Pop histroy Listening list Flashcards

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Donna

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Richie Valens 1958 4 Guitar, drums, and bass and back up vocals, Ballade doo wop style, slow tempo, repeated 50’s chord progesson I vi IV V I

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Twist and Shout

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The Isley Brothers 1962, Vocals, lead and back up, Sax 3 guitars, piano, bass, and drums. energetic early rock feel, energetic and livley,

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Fallin’

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Connie Francis 1958, vocals, back up vocals, guitar bass, drums, up beat, rock and roll

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Breaking Up is Hard to Do

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Neil Sedaka 1962, vocals lead and back up, Guitar, Drums, piano, bass, sax, percussion, and strings, up beat doo-wop tune,

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Earth Angel

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The Penguins 1954, vocals piano and drums, slow doo-wop love ballade, barbershop style backup vocals with light accompanyment

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Money Honey

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The Drifters 1953, R&B, vocals, sax, piano, guitar, bass drums. relazed up beat feel. energetic especially in the instruments

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LIttle Girl of Mine

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The Cleftones 1956, doo-wop, vocals, sax, bass, drums, up beat soloist with a reapeaded back up in voice and instruments

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Be My Baby

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Ronettes 1963, wall of sound technique, reapeated progession, back up vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, sax, trombone, up beat, typical phil spector production,

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Then he Kisses Me

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The Crystals 1963, Vocals, back up vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, sax, strings, wall of sound technique, up beat, doo-wop,

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He’s so Fine

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The Chiffons 1963, doo-wop, doo-lang back up, vocals, bass, drums,

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Leader of the Pack

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The Shangri-las 1964, ‘teen tragedy’ vocals, drums, bass guitar, piano, motorcycle sounds,

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Surfbeat

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Dick Dale and the Deltones 1963, surf rock and roll, amp guitar, bass drums, sax, vocals, typical surf song

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Misrelou

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Dick Dale and the Deltones 1962, surf muisc, guitars, lbass drums, misrilou mediteranian folk song reworked into surf muisc, fast energetic, little vocals

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Fun, Fun, Fun,

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Beach Boys 1964, surf music, vocals with backing, guitar, bass, percussion, up beat

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Wipe Out

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The Surfaris 1963, Surf Music, instrumental, guitar bass drums

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Mr. Eliminator

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Dick Dale and the Deltones 1964,

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Death of Emmit Till

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Bob Dylan 1972, folk, guitar voice, pleading heart felt ballade.

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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Joan Baez 1971, country folk, acoustic guitar and voice

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Blowin’ in the Wind

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Peter, Paul and Mary 1963, folk, guitar and vocal trio,

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Like a Rolling Stone

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Bob Dylan 1965, Folk rock, organ, guitar, piano, bass, drums, vocals

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Sound of Silence

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Simon and Garfunkel 1965, FOlk rock, Guitar drums, bass vocals

22
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Do you Believe in Music

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The lovin’ Spoonful 1965, rock folk, vocals, guitar, bass drums,