Pop histroy Listening list Flashcards
Donna
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
Twist and Shout
The Isley Brothers 1962, Vocals, lead and back up, Sax 3 guitars, piano, bass, and drums. energetic early rock feel, energetic and livley,
Fallin’
Connie Francis 1958, vocals, back up vocals, guitar bass, drums, up beat, rock and roll
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Neil Sedaka 1962, vocals lead and back up, Guitar, Drums, piano, bass, sax, percussion, and strings, up beat doo-wop tune,
Earth Angel
The Penguins 1954, vocals piano and drums, slow doo-wop love ballade, barbershop style backup vocals with light accompanyment
Money Honey
The Drifters 1953, R&B, vocals, sax, piano, guitar, bass drums. relazed up beat feel. energetic especially in the instruments
LIttle Girl of Mine
The Cleftones 1956, doo-wop, vocals, sax, bass, drums, up beat soloist with a reapeaded back up in voice and instruments
Be My Baby
Ronettes 1963, wall of sound technique, reapeated progession, back up vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, sax, trombone, up beat, typical phil spector production,
Then he Kisses Me
The Crystals 1963, Vocals, back up vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, sax, strings, wall of sound technique, up beat, doo-wop,
He’s so Fine
The Chiffons 1963, doo-wop, doo-lang back up, vocals, bass, drums,
Leader of the Pack
The Shangri-las 1964, ‘teen tragedy’ vocals, drums, bass guitar, piano, motorcycle sounds,
Surfbeat
Dick Dale and the Deltones 1963, surf rock and roll, amp guitar, bass drums, sax, vocals, typical surf song
Misrelou
Dick Dale and the Deltones 1962, surf muisc, guitars, lbass drums, misrilou mediteranian folk song reworked into surf muisc, fast energetic, little vocals
Fun, Fun, Fun,
Beach Boys 1964, surf music, vocals with backing, guitar, bass, percussion, up beat
Wipe Out
The Surfaris 1963, Surf Music, instrumental, guitar bass drums