2009)

"Chained and Bound" by Otis Redding from Good to Me: Recorded Live at the Whiskey A Go Go, Vol. 2 (recorded 1966, released 1993)

3 February

Start of class: "This Is A Recording 4 Living In A Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.)" by De La Soul from 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

"Walken" by Wilco from Sky Blue Sky (2007)

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

Example of big band jazz: "Black and Tan Fantasy" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1927)

Example of big band jazz: "Wrappin' It Up" by Fletcher Henderson Orchestra (1934)

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

Example of big band jazz: "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939)

End of class: "Blame It On the Sun" by Stevie Wonder from Talking Book (1972)

1 February

Start of class: "At Least That's What You Said" by Wilco from A Ghost Is Born (2004)

"I'll Try" by No Little Kindness (ca. 2007)

Example of syncopated dance music: "Castle House Rag" from Europe's Society Orchestra from CD accompanying textbook (1914)

Example of New Orleans jazz: "Doctor Jazz" by Jelly Roll Morton (1926)

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

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)

End of class: "A Taste of Honey" by the Beatles from Please Please Me (1963)

"Submarines of Stockholm" by AC Newman from Get Guilty (2009)