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• “Baroque period of Western music” (1600-1750)
  • saw the formalization of common-practice tonality, an approach to writing music in which a song or piece is written in a particular key
  • led to the creation of the modern orchestra
  • established the mixed vocal/instrumental forms of opera, cantata and oratorio and the instrumental forms of the solo concerto and sonata as musical genres
  • dense, complex polyphonic music, in which multiple independent melody lines were performed simultaneously
  • the pianoforte was invented c1700 and for the first time allowed notes on a keyboard to be played from soft to loud
  • Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
    • Canon in D (c1680-1706)
  • Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    • Toccata and Fugue in Dmin - modern pop version by Aussie-UK band Sky in 1980 including John Williams ¹⁾
    • Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in Eb minor, BWV 853, WTC 1²⁾
    • Air on the G String ³⁾ this inspired Procul Harum's superb 1960's hit A white shade of pale⁴⁾
  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - laid the ground rules for the concerto - essentially to show off a virtuoso soloist backed by an orchestra
    • The Four Seasons (1725) - Winter ⁵⁾⁶⁾, Summer⁷⁾, Spring⁸⁾ 2Cellos' dramatic cover⁹⁾ Tempus Quartet steampunk-styled electric rock covers ¹⁰⁾¹¹⁾
  • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
    • Zadok the Priest (1727) ¹²⁾ - coronation music
    • Ombra mai fu (1738) ^{13) 14)}
    • Messiah Hallelujah Chorus (1742)¹⁵⁾
    • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (1748) ¹⁶⁾

• “classical period of Western music” (1750-1820)
  • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - regarded as the father of the symphony (composed 107 symphonies), string quartet and sonata forms
    • Symphony No. 49 in F Minor “La Passione”: I. Adagio
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    • Violin concerto No 3 adagio¹⁷⁾ (1775)
    • Piano concerto No.20 ¹⁸⁾ (1785)
    • Piano Concerto No. 21 (Elvira Madigan)¹⁹⁾
    • Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330
    • Piano Sonata No. 11 - Rondo alla Turca (1785)
    • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Allegro)²⁰⁾ (1787)
    • The Magic Flute opera (1791) Mozart was a Freemason and infused Masonic symbolism and ideals into this opera which is a sympathetic, semi‑allegorical presentation of Masonic themes — enlightenment, initiation, and moral trials and full of triads which are also in Freemasonry - a 19thC conspiracy myth suggests the Freemasons poisoned him after this was published as it was a bit too revealing (three ladies, three boys, three temples, three trials, three flats in E‑flat, etc. and the introductory notes similar to the secret door knocks) but there is no evidence for the masons poisoned him ²¹⁾
    • Lacrimosa (from Requiem in D minor, K. 626)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
    • Sonata No. 4 in E♭ major, Op. 7
    • Sonata Pathétique Sonata No. 8 Adagio Cantabile (1798) ^{22) 23)}
  • Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): String Quintet in E major 3rd mvt (Minuet)²⁴⁾ (1771-75)
• operas:
  • Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - The Barber of Seville (1775)

• the “Romantic” era of Western music (1798-1837)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  • Moonlight Sonata (1801) Mitsuko Uchida BBC Proms 1st Mvt ²⁵⁾ LoLa & Hauser cover;²⁶⁾ played by Anastasia Huppmann; ²⁷⁾
    • dedicated to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi - “The change that has taken place in me now is caused by a sweet, wonderful girl who loves me and is loved by me.”
    • has a very technical presto 3rd mvt;
  • 1803: Beethoven came to grips with the irreversibility of his progressive hearing loss which had started in his 20's and perhaps caused by Paget's disease of the skull bone +/- lead poisoning
  • “Appassionata” Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor Op 57 ²⁸⁾ (1804-06) a sheer torrent of expressive emotion - perhaps Beethoven's anger and grief due to his deafness - you have to be impressed by the technical difficulty of this piece, especially the presto 3rd mvt - one of his hardest pieces to play - watch the video by the amazing Anastasia Huppmann!
  • Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1808)
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor (1809-11)²⁹⁾
  • Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824) includes the 4th movement Ode to joy flash mob version³⁰⁾
  • Für Elise ³¹⁾ (published posth. in 1867)
• Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
  • more than 1,000 compositions, including over 600 Lieder (art songs in German) and other vocal works, seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of piano and chamber music
  • Ave Maria (1825)
  • Ständchen (1826) sung by the Three Tenors: José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo;³²⁾ cello/piano duet version;³³⁾
  • Sonata D.664 – I. Allegro moderato
• Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840) ended his concert career in 1834
  • La Campanella³⁴⁾
  • 24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op. 1 (1805-1809)³⁵⁾
  • six violin concertos (1817-1830)
• Johann Strauss I (1804-1849) - Viennese waltzes and polkas in the 1820's
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - Wedding march from A Midsummer Night's Dream³⁶⁾ (1826)
• operas:
  • Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - Overture from William Tell³⁷⁾ (1829) - finale used as the theme music for The Lone Ranger TV series; the last of his 39 operas;
• Australian convict era folk songs - The wild Colonial boy Irish, The Black Velvet Band Irish (covered by the The Irish Rovers in 1967);

• Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
  • major piano works include mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, the instrumental ballade (which Chopin created as an instrumental genre), études, impromptus, scherzi, preludes, and sonatas, 230 works of Chopin survive - all involve the piano;
  • Nocturne in B♭ minor, Op. 9 No. 1³⁸⁾ (1832)
  • Nocturne In E Flat Op 9 No 2³⁹⁾ (1832)
  • Nocturne No 20 in C sharp minor⁴⁰⁾ (1830 but published posth. in 1875) a Polish radio live broadcast of this was interrupted by the German invasion of Warsaw, later, a German soldier would spare this pianist's life after he asked him to play the piano in the Warsaw Ghetto, and he chose this melancholy nocturne
  • Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23⁴¹⁾ (1835)
  • Nocturne in D♭ major, Op. 27 No. 2⁴²⁾ (1836)
  • Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4⁴³⁾ (1835-39) - used in many modern movies; cover by LoLa and Hauser⁴⁴⁾
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - op. 30, No. 6 from Songs without Words⁴⁵⁾ (1829-1845)
• the end of the Romantic music era (1798-1837)
• American folk songs: Turkey in the Straw

• the scandalous French Can-Can dance for music halls such as the Moulin Rouge becomes popular after arising in the 1820's
• instrumentals:
  • Franz Liszt - a handsome virtuoso pianist resulted in “Lisztomania” for his popular touring concerts
    • Hungarian Rhapsodies: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2⁴⁶⁾
    • the first pianist to give solo recitals in the modern sense of the word
    • appeared in public over one thousand times during this eight-year period
    • women fought over his cigar stubs and coffee dregs, and his silk handkerchiefs and velvet gloves, which they ripped to shreds as souvenirs
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - Violin Concerto in Emin Op. 64 ⁴⁷⁾ (1838-1845)
  • Johann Strauss I (1804-1849) - Radetzky March
  • Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - songs, symphony, chamber music compositions
  • Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
    • Funeral march in Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35 mvt3⁴⁸⁾ (1840), cello version⁴⁹⁾
    • Ballade No. 4, Op. 52⁵⁰⁾ (1842)
    • Barcarolle, Op. 60 - played by Rubinstein in 1964 ⁵¹⁾ (1846)
    • Nocturne in C♯ minor, Op. posth. B. 49⁵²⁾
    • Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor, Op. posth. 66⁵³⁾ - Alice Cooper used this theme in his 1976 I'm always chasing rainbows⁵⁴⁾

• instrumentals:
  • Franz Liszt organ works; coined the term “program music” in contrast to absolute music which stands for itself and is intended to be appreciated without any particular reference to the outside world
    • Consolation No. 3 in D major⁵⁵⁾ (1850) seems to have been inspired by Chopin's Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2, and presumably a tribute to Chopin who died in 1849.
    • Liebestraum No. 3 Love's Dream⁵⁶⁾ (1850); played by Rubinstein⁵⁷⁾
• operas:
  • Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (1850) - generally known as “Here Comes the Bride” or “Wedding March”
  • Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Rigoletto (1851), anvil chorus from Il trovatore⁵⁸⁾ (1853)
  • Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): Galop Infernal (“Can-Can”) in Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)⁵⁹⁾ (1858)
• American folk songs: Yellow Rose of Texas

• dance music:
  • Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): Viennese waltzes following from his father The Blue Danube Waltz (1866)
    • composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music
• music dramas / operas:
  • Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tristan and Isolde - “The opening chords of Tristan were to the last half of the nineteenth century what Beethoven's Eroica and Ninth Symphonies had been to the first half — a breakaway, a new concept - and introduced atonality to modern Western music
• other music:
  • Max Bruch (1838-1920): Violin Concerto No. 1⁶⁰⁾⁶¹⁾ (1866) - the richest and most seductive of the 4 great German violin concertos
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Wiegenlied (Brahm's Lullaby / Cradle Song)⁶²⁾ (1868)
• American civil war songs - Dixie, Battle Hymn of the Republic, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Aura Lea - the melody would be used for Elvis Presley's 1956 hit song Love Me Tender
  • African American Gospel developed after the Civil War

• ballets:
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Swan Lake^{63) 64)} (1876)
• opera:
  • Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Ride of the Valkyries in Die Walküre⁶⁵⁾ (1851-1870) - used in the Viet war movie Apocalypse Now⁶⁶⁾ and perhaps inspired the Star Wars themes such as the Darth Vader Imperial March
  • Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Aida (1871)
  • Georges Bizet (1838-1875) - Habanera in Carmen ⁶⁷⁾ (1875)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Eugene Onegin (1879)
  • Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas (1871-1896) including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado
• orchestral:
  • Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Requiem (Dies Irae)⁶⁸⁾ (1874) - “probably the most frequently performed major choral work composed after Mozart's Requiem”
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23 (1875)
  • Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) - Peer Gynt (1875) including In the Hall of the Mountain King and Morning
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Violin concerto⁶⁹⁾ (1878)
• American folk songs: Home on the Range (1873)

• instrumentals:
  • Max Bruch (1838-1920) Kol Nidre⁷⁰⁾
  • Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - Elegie in Cmin⁷¹⁾
  • Eric Satie (1866-1925) - Gymnopedie No 1⁷²⁾, Gnossienne No. 1
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - 1812 Overture⁷³⁾ (1880) - commemorates Russia's successful defence against the French invasion of the nation in 1812 and the finale has some cool cannon fire, ringing chimes, and a brass fanfare finale, often used during fireworks displays;
  • Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) - The Carnival of the Animals - The Swan
• dance music:
  • Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): Emperor waltz (1889)
• ballets:
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Sleeping Beauty (1889)
• American folk songs: There Is a Tavern in the Town (1883, revived in 1933)

• New York Tin Pan Alley music publishers
• Ragtime became popular in the US and had a revival in the 1970s
  • Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag⁷⁴⁾, Epic Duelling Piano Scene (HD) from the movie Scott Joplin (1977) - Maple Leaf Rag at 5.00 ⁷⁵⁾, The entertainer⁷⁶⁾
• orchestral:
  • Massenet (1842-1912) - Meditation from the opera Thais Hauser version⁷⁷⁾
  • Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) - Symphony From the New World (1893), Lento in String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 (B. 179) “American Quartet” (1893), Humoresque (1894), Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104⁷⁸⁾ (1894)
  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), conducted by Leonard Bernstein⁷⁹⁾, Nocturnes (1897–1899)
• ballets:
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Waltz of the Flowers in The Nutcracker⁸⁰⁾, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker⁸¹⁾ (1892)
• American folk songs: I've Been Working on the Railroad (1894)
• Australian folk songs
  • Banjo Paterson's Old Bush Songs eg. Waltzing Matilda (1st recorded in 1926)
  • Click goes the shears (1891) melody from the American civil war song Ring the Bell Watchman;

• orchestral:
  • Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 'Land of Hope and Glory'⁸²⁾ (1901) a fav of Poms at the BBC the Last Night of the Proms
  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Clair de lune in Suite bergamasque⁸³⁾ (1905)
• American songs:
  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon Tin Pan Alley/Ziegfeld Follies (1909)

• orchestral:
  • Edward Elgar(1857-1934) Cello Concerto⁸⁴⁾ (1919) perhaps the saddest concerto of all time, written after the destruction of the 1st World War
• World War I songs:
  • Till We Meet Again (US 1918) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1917)

• ragtime gave way to more romantic vocal jazz blues music largely thanks to Irving Berlin, hundreds of songs which would become fodder for Broadway and the crooners of the 1940's and 1950s
• the Jazz age as jazz became popular
  • Louis Armstrong, etc
  • blues structure becomes more standardized into a AAB pattern
  • country blues
  • urban blues
  • Delta blues style from Mississippi Delta first recorded
    • delta blues and Chicago skiffle was also an inspiration for the creation of British skiffle music in the 1950s (thanks largely to Lonnie Donegan), from which eventually came the British invasion bands, while simultaneously influencing British blues that led to the birth of early hard rock and heavy metal.
  • Irving Berlin A pretty girl is like a melody written for Ziegfried Follies showgirls in 1919 ⁸⁵⁾, What'll I Do? Linda Ronstadt 1983 cover⁸⁶⁾, Always cover by Ella Fitzgerald ⁸⁷⁾ cover by Patsy Cline⁸⁸⁾, Blue Skies, Puttin' On the Ritz
  • Dorothy Fields
  • pianist Fats Waller: Ain't Misbehavin'⁸⁹⁾ stride jazz / early swing song, Honeysuckle Rose⁹⁰⁾
• orchestral and operatic works:
  • Henri Puccini Nessun Dorma from the opera Turandot ⁹¹⁾ Hauser cello version⁹²⁾
  • Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Bolero⁹³⁾
• other songs:
  • That Old Gang of Mine (1923 Ziegfeld Follies), Show Me the Way to Go Home (UK 1925)

• 1930's to early 1950's was the peak era of 78rpm format records with the introduction of electric motors and improved home phonographs in the mid 1920's making them much more practical and popular in households
• boom in radio music - the Golden Age of Radio
  • in the US, percent of households with radios were 19% in 1925, 40% in 1930, over 80% by end of 1930's (2/3rds of Australian households by 1940)- although many Christian groups banned radio
• swing and swing bands become popular - Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Glen Miller, etc
• Irving Berlin continued to have success with songs like Say It Isn't So
• Dorothy Fields
• pianist Fats Waller and his radio career
• Appalachian music - the beginning of American country music:
  • the Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians. They were the first vocal group to become country music stars; a beginning of the divergence of country music from traditional folk music.
    • Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1935) - a 1907 hymn which has been covered by a multitude of country singers including Johnny Cash and friends⁹⁴⁾
• orchestral and operatic works:
  • Samuel Barber(1910-1981) - Adagio for strings Hauser version ⁹⁵⁾ orchestral version⁹⁶⁾
  • Carl Orff (1895-1982) - Carmina burana⁹⁷⁾
• other songs:
  • You Are My Sunshine (1939)

• the 40s in the West were dominated by wartime big band swing, jazz (including the rise of bebop), smooth “crooner” pop, boogie‑woogie, and early rhythm and blues, with country and western also growing strongly, these were mainly accessed via monoaural radio or crackly old style monoaural 3-5minute 78RPM shellac records
• bluegrass developed in the Appalachian region combining blues, jazz, Irish in a mainly Protestant tradition with 2-4 part vocal harmonies

• Edith Piaf (French) La Vie En Rose⁹⁸⁾ if you love an iconic French lady rolling her R's in an iconic song

• Irving Berlin White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby
• female singers for war time troops
  • Vera Lynn (UK) - the British “Forces' Sweetheart” with hits like We'll Meet Again and White Cliffs of Dover
  • Gracie Fields (UK): Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye performed for troops and refugees
  • Marlene Dietrich (US ex-German) Lili Marlene
  • Josephine Baker (a trailblazing Black American French spy) J'ai deux amours(1930), La Vie en Rose
  • Andrews Sisters (US) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  • Dinah Shore (US) I'll Walk Alone
• big band swing and bepop
  • Glenn Miller and his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo
  • Duke Ellington Cotton Tail (1940), Take the 'A' Train (1941), C Jam Blues (1942), Black, Brown and Beige (1943 suite)
  • Dizzy Gillespie: Salt Peanuts (1941), A Night in Tunisia (1942), Groovin' High (1944)
  • Thelonious Monk: 'Round Midnight(1944)
  • Charlie Parker: Billie's Bounce (1945), Now's the Time (1945), Anthropology (1946), Yardbird Suite (1946)
  • Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey
• Nat King Cole
• Ella Fitzgerald – became a leading jazz singer of the era, famous for scat singing
• Perry Como and Frank Sinatra – major crooner stars
• Hank Williams - re-shaped country music in the late 1940s; I'm so lonesome I could cry⁹⁹⁾
• I've got sixpence (UK 1941 from an original song earlier than 1810)
• Bell Bottom Trousers (1944 rework of the English folksong “Rosemary Lane”)
• Cole Porter Don't Fence Me In (written 1934 sung by Roy Rogers in 1944)
• orchestral works:
  • Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” (1941) – premiered during the siege of Leningrad, symbolizing Soviet resistance
  • Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra (1943) and Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945)
  • Prokofiev's Cinderella ballet (1944–45) and Flourish, Mighty Land cantata (1947)
  • Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah” (1942)
  • Rodrigo's Concierto de estío for violin (1943)
  • Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)¹⁰⁰⁾ - has been used as a footy theme by the Channel 7 for AFL in the 1990s

• higher quality Long Play (“LPs”) 20-23 minute 33⅓ RPM and 45 RPM (“singles) vinyl records become popular (introduced in 1948 and 1949 respectively) - the singles were used in jukeboxes in cafes
• pop, rock, gospel, and rhythm and blues were shifting and swirling together in black communities in America to make something new in the 50s
• the 50's were the decade when modern music was born thanks to the rise of the electric guitar and improved vinyl records for distributing quality recorded music more widely giving birth to rock music from its roots in country and western, and blues in particular, and it built upon and supported a significant cultural shift amongst young adults but it was still a decade of smooth crooners like Frank Sinatra and had some wonderful jazz to polish it off.
  • the Gibson Les Paul guitar became popular throughout the 1950s after its introduction in 1952 and gained a reputation among professional musicians for its sustain, build quality, and humbucker pickups producing thick, powerful tones ideal for rock, blues - although heavy, it again became popular in the late 1960's driven by demand from influential players in blues and rock music.
  • the Fender Stratocaster was introduced in 1954 its popularity grew steadily throughout the late 1950s, as it was lighter, produced cleaner, brighter tones, and allowed for fast, expressive playing styles. It particularly became popular after being adopted by notable performers like Buddy Holly in 1957.
• Hank Williams was an early pioneer of country music in the 1940s, but struggled with back pain and substance abuse, and in 1953, died in a car aged 29 but he would have a major influence on many artists
• it was also the era when passenger flights became more common, especially for the new 50's rock and roll stars - sadly Ritchie Valens aged 17, Buddy Holly aged 22, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson aged 28, as well as the pilot were to die in the same plane crash in 1959. Otis Redding was also to die in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, while several band members of Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a plane crash in 1977.

• Chuck Berry - the forefather of rock'n'roll - Rock And Roll Music, Johnny B Goode¹⁰¹⁾, Maybellene, Sweet Little Sixteen, Roll Over Beethoven¹⁰²⁾
• Ritchie Valens - La Bamba¹⁰³⁾, Come on Let's Go¹⁰⁴⁾
• Little Richard - Long tall Sally, Tutti Frutti, Good golly Miss Molly
• Chubby Checker - The twist
• The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
• Bill Haley and the Comets - Rock around the clock
• Joe Turner - Shake rattle and roll
• Carl Perkins - Blue suede shoes¹⁰⁵⁾
• Lewis - Great balls of fire
• Bobby Day - Rockin Robin
• Elvis Presley - Heartbreak hotel, Jailhouse rock, Return to sender
• Eddie Cochran - C’mon Everybody¹⁰⁶⁾
• Dale Hawkins - Susie Q¹⁰⁷⁾
• Wanda Jackson - Let’s Have A Party¹⁰⁸⁾
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On¹⁰⁹⁾

• Johnny Cash - I walk the line¹¹⁰⁾, Ring of fire¹¹¹⁾
• Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel¹¹²⁾, Suspicious minds¹¹³⁾, Always on my mind¹¹⁴⁾
• Eddie Cochran - Summertime blues¹¹⁵⁾
• Buddy Holly and the Crickets - It doesn't matter anymore¹¹⁶⁾, Peggy Sue¹¹⁷⁾, That'll be the day
• Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love¹¹⁸⁾, All I have to do is dream¹¹⁹⁾
  • Paul McCartney and John Lennon used the Everly Bros to work out how to harmonise each other
• Tammy Wynette - Stand by your man¹²⁰⁾
• Willie Nelson - Always on my mind¹²¹⁾
• Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz¹²²⁾

• Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera¹²³⁾
• Domenico Modugno - Volare¹²⁴⁾
• Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa¹²⁵⁾
• Bobby Darin - Dream Lover¹²⁶⁾, Splish Splash¹²⁷⁾
• Paul Anka - Diana (doo-wop) ¹²⁸⁾
• Everly Brothers - Wake up little Susie¹²⁹⁾
• Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby¹³⁰⁾
• The Shirelles - I Met Him On A Sunday¹³¹⁾
• Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking¹³²⁾
• Johnny Preston - Running Bear¹³³⁾
• Burt Bacharach composed hundreds of easy listening songs (including fifty-two US Top 40 hits) for Marty Robbins, Perry Como, Gene Pitney, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and B. J. Thomas, and in the 1960's mainly for Dionne Warwick
• Mitch Miller and The Gang - an album of American folk songs (1958)

• The Platters - The Great Pretender¹³⁴⁾, Only you (doo wop)¹³⁵⁾
• Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill¹³⁶⁾, I Wanna Walk You Home, Ain't it a shame

• Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Kind of blue¹³⁷⁾
• Art Blakey - Moanin¹³⁸⁾
• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Porgy and Bess
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook

• Donny Lonegan fast version of Lead Belly's Rock Island Line¹³⁹⁾

• “Albinoni's” Adagio - cover by Hauser ¹⁴⁰⁾ - actually composed in 1958 by an Albinoni biographer named Remo Giazotto based on the discovery of a bass line by Albinoni (1671-1751)
• Aram Khatchaturian (1903-1978) - adagio to Spartacus and Phrygia¹⁴¹⁾ (1954)

• by now rock and pop music had become well embedded albeit still frowned upon by the christian elders of the community, but rock music truly burst open to a far more complex and heavier genre as the decade progressed as bands experimented with the new analog synthesizers (and often LSD) while the crooners of the 50's fell out of popularity
• soul music now dominated black music charts (euphemistically called the R&B charts) and seeped into the white music charts (the “pop” charts)
• the Beatles arriving in America in 1964 totally changed the US music landscape and many American singers became to be seen as too conservative and old school and rapidly lost popularity amongst the youth and would never regain it
• illicit drugs, especially LSD became a feature of many rock bands creating “psychedelic rock” (perhaps starting with The Beatles' album Rubber Soul released in December 1965) - unfortunately, quite a few of the 60's rock stars would die young from drug overdoses (Brian Jones of Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Morrison of The Doors, and Janis Joplin all died at aged 27yrs, while Marianne Faithful almost died being in a coma for 6 days in 1969) or developed psychoses (Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd), and these deaths, along with other factors would severely adversely impact the free love culture of the hippy movement of the late 60's.
• by the mid 1960's the advent of stereo vinyl record technology, and later, stereo FM radio in the early 1970s, encouraged artists to explore with the stereo separation of sound channels while families would start investing in expensive stereo “high fidelity” HiFi systems - previously all consumer music was the same in both ears
• in the mid 1960's, electronic music generated by sound generators supplemented with modifications of audio tape recordings were used to create the iconic Doctor Who theme in 1965 and was experimented with extensively by Pink Floyd who often used sounds from everyday objects to create their music - see Dr Who example of early sound generators and tape manipulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsRuhCflRyg
• studio recordings were generally done with 4 track tape recorders using 1” tape although by 1968, 8 track tape recorders were being used in the US but had not yet made it to Abbey Road Studios in the UK until c1972
• electric versions of 12 string guitars were invented such as the Rickenbacker in 1964 which was played by George Harrison.
• guitar and vocal effects machines such as the Binson Echorec allowed for echo reverb effects while the Uni-Vibe in 1968 added swirling chorus and vibrato effects. The Fuzzbox pedal clips the top of teh waveform of the input signal to create a rough, over-driven texture.
• by the late 1960s, the portable cassette player allowed music to be taken with you for the first time without resorting to radio, and it allowed easier recording of music and voice than large tape to tape systems which had preceded it, but the audio quality was poor until the early 1970's when Dolby B noise reduction was introduced along with better chromium based tapes
• complex analog synthesizers were invented and combined with 8 track audio recording tape and extensively used by bands such as Pink Floyd
  • George Harrison bought a Moog and used it in his Beatles song Here comes the sun in 1967
  • a demonstration of how these were used is in this video of Wendy Carlos using a Moog, made for BBC in 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsW2EDGbDqg

• many of my favs from this decade were part of the “psychedelic rock” era which started c1964 and then progressed into heavier rock and prog rock by the early 1970s
• Beatles early albums and singles
  • Eleanor Rigby¹⁴²⁾, Strawberry fields forever¹⁴³⁾
• Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album
  • With a Little Help from My Friends, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, A Day in the Life¹⁴⁴⁾
• Beatles - The White Album
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps¹⁴⁵⁾, Back in the U.S.S.R.¹⁴⁶⁾, Revolution 1¹⁴⁷⁾, Revolution 9¹⁴⁸⁾, (Hey Jude not on album but as a single)
• Beatles - Abbey Road album
  • Come Together¹⁴⁹⁾, Something¹⁵⁰⁾, Oh! Darling¹⁵¹⁾, Octopus's Garden¹⁵²⁾, I Want You (She's So Heavy)¹⁵³⁾, Here Comes the Sun¹⁵⁴⁾, Because¹⁵⁵⁾
• Credence Clearwater Revival (US) - Proud Mary¹⁵⁶⁾, Have you ever seen the rain¹⁵⁷⁾, Bad Moon Rising¹⁵⁸⁾, I Put A Spell On You¹⁵⁹⁾, Heard it through the grapevine¹⁶⁰⁾
• The Doors (US): - Touch me¹⁶¹⁾, Riders of the storm¹⁶²⁾, Light My Fire¹⁶³⁾, The End¹⁶⁴⁾, Love Her Madly¹⁶⁵⁾
  • the alluring voice of Jimmy Morrison who died aged 27yrs
• early Pink Floyd (UK): (perhaps listen to 1970s Pink Floyd first as these could do your head in and requires patience, headphones, volume and dedicated time - this is not sugar coated pop music!)
  • early LSD inspired Syd Barrett psychedelic rock exhibiting flight of ideas (apparently helps to be stoned when listening to it) Astronomy Dominé¹⁶⁶⁾, The gnome¹⁶⁷⁾, See Emily play¹⁶⁸⁾ more pop style, Arnold Layne¹⁶⁹⁾ about a guy who steals knickers from clothes lines, Jugband blues¹⁷⁰⁾, Flaming¹⁷¹⁾, Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk ¹⁷²⁾, The scarecrow¹⁷³⁾, Bike¹⁷⁴⁾
  • without Syd Barrett as he has now become psychotic, early experimentations of found sound and the assistance of the new analog synths, with more prog rock styling played in Pompeii and a couple of more “normal” ballads
    • Echoes^175)176) must watch the Pompeii version not just listen to it, you need to become immersed in the experience - how can 4 guys create and play this amazing music live back in 1971!
    • A Saucerful of Secrets¹⁷⁷⁾, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun¹⁷⁸⁾, If¹⁷⁹⁾, Fat Old Sun¹⁸⁰⁾,One of These Days¹⁸¹⁾,
    • Atom Heart Mother¹⁸²⁾ brilliant avant garde experimental music to do your head in - not for everyone but very different! see a 2016 Japanese cover version¹⁸³⁾, a 24 minute Japanese rock symphonic version¹⁸⁴⁾, or a 46 minute classical symphonic version¹⁸⁵⁾
• Procol Harum (UK) - A Whiter Shade of Pale ¹⁸⁶⁾, original: ¹⁸⁷⁾
  • a great song with somewhat confusing Dali-like surrealistic emotive lyrics but which can be explained by a guy in unrequited love in a brief relationship but which she is breaking off. Apparently the author had never read The Miller's Tale by Chaucer which seems to be referenced but is not.
• The Beach Boys (US) - California Girls¹⁸⁸⁾, Good Vibrations¹⁸⁹⁾, Surfin' U.S.A.¹⁹⁰⁾, Little Deuce Coupe¹⁹¹⁾, Fun, Fun, Fun¹⁹²⁾, I Get Around¹⁹³⁾, Barbara Ann¹⁹⁴⁾, Wouldn't It Be Nice¹⁹⁵⁾
• Wilson Pickett (US) - Mustang Sally¹⁹⁶⁾
• The Who (UK) - Pinball wizard¹⁹⁷⁾
• Mamas and Papas (US folk) - California Dreamin'¹⁹⁸⁾

• The Everly Brothers (US) - Love Hurts¹⁹⁹⁾, Ebony eyes²⁰⁰⁾ a plane crash tear jerker
• The Rolling Stones (UK) - You Can't Always Get What You Want²⁰¹⁾, Time Is on My Side²⁰²⁾, It's All Over Now²⁰³⁾, Heart of Stone²⁰⁴⁾, As Tears Go By²⁰⁵⁾, Lady Jane²⁰⁶⁾
• Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons (US) - Sherry, Big girls don't cry²⁰⁷⁾
• Del Shannon (US) Runaway
• Neil Sedaka (US) My calendar girl
• Dion Dimucci (US) Runaround Sue
• The Seekers (Aussie) - Georgy Girl²⁰⁸⁾, Morning Town Ride²⁰⁹⁾, The carnival is over²¹⁰⁾, A World of Our Own²¹¹⁾, California Dreaming²¹²⁾, Red Rubber Ball²¹³⁾, The Last Thing on My Mind²¹⁴⁾ - Melbournian country pop style band
• The Animals (UK) - The House of the Rising Sun²¹⁵⁾, We have got to get out of this place²¹⁶⁾
• Roy Orbison (US) - Only the Lonely²¹⁷⁾, Ooby Dooby²¹⁸⁾, Running Scared²¹⁹⁾, In Dreams²²⁰⁾, Blue Bayou²²¹⁾, Oh, Pretty Woman²²²⁾
• Elvis Presley (US) - Wooden heart²²³⁾
• The Hollywood Argyles (US) - Alley Oop²²⁴⁾
• Bob Dylan (US) - Blowin' in the Wind²²⁵⁾, A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall²²⁶⁾, The Times They Are a-Changin'²²⁷⁾, Mr. Tambourine Man²²⁸⁾, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue²²⁹⁾, Lay Lady Lay²³⁰⁾
• Leonard Cohen (Can) - Suzanne²³¹⁾, Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye²³²⁾
• Janis Joplin (US) - Come On Take Another Piece Of My Heart²³³⁾, Ball and chain²³⁴⁾ - another singer who died aged 27yrs
• The Byrds (US) - Mr Tambourine Man²³⁵⁾
• Otis Redding (US) - (Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay²³⁶⁾, I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Is Gone
• Ralph McTell (UK) - Streets of London²³⁷⁾
• Righteous Brothers (US) - Unchained Melody²³⁸⁾
• Scott McKenzie (US) - San Francisco²³⁹⁾ a tribute to the hippy, free love and gay scene of San Fran in the late 1960s
• The Easybeats (Aussie) - She's so fine²⁴⁰⁾, Friday on my mind²⁴¹⁾
• The Flying Circus (Can) - La La²⁴²⁾
• The Monkees (US) - Daydream believer²⁴³⁾
• The Turtles (US) - Happy Together²⁴⁴⁾
• The Moody Blues (UK) - Nights in white satin²⁴⁵⁾
• The Hollies (UK) - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother²⁴⁶⁾
• The Supremes (US) - You Just Keep Me Hanging On²⁴⁷⁾
• The Ronettes (US) - Be my baby now²⁴⁸⁾
• The Shirelles (US) - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?²⁴⁹⁾
• The Shangri-Las (US) - Leader of the Pack²⁵⁰⁾
• Jefferson Airplane (US) - at Woodstock: Somebody To Love²⁵¹⁾, White rabbit²⁵²⁾,²⁵³⁾ - the iconic LSD / Alice in Wonderland song
• Mary Hopkin (Welsh) - Those Were The Days²⁵⁴⁾
• Marianne Faithfull (UK) - As Tears Go By²⁵⁵⁾, Sister Morphine²⁵⁶⁾ - heroin addict in hospital waiting for her next hit
• Crosby, Stills & Nash (US) - Suite Judy Blue Eyes²⁵⁷⁾
• The Zombies (UK) - She's Not There²⁵⁸⁾, Summertime²⁵⁹⁾
• The Kinks (UK) - You really got me²⁶⁰⁾
• Led Zeppelin (UK) - Whole Lotta Love²⁶¹⁾ Dazed and confused²⁶²⁾, Thank you²⁶³⁾, What Is and What Should Never Be²⁶⁴⁾
• Steppenwolf (Can) - Born to be wild²⁶⁵⁾
• Cream (UK) - White room²⁶⁶⁾, Sunshine Of Your Love²⁶⁷⁾
• Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys (folk US) - A different drum - Linda's 1st hit which showcased her incredible vocal talent, and although folksy, she made it into a feminist break up song - Linda was to be instrumental in bringing together the Eagles
• The Small Faces (UK) - Itchycoo Park
• The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine
• The Tokens The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)²⁶⁸⁾ (1961 - adapted from a 1939 South African song Mbube) A Cappella Cover by Anne Reburn²⁶⁹⁾
• Françoise Hardy (Fr): Tous les garçons et les filles²⁷⁰⁾
• The Shadows (US) - Apache²⁷¹⁾ - instrumental - presumably inspired Ennio Morricone and his spaghetti western movie themes
• Bert Kaempfert composer and had his horn dominant orchestra - A swinging safari²⁷²⁾ a catchy instrumental heavily influenced by South African kwela style music; composed many others such as Strangers in the night and Wooden heart
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (US) - one of the biggest bands in the US in the 60's - albeit a brass band
• Engelbert Humperdinck - another crooner of the 1960s along with Frank Sinatra, etc (not my style but they were important to many in the 60s)

• the 70's was the peak of rock music - prog rock, country rock, pop rock, glam rock, heavy metal, punk, new wave and disco
• Abbey Road Studios finally upgrade to 1” 8 track recorders in 1972 but then further upgraded to 16 track recording tape machines a year later, allowing bands like Pink Floyd to really experiment much more fully with their sounds
• the introduction of a wide range of new guitar effects pedals had a significant impact on the guitarist's rock sounds - eg. the MXR Dyna Comp which was released in 1972 and was amongst the 1st audio compression pedals and smooths the dynamics and adds sustain. This was supplemented by new guitar amps such as Hiwatt
• while some of 1970s Pink Floyd is chill out music, like many other 70s rock bands, much is heavy rock - immersive loud music demanding your full attention - its not sugar coated pop music to put on in the background!
• the advent of stereo FM meant that one could record stereo radio in stereo onto portable cassette tape players if one could not afford to buy vinyl records or recorded cassette tapes
• audio recording became quadrophonic in 1972
• MTV became very popular, although initially, TVs were only mono and home video recorders were only mono - this would change in the 1980s with both being stereo

• Pink Floyd (UK) Dark Side of the Moon album (March 1973) ²⁷³⁾
  • a unique and ground breaking music album which arose after several years experimenting with new sonic techniques and analog devices
  • for some of their sounds they had to physically tape together many segments of recorded tape
  • their concerts were also ground breaking in their visuals
  • official Pink Floyd Youtube site with lots of videos: https://www.youtube.com/@pinkfloyd/videos
  • Time^274)275) cover by Sina et al 2022²⁷⁶⁾ cover by Aurum Prisma²⁷⁷⁾, Breathe (In the Air)²⁷⁸⁾ Moby cover²⁷⁹⁾, Us and Them²⁸⁰⁾, Brain Damage²⁸¹⁾ live cover by Sina et al 2026²⁸²⁾, Money²⁸³⁾ live cover by Sina et al 2026²⁸⁴⁾, On the run^285)286) - cool analog synth instrumental highlighting sequencer-driven sound and arpeggiated trance motifs
  • The Great Gig In the Sky the band asked a session singer, Clare Torey, to sing without words according to their chosen backing music to portray grief of death of a loved one - it is a powerful, emotive unique “song” worth listening to her original version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PMnJ_Luk_o as well as later version by Sam Brown and co https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZ6hmHj2MA
  • the analog loop of coins, cash registers, etc in Money was extremely difficult to create manually cutting and splicing audio tape to the exact lengths then physically looping the tape, particularly as it had to fit an unusual 7/4 time signature which didn't fit easily with rotating the sound around the room of 4 quadrophonic speakers
  • in a similar style created later in 1973 was the German group Tangerine Dream's Phaedra album using a modular Moog based on the techniques used in “On The Run” from “Dark Side of the Moon” ²⁸⁷⁾
• Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here album
  • a great chill out album
  • Wish you were here ²⁸⁸⁾ Moby cover²⁸⁹⁾ Sina et al jamming 2023²⁹⁰⁾
  • Shine on you Crazy Diamond ²⁹¹⁾
    • a very long prog rock lament and tribute to the band's former leader, Syd Barrett, who developed a chronic psychotic illness after using LSD
    • this track was one of the first in music to utilize soft synth pads with synth solos which became stylistic references for later synth musicians in art rock, ambient, and electronic genres
    • a 2025 studio cover version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-PXYv3bSUU
  • Welcome to the machine²⁹²⁾
• Pink Floyd Animals album (1977)
  • not my fav musically - but a fav of many who love its bleak, angry, cynical, aggressive punk-like, prog heavy metal uncompromising attack on how people use each other and how they survive with similar allegories to George Orwell's Animal Farm
  • the 2018 remix²⁹³⁾ is probably the best version as it opens up the sound allowing you to better hear each of the instrumental components
    • Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)²⁹⁴⁾
• Pink Floyd The Wall album
  • Roger Waters decided to create this album after an unpleasant altercation with a “fan” whilst performing on stage and his feeling of needing to create a wall between himself and the rest of the world - perhaps something we all can relate to when we do our best in our jobs and yet the public seem to feel they can still abuse us on a regular basis
  • this album mainly deals with the many psychological and emotive struggles of growing up which many of us can empathize
  • a movie was made of these songs but it is very emotive and powerful and not for the faint-hearted with many images of the horrors of war
  • it needs to be played reasonably loud with headphones
  • In the flesh - an introductory piece and the impacts of the loss of his father who was killed in WWII when he was still a young boy
  • Mother Sinead O'Conner / Roger Waters version Berlin 1990 ²⁹⁵⁾ - the impacts of a domineering over-protective mother
  • Another brick in the wall - the adverse impacts of an abusive education system which constantly stifles individualism and creativity in its goal of conformity to an ideal - became the most played on radio - in fact, one of the few “singles” they made, and was made by asking a school's music teacher to bring school kids to the studio without permission from the school or their parents - but this, along with a new disco beat of the time, is what made this song a Number 1 hit - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFeaOg602XE
  • Young Lust Bryan Adams / Roger Waters version Berlin 1990: ²⁹⁶⁾
  • a very emotive and sometimes confronting middle section of songs dealing with relationship issues, lust, depression, anger
  • Goodbye Cruel World the completion of his building of his wall and his isolation from the world
  • The thin ice ²⁹⁷⁾
  • Hey you ²⁹⁸⁾ live RPWL & Freising Symphonieorchester cover²⁹⁹⁾,
  • Is there anybody out there³⁰⁰⁾, Nobody home³⁰¹⁾ - the struggles of loneliness when you have created a barrier around you
  • Comfortably Numb ³⁰²⁾ - includes one of the greatest guitar solos - for those who need to chill out camping; Covers: Fleesh version³⁰³⁾, Miley Cyrus version³⁰⁴⁾, Sons of Apollo version live with The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony ³⁰⁵⁾; check out how this song evolved³⁰⁶⁾
  • the last part of the album is a satire on neo-nazism and is a warning of how easy the far right can dominate people - excerpts from the movie starring Bob Geldof³⁰⁷⁾ , Run Like Hell³⁰⁸⁾
  • finally, a judge orders him to tear down the wall in The Trial and Outside the Wall is about those who try to help you
• Beatles (UK) - Let it Be album - their last album as a band
  • Let it be, Across the Universe, The Long and Winding Road, Get Back
• Queen (UK) - A Night At The Opera album
  • Bohemian Rhapsody³⁰⁹⁾
    • perhaps the most famous rock song - a rhapsody of 6 parts: A cappella introduction, 2. Ballad. 3. Guitar solo, 4. Opera section, 5. Rock section, 6. Outro
    • Bohemian as it ties with Goethe's story of Faust selling his soul to the devil (the man he shot is his previous life) and brings in many other references
    • check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLqhOEzpWyo if you want to hear a break down of individual tracks and get some idea how Freddy constructed this complex piece
  • Love of My Life³¹⁰⁾, I'm in Love with My Car³¹¹⁾, You're My Best Friend³¹²⁾, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon³¹³⁾
• Queen - A Day At The Races album
  • Tie Your Mother Down³¹⁴⁾, You Take My Breath Away³¹⁵⁾, Somebody to Love³¹⁶⁾, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy³¹⁷⁾
• Queen - News of the world album
  • We Will Rock You³¹⁸⁾, We Are the Champions³¹⁹⁾, All Dead, All Dead³²⁰⁾ Brian's tribute to his beloved cat, It's Late³²¹⁾, My Melancholy Blues³²²⁾
• Queen - Jazz album - Fat Bottomed Girls³²³⁾, Don't Stop Me Now³²⁴⁾
• Wings (UK) - Band on the Run³²⁵⁾, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey³²⁶⁾, My Love³²⁷⁾, With a Little Luck³²⁸⁾, Maybe I’m Amazed³²⁹⁾
• John Lennon (UK) - Imagine³³⁰⁾, Jealous Guy³³¹⁾, Watching the Wheels³³²⁾
• Blondie (new wave US) - Dreaming³³³⁾, Heart of Glass³³⁴⁾, Union City Blues³³⁵⁾, Rapture³³⁶⁾, Picture this ³³⁷⁾, Hanging on the telephone³³⁸⁾, Shayla³³⁹⁾, In the flesh³⁴⁰⁾, (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear³⁴¹⁾
• Eagles (US) - Hotel California album
  • Hotel California³⁴²⁾, Wasted Time³⁴³⁾, Pretty Maids all in a row³⁴⁴⁾
• Eagles - Take it Easy³⁴⁵⁾, Tequila Sunrise³⁴⁶⁾, Best of my love³⁴⁷⁾, One of these nights³⁴⁸⁾, Sad cafe³⁴⁹⁾, Lying eyes³⁵⁰⁾
• Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams album Blue Bayou³⁵¹⁾, Desperado³⁵²⁾, I never will marry³⁵³⁾, Tumblin' dice³⁵⁴⁾, Tracks of my tears³⁵⁵⁾
• Fleetwood Mac (UK-US) - Rumours album - Dreams³⁵⁶⁾, Sara³⁵⁷⁾, Go your own way, Rhiannon³⁵⁸⁾, Sweet Little Lies, Gypsy³⁵⁹⁾, Don't stop³⁶⁰⁾, Tusk³⁶¹⁾
• Abba (Swedish) - Abba Gold album
  • Mamma Mia³⁶²⁾, SOS³⁶³⁾, Dancing Queen³⁶⁴⁾, Knowing me, knowing you³⁶⁵⁾, Chiquitita³⁶⁶⁾, Take a chance on me³⁶⁷⁾, Money, money, money³⁶⁸⁾, Does your mother know³⁶⁹⁾, Super Trouper³⁷⁰⁾, Waterloo³⁷¹⁾, Voulez vous³⁷²⁾, etc
• Meatloaf (US) - Bat Out Of Hell album - coming of age issues from a male perspective and the dangers of unbridled testosterone in young men
  • 416-week run on the UK album charts; Eventually every track on the album became a hit single and the album became a phenomenon, selling an estimated 47 million copies worldwide. It was also the most profitable release in history, beating even Michael Jackson's Thriller, which cost ten times as much to make. It has sold more copies than any album by The Beatles or Led Zeppelin.
  • Bat out of hell³⁷³⁾, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)³⁷⁴⁾, Heaven Can Wait, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad³⁷⁵⁾, Paradise by the Dashboard Light³⁷⁶⁾, For crying out loud³⁷⁷⁾, I'm gonna love her for both of us³⁷⁸⁾
• Bruce Springsteen (US) - Born to Run³⁷⁹⁾, Thunder Road³⁸⁰⁾
• Led Zeppelin (UK) - Stairway to Heaven³⁸¹⁾ one of the greatest rock guitar solos made, Black Dog³⁸²⁾, Kashmir³⁸³⁾, Immigrant song³⁸⁴⁾, Rock and Roll³⁸⁵⁾
• Electric Light Orchestra (UK) - fun sophisticated complex profound arrangements of pop-rock-orchestral fusion with great vocals led by Jeff Lynne
  • Discovery album
    • Don't bring me down³⁸⁶⁾, Confusion³⁸⁷⁾, Last Train to London³⁸⁸⁾, Rockaria³⁸⁹⁾, Shine a Little Love³⁹⁰⁾, Need her love³⁹¹⁾
  • A new world record album
    • Tightrope, Telephone line, Mission, a world record, So fine, Living thing³⁹²⁾, Above the clouds, Do ya, Shangri-La
  • Evil woman³⁹³⁾, Can't get it out of my head³⁹⁴⁾, Mr Blue Sky³⁹⁵⁾
• Dire Straits (UK) - Sultans of swing³⁹⁶⁾,
• AC/DC (heavy metal Aussie - you need to play it LOUD with a subwoofer vest on and enjoy the amazing guitar riffs to boot) - You shook me all night long³⁹⁷⁾, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap³⁹⁸⁾, For those about to rock³⁹⁹⁾, Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution⁴⁰⁰⁾, Thunderstruck⁴⁰¹⁾, TNT⁴⁰²⁾, Highway to hell⁴⁰³⁾, Hell's bells⁴⁰⁴⁾, Let there be rock⁴⁰⁵⁾, Jailbreak⁴⁰⁶⁾
• Jackson Brown (US) - The Load Out - Stay⁴⁰⁷⁾
• Stevie Nicks (US) - You Can Go Your Own Way⁴⁰⁸⁾
• Bonnie Tyler (Welsh) - It's A Heartache⁴⁰⁹⁾
• Suzi Quattro (US) - Stumblin in⁴¹⁰⁾, 1977: Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me)⁴¹¹⁾, The Wild One⁴¹²⁾, If You Can't Give Me Love⁴¹³⁾, She's in Love with You, 48 Crash⁴¹⁴⁾, Can the Can⁴¹⁵⁾, Devilgate Drive⁴¹⁶⁾, Rock hard⁴¹⁷⁾
• Nazareth (Scot)- Love Hurts⁴¹⁸⁾
• Van Morrison (Irish) - Brown Eyed Girl^419)420)
• Billy Joel (US) - She's always a woman to me⁴²¹⁾, Honesty⁴²²⁾, It's still rock and roll to me⁴²³⁾, Piano man⁴²⁴⁾
• ZZ Top (US) - Legs⁴²⁵⁾, Gimme all your lovin'⁴²⁶⁾, Sharp dressed man⁴²⁷⁾
• Shocking Blue (Dutch) - Venus⁴²⁸⁾
• Blue Brothers movie soundtrack - Gimme Some Lovin'⁴²⁹⁾, Shake a Tail Feather⁴³⁰⁾, Theme from Rawhide⁴³¹⁾
• Rocky Horror Show movie album soundtrack - Time Warp⁴³²⁾ (iconic dance track)
  • check out the Charismatic Voice watching the full movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0IeQk_JIHg
• Grease movie album soundtrack - Grease⁴³³⁾, Summer Nights⁴³⁴⁾, Hopelessly devoted to you⁴³⁵⁾,You're the One That I Want⁴³⁶⁾, Sandy⁴³⁷⁾, Greased Lightnin'⁴³⁸⁾

• Simon and Garfunkle (US) - Bridge Over Troubled Water⁴³⁹⁾ album - Sounds of Silence⁴⁴⁰⁾
• Smokie (UK) - Living next door to Alice⁴⁴¹⁾, Belinda, Lay back in the arms of someone⁴⁴²⁾, Don't play your rock n roll to me⁴⁴³⁾, Needles and pins⁴⁴⁴⁾
• Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (UK) - 1975: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)⁴⁴⁵⁾
• Roy Orbison (US) - Penny Arcade⁴⁴⁶⁾
• Neil Diamond (US) - Sweet Caroline⁴⁴⁷⁾, Cracklin' Rosie⁴⁴⁸⁾
• Air Supply (Aussie) - All Out Of Love⁴⁴⁹⁾, Lost in Love⁴⁵⁰⁾
• Elton John (UK) - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road⁴⁵¹⁾, Candle in the wind⁴⁵²⁾, Crocodile Rock⁴⁵³⁾, Don't go breaking my heart⁴⁵⁴⁾
• Supertramp (UK) - Dreamer⁴⁵⁵⁾, The Logical Song⁴⁵⁶⁾, Breakfast in America⁴⁵⁷⁾, Long way home⁴⁵⁸⁾, Give a little bit
• Kate Bush (UK) - Babushka⁴⁵⁹⁾, Wuthering Heights⁴⁶⁰⁾
• Rod Stewart (UK) - Maggie Mae⁴⁶¹⁾, Hot legs⁴⁶²⁾, Da ya think I'm sexy⁴⁶³⁾
• Neil Young (US) - Cinnamon Girl⁴⁶⁴⁾, Helpless⁴⁶⁵⁾, Old man⁴⁶⁶⁾, Heart of gold⁴⁶⁷⁾
• Lynyrd Skynyrd (US) Sweet Home Alabama, Free bird⁴⁶⁸⁾ - several were killed in a plane crash in 1977
• Bad Company (UK) Burnin' sky⁴⁶⁹⁾
• Crosby, Stills and Nash (US) Teach your Children⁴⁷⁰⁾
• The Kinks (UK) - Lola⁴⁷¹⁾
• Nico and The Velvet Underground (US) - Femme fatale⁴⁷²⁾, Sunday morning⁴⁷³⁾, I'll Be Your Mirror⁴⁷⁴⁾, Sweet Jane ⁴⁷⁵⁾
• 10cc (UK) - I’m Not in Love⁴⁷⁶⁾
• Lou Reed (US) - Walk on the Wild Side⁴⁷⁷⁾
• Dolly Parton (US) - Jolene⁴⁷⁸⁾
• Emmylou Harris (US) - Tulsa Queen⁴⁷⁹⁾
• David Bowie (UK) - Heroes⁴⁸⁰⁾, Space Oddity⁴⁸¹⁾, Life on Mars⁴⁸²⁾, Ziggy stardust⁴⁸³⁾, Starman⁴⁸⁴⁾, Changes⁴⁸⁵⁾
• Donna Summer (US) - disco queen - Hot stuff⁴⁸⁶⁾, I Feel Love⁴⁸⁷⁾, MacArthur Park ⁴⁸⁸⁾
• Yusuf / Cat Stevens (UK) - Cats in the cradle⁴⁸⁹⁾, Where do the children play⁴⁹⁰⁾, Sad Lisa⁴⁹¹⁾, Father and son⁴⁹²⁾, Lady D'Arbanville ⁴⁹³⁾
• Don McLean (US) - American Pie⁴⁹⁴⁾, Vincent⁴⁹⁵⁾
• The Rolling Stones (UK) - I can't get no satisfaction⁴⁹⁶⁾, Angie⁴⁹⁷⁾, Brown sugar⁴⁹⁸⁾
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band (UK) - Blinded by the Light⁴⁹⁹⁾
• Bee Gees (Uk-Aussie) - disco - Tragedy⁵⁰⁰⁾, Stayin’ Alive⁵⁰¹⁾, Night fever⁵⁰²⁾, How Deep Is Your Love⁵⁰³⁾, Jive talkin'⁵⁰⁴⁾
• Eric Clapton and Derek and the Dominos (UK) - Eric was infatuated with his friend George Harrison's wife and wrote this song: Layla⁵⁰⁵⁾
• Deep Purple (UK) – Smoke on the Water⁵⁰⁶⁾, Child in time⁵⁰⁷⁾
• The Sweet (UK) – The Ballroom Blitz⁵⁰⁸⁾, Fox on the run⁵⁰⁹⁾
• Daddy Cool (Aussie) - Eagle Rock⁵¹⁰⁾, Come back again⁵¹¹⁾
• Umberto Tozzi (Italy) - Gloria⁵¹²⁾
• Hot Chocolate (UK soul) - You Sexy Thing⁵¹³⁾
• Dragon (NZ) - April Sun in Cuba⁵¹⁴⁾, Are You Old Enough?⁵¹⁵⁾
• Split Enz (NZ new wave) - I Got You⁵¹⁶⁾, I hope I never⁵¹⁷⁾
• The Runaways (US) - Cherry Bomb⁵¹⁸⁾, School Days⁵¹⁹⁾
• Terry Jacks (Can) - Seasons In The Sun⁵²⁰⁾
• The Boomtown Rats (Bob Geldof) (UK) - I don't like Mondays⁵²¹⁾
• The Knack (US) - My Sharona⁵²²⁾
• The Romantics (US) - What I Like About You⁵²³⁾
• T.Rex (UK) - Children Of The Revolution⁵²⁴⁾, Bang a gong Get it on^525)526)
• Alvin Stardust (UK) - My Coo Ca Choo ⁵²⁷⁾
• Iggy Pop (US) - The Passenger⁵²⁸⁾
• Ram Jam (US) - Black Betty⁵²⁹⁾
• The Buggles (UK) - Video Killed The Radio Star⁵³⁰⁾
• The Village People (US disco) - Y.M.C.A⁵³¹⁾
• Squeeze (UK) - Cool For Cats⁵³²⁾
• Promises (Can) - Baby it's you⁵³³⁾
• Pretenders - Brass In Pocket⁵³⁴⁾
• Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street⁵³⁵⁾
• The Hollies (UK) - The air that I breathe⁵³⁶⁾ - similar chords and melody would later be used in Radiohead's Creep⁵³⁷⁾ and Lana Del Ray's Get free⁵³⁸⁾
• Cheap Trick (US) - Dream Police⁵³⁹⁾
• Status Quo (UK) - head banging music - Whatever You Want⁵⁴⁰⁾, Down, down⁵⁴¹⁾, Rockin all over the world⁵⁴²⁾, The wanderer⁵⁴³⁾
• Black Sabbath (UK) - Paranoid⁵⁴⁴⁾
• Thin Lizzy (Irish) - The boys are back in town⁵⁴⁵⁾, Whiskey in the Jar ⁵⁴⁶⁾
• Skyhooks (Aussie) - Horror movie⁵⁴⁷⁾, Ego is not a dirty word⁵⁴⁸⁾, Living in the 70s
• prog rock bands of the 70s which I never really got into - Yes (UK), Genesis (UK), etc
• for the ladies - they seemed to have loved Carole King's album Tapestry⁵⁴⁹⁾ (US)

• the arrival of digital FM synthesizer technologies such as the Yamaha DX7 and digital drum machines profoundly changed the sound of rock and pop music in the 80s - perhaps not always for the better
• the Sony Walkman compact cassette tape player became popular as a way to carry your music with you whilst walking or chilling out at the beach - albeit only via cassette tapes or FM radio
• by the late 1980's, analog vinyl records and cassette tapes would give way to more durable digital CDs while stereo MTV and stereo video recorders allowed inexpensive home recording of popular music videos, while also making the music video an important marketing strategy for artists

• Dire Straits (UK) - Romeo and Juliet⁵⁵⁰⁾, Tunnel of love⁵⁵¹⁾, Expresso Love
• Bruce Springsteen (US) - Tougher Than the Rest⁵⁵²⁾, Glory days⁵⁵³⁾
• Bryan Adams (US) - Summer of 69⁵⁵⁴⁾
• Blondie (US new wave) - Atomic⁵⁵⁵⁾, Call Me ⁵⁵⁶⁾ extended version: ⁵⁵⁷⁾, Island Of Lost Souls⁵⁵⁸⁾
• Robert Palmer (UK) - Simply Irresistible⁵⁵⁹⁾, Addicted to Love⁵⁶⁰⁾
• Irene Cara (US) - Flashdance (What a Feeling)⁵⁶¹⁾ - Flashdance movie
• Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (US) - (I've Had the) Time of My Life⁵⁶²⁾ - Dirty Dancing movie
• Patrick Swayze (US) - She's Like the Wind⁵⁶³⁾ - Dirty Dancing movie
• The Bangles (US) - Manic Monday⁵⁶⁴⁾, Eternal Flame⁵⁶⁵⁾
• ELO (UK) - Time album The Way Life's Meant to Be, Hold On Tight⁵⁶⁶⁾, Twilight
• Don Henley (US) - Boys of Summer⁵⁶⁷⁾
• Fleetwood Mac (US) - Gypsy⁵⁶⁸⁾
• Queen (UK) - I want it All⁵⁶⁹⁾, Radio Ga Ga⁵⁷⁰⁾, Its a Hard LIfe⁵⁷¹⁾, Who wants to live forever⁵⁷²⁾, I Want to Break Free⁵⁷³⁾, Another one bites the dust⁵⁷⁴⁾
• Queen And David Bowie (UK) - Under Pressure⁵⁷⁵⁾
• Bonnie Tyler (Welsh) - Total Eclipse of the Heart^576)577), Holding out for a hero⁵⁷⁸⁾, Have you ever seen the rain⁵⁷⁹⁾
• Soft Cell (UK) - Tainted Love⁵⁸⁰⁾
• Joe Cocker (UK) - You can leave your hat on⁵⁸¹⁾ - 9 1/2 weeks movie
• Kylie Minogue (Aussie) - Locomotion ⁵⁸²⁾
• Divinyls (Aussie) - Pleasure and Pain⁵⁸³⁾, Boys in Town⁵⁸⁴⁾, Only Lonely⁵⁸⁵⁾
• Alannah Myles (US) - Black Velvet⁵⁸⁶⁾
• Cheap Trick (US) - Don't Be Cruel⁵⁸⁷⁾
• Travelling Wilberrys (UK-US) - Handle with care ⁵⁸⁸⁾, End of the line⁵⁸⁹⁾
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (US) - I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll⁵⁹⁰⁾, Crimson And Clover ⁵⁹¹⁾, Dirty Deeds ⁵⁹²⁾, Have you ever seen the rain⁵⁹³⁾, Love hurts⁵⁹⁴⁾
• Pink Floyd (UK) - High hopes - a great guitar solo outro, Learning to Fly⁵⁹⁵⁾, Sorrow⁵⁹⁶⁾
• Roger Waters (UK of Pink Floyd) - his anti-war, anti-nuclear, politically and emotionally charged warnings to the world - The Gunner's Dream⁵⁹⁷⁾, Two Suns In The Sunset⁵⁹⁸⁾ - videos from the Covid lockdown joint sessions

• Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down⁵⁹⁹⁾ Fleesh version⁶⁰⁰⁾
• Australian Crawl (Aussie) - Reckless⁶⁰¹⁾, The boys light up⁶⁰²⁾, Downhearted⁶⁰³⁾, Beautiful people⁶⁰⁴⁾
• Goanna (Aussie) - Solid rock⁶⁰⁵⁾
• Dire Straits (UK):
  • Love over gold album: Telegraph road⁶⁰⁶⁾, Industrial disease, Love over gold, It never rains
  • Brothers in arms⁶⁰⁷⁾ album: So far away, Money for nothing⁶⁰⁸⁾, Walk of life
• Kim Carnes (US) - Bette Davis Eyes⁶⁰⁹⁾
• Roxette (Swedish) - It must have been love⁶¹⁰⁾, Dangerous⁶¹¹⁾, Listen to Your Heart⁶¹²⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Aussie) - The Mercy Seat
• Supertramp (UK) - It's raining again
• Cold Chisel (Aussie) - Khe Sanh⁶¹³⁾, Choir girl⁶¹⁴⁾, Working class man⁶¹⁵⁾, When the war is over⁶¹⁶⁾, Forever now⁶¹⁷⁾
• Dragon (NZ) - Rain⁶¹⁸⁾
• Madonna?
• Men At Work (Aussie) - Down Under⁶¹⁹⁾
• AC/DC (Aussie) - Back in Black album
• Eurythmics (UK) - Sweet Dreams⁶²⁰⁾
• Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty (US) - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around⁶²¹⁾
• Martha And The Muffins (Can) - Echo Beach ⁶²²⁾
• Katrina & The Waves (UK-US) - Walking On Sunshine⁶²³⁾
• Cyndi Lauper (US) - Girls Just Want To Have Fun⁶²⁴⁾
• The Police (UK) - Every Breath You Take⁶²⁵⁾, Roxanne⁶²⁶⁾
• Guns N’ Roses (US) - Sweet Child O’ Mine⁶²⁷⁾, Welcome to the jungle⁶²⁸⁾
• Bon Jovi (US) - Livin’ On A Prayer⁶²⁹⁾
• Michael Jackson (US) - Thriller⁶³⁰⁾, Billie Jean⁶³¹⁾
• Heart (US) - Alone⁶³²⁾
• Roxy Music (UK) - More than This
• The Cars (US) - Drive⁶³³⁾, Shake It Up⁶³⁴⁾, You Might Think⁶³⁵⁾
• The Jacksons (US) - Can You Feel It
• Elton John (UK) - I Guess that's Why they Call it the Blues
• Simple Minds (Scot) - Don't You Forget About Me
• Ultravox (UK) - Vienna
• Tears for Fears (UK) - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
• 10CC (UK) - I'm not in love
• A-Ha (Norw) - Take on Me⁶³⁶⁾
• The Human League (UK) - Don't You Want Me
• ABBA (Swed) - The Winner Takes it All
• Foreigner (UK-US) - I Want to Know What Love Is
• Toto (US) - Africa⁶³⁷⁾
• Nena (German) - 99 Luftballons
• INXS (Aussie) - Never Tear Us Apart⁶³⁸⁾
• Dexys Midnight Runners (UK) - Come On Eileen⁶³⁹⁾
• The Proclaimers (Scot) - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)⁶⁴⁰⁾
• Laura Branigan (US) - Gloria⁶⁴¹⁾
• Billy Idol (UK) - White Wedding
• Bananarama (UK) - Venus⁶⁴²⁾
• Samantha Fox (UK) - Touch me⁶⁴³⁾
• Pat Benatar (US) - Love Is A Battlefield ⁶⁴⁴⁾
• Cher (US) - If I Could Turn Back Time
• Toni Basil (US new wave bubblegum glam pop) - Mickey⁶⁴⁵⁾
• Alice Cooper (US) - Poison⁶⁴⁶⁾
• The B-52s (US) - Love shack⁶⁴⁷⁾, Roam⁶⁴⁸⁾
• Sade (Nigerian-UK) - Smooth Operator
• Duran Duran (UK) - Hungry Like the Wolf⁶⁴⁹⁾, Girls on film⁶⁵⁰⁾
• Dave Stewart (UK) - Lily was here (instrumental)
• Dolly Parton (US) - 9 to 5
• Belinda Carlisle (US) - Leave A Light On⁶⁵¹⁾
• Bobby McFerrin (US) - Don't Worry, Be Happy
• Culture Club (UK) - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
• Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters
• Icehouse (Aussie) - Great Southern Land⁶⁵²⁾, Electric blue⁶⁵³⁾
• Berlin - Take My Breath Away⁶⁵⁴⁾ from Topgun movie
• Juice Newton (US) - Angel of the morning⁶⁵⁵⁾, Queen Of Hearts⁶⁵⁶⁾
• Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On⁶⁵⁷⁾
• Pet Shop Boys - Go West
• REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
• Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy⁶⁵⁸⁾
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone⁶⁵⁹⁾
• Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child ⁶⁶⁰⁾
• The Cure - Friday I'm In Love⁶⁶¹⁾, Lullaby⁶⁶²⁾, Just Like Heaven⁶⁶³⁾
• Choir Boys - Run to paradise⁶⁶⁴⁾
• Femme Fatale - Falling In & Out Of Love⁶⁶⁵⁾
• Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly⁶⁶⁶⁾, Falling in and out of Love⁶⁶⁷⁾, Shot of Poison⁶⁶⁸⁾
• Steve Earle - Copperhead Road⁶⁶⁹⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - Truth, Bitter Truth⁶⁷⁰⁾, So sad⁶⁷¹⁾ - regrets of her lost youth wasted on heroin addiction
• Leonard Cohen (Can) - Hallelujah⁶⁷²⁾, Dance Me to the End of Love⁶⁷³⁾
• The Cure (UK) - A Forest⁶⁷⁴⁾, Boy's don't cry⁶⁷⁵⁾, Lullaby⁶⁷⁶⁾, Lovesong⁶⁷⁷⁾, Pictures of You⁶⁷⁸⁾, Just like heaven⁶⁷⁹⁾

• new sophisticated digital effects devices were introduced such as the Zoom 9030 Advanced Instrument Effects Processor which was released in 1991 and extensively used by Pink Floyd.
• the decade of DVDs, personal computers with Windows, sound cards and music, MP3 digitalized songs and MP3 players such as Apple's iPod, introduction of the internet and internet sharing of music via Napster and other mechanisms.
• in 1990, the Milli Vanilli saga where the vocalist pair were exposed as only miming and not actually being the singers (Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus as the lip-syncing performers, with the two actual main studio singers being Brad Howell and John Davis), rocked the pop music world and essentially ended their career ⁶⁸⁰⁾ - now a lot of singers mime in live concerts, although they do it to their own auto-tuned vocal tracks not other singers, and it seems to be OK with their fans
• 1990's was also a decade noted for “BritPop” dominating the charts, and the advent of the German Access Virus synth which became to be widely used in industrial music and EDM.

• Sinead O'Connor (Irish) - Nothing Compares 2 U ⁶⁸¹⁾, Sacrifice⁶⁸²⁾
• Elton John (UK) - Two Rooms album of various artists covering his songs
• Radiohead (UK art rock) - Creep⁶⁸³⁾, No Surprises⁶⁸⁴⁾ (the importance of not having a CO alarm when you have a wood stove in your tent and you don't want to be surprised by the alarm) , Fake Plastic Trees⁶⁸⁵⁾, Lucky⁶⁸⁶⁾, Last flowers to the hospital⁶⁸⁷⁾
• The Cranberries (Irish) - Zombie⁶⁸⁸⁾ - the traumas of northern Ireland and the IRA warfare, Dreams⁶⁸⁹⁾, Linger⁶⁹⁰⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Aussie) - The Ship Song⁶⁹¹⁾, Do You Love Me?⁶⁹²⁾, Nobody's Baby Now⁶⁹³⁾, Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore⁶⁹⁴⁾, Into My Arms⁶⁹⁵⁾, Henry Lee⁶⁹⁶⁾, The Weeping Song⁶⁹⁷⁾
• Queen (UK) - Made in Heaven album - created while Freddie Mercury was dying of AIDS - his last album
  • I was born to love you⁶⁹⁸⁾, A Winters tale⁶⁹⁹⁾, It's a beautiful day⁷⁰⁰⁾, Too much love will kill you⁷⁰¹⁾
• Guns n Roses (US) - November Rain⁷⁰²⁾
• R.E.M. (US) - Everybody Hurts⁷⁰³⁾ live⁷⁰⁴⁾, Shiny happy people⁷⁰⁵⁾
• Transvision Vamp (UK pop) - Baby I don't care⁷⁰⁶⁾, Revolution Baby ⁷⁰⁷⁾, I want your love ⁷⁰⁸⁾, Song To The Stars⁷⁰⁹⁾, Landslide of Love⁷¹⁰⁾
• Scorpions (German) - Winds of Change⁷¹¹⁾
• Sheryl Crow (US) - If It Makes You Happy⁷¹²⁾, All I Wanna Do ⁷¹³⁾, Soak Up The Sun⁷¹⁴⁾, Strong enough⁷¹⁵⁾
• Alannah Myles (Canada) - Black Velvet⁷¹⁶⁾
• No Doubt (US) - Don't Speak⁷¹⁷⁾
• Natalie Imbruglia (Aussie) - Torn⁷¹⁸⁾
• George Michael (UK) - Freedom 90⁷¹⁹⁾
• Divinyls (Aussie) - I Touch Myself⁷²⁰⁾
• Annie Lennox (Scottish) - Why⁷²¹⁾
• Roger Waters (UK of Pink Floyd) - his anti-war, anti-genocide, sustainability, politically and emotionally charged warnings to the world continued.. The Bravery of Being Out of Range⁷²²⁾ - video from the Covid lockdown joint sessions; Amused to death cover version⁷²³⁾

• Meatloaf (US) - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)⁷²⁴⁾
• Bryan Adams (Canada) - Everything I do..⁷²⁵⁾ Bryan Adams & Mel C - When You're Gone⁷²⁶⁾
• Bon Jovi (US hard rock) - It's my life, Livin' on a prayer, Bed of roses, Blaze of glory
• Midnight Oil (Aussie) - Blue sky mine⁷²⁷⁾, King of the mountain⁷²⁸⁾
• Guns n Roses (US hard rock) - Don't cry⁷²⁹⁾
• R.E.M. (US) - Losing my religion⁷³⁰⁾, Man on the moon⁷³¹⁾
• Aerosmith (US rock) - I don't want to miss a thing⁷³²⁾
• Metallica (US heavy metal) - Nothing else matters⁷³³⁾, The unforgiven⁷³⁴⁾
• Shania Twain (US) - That Don't Impress Me Much⁷³⁵⁾, You're Still the One⁷³⁶⁾, Man! I Feel Like a Woman!⁷³⁷⁾, Come On Over⁷³⁸⁾
• Alanis Morissette (Canada) - Ironic⁷³⁹⁾, Hand in My Pocket⁷⁴⁰⁾, Thank U⁷⁴¹⁾
• Eric Clapton (UK) - Tears in Heaven⁷⁴²⁾ written after his 4 year old son died after falling from the 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment
• Concrete Blonde (US) - Joey⁷⁴³⁾
• LeAnn Rimes (US) - How Do I Live⁷⁴⁴⁾
• Tal Bachman (Canada) - Shes So High⁷⁴⁵⁾
• Roxette (Sweden) - Joyride⁷⁴⁶⁾
• The Offspring (US) - Pretty fly (for a white guy)⁷⁴⁷⁾
• The Verve (UK) - Bitter Sweet Symphony⁷⁴⁸⁾
• Oasis (UK) - Wonderwall⁷⁴⁹⁾, Don't look back in anger⁷⁵⁰⁾, Stand by me⁷⁵¹⁾, Stop crying your heart out ⁷⁵²⁾, Champagne Supernova⁷⁵³⁾
• Unique II (Austria) - Break My Stride⁷⁵⁴⁾
• Garbage (US) - Stupid Girl⁷⁵⁵⁾
• Wilson Phillips (US) - Hold On⁷⁵⁶⁾
• Robbie Williams (UK) - Feel⁷⁵⁷⁾, Better man⁷⁵⁸⁾
• Pink Floyd (UK) - Coming Back to Life⁷⁵⁹⁾, High hopes⁷⁶⁰⁾
• Portishead (UK alt/indie) - Roads ⁷⁶¹⁾
• Melissa Etheridge (US) - I Want To Come Over⁷⁶²⁾
• Bachelor Girl (Aussie pop) - Buses and Trains⁷⁶³⁾
• Matchbox 20 (US rock) - Push⁷⁶⁴⁾
• Hunters & Collectors (Aussie) - Holy grail⁷⁶⁵⁾, Do you see what i see⁷⁶⁶⁾
• grunge:
  • Hole (US - Courtney Love - Kurt Cobain's wife, and Melissa Auf Der Maur) - Softer Softest⁷⁶⁷⁾, Celebrity skin⁷⁶⁸⁾
  • Soundgarden (US) - Black Hole Sun⁷⁶⁹⁾
  • Nirvana (US) - Come as you are⁷⁷⁰⁾, Smells like teen spirit⁷⁷¹⁾, the famous unplugged semi-acoustic session for MTV in 1993⁷⁷²⁾ - fusion of pop melodies with noise, combined with its themes of abjection and social alienation written mainly by the shy, introvert Kurt Cobain, culminating in Kurt's suicide in 1994 at age 27 after escaping from drug rehab.
  • Pearl Jam (US rock)
• Green Day (US post-punk) - Time of your life⁷⁷³⁾
• Extreme (US prog metal) - More than words⁷⁷⁴⁾
• Vonda Shepard (US pop) - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)⁷⁷⁵⁾, Searchin' My Soul⁷⁷⁶⁾, Neighborhood⁷⁷⁷⁾ - songs from the TV series Ally McBeal
• Crash Test Dummies (Canada alt rock) - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm⁷⁷⁸⁾
• Marianne Faithfull (UK) - Don't forget me⁷⁷⁹⁾
• Alison Krauss (US bluegrass) - When You Say Nothing At All⁷⁸⁰⁾
• Trisha Yearwood (US country) - She's In Love With The Boy⁷⁸¹⁾, Walkaway Joe⁷⁸²⁾
• Meredith Brooks (US pop) - Bitch⁷⁸³⁾
• Bonnie Raitt (US R&B/soul/blues/folk) - I Can't Make You Love Me⁷⁸⁴⁾
• Yothu Yindi (Aussie indigenous) - Treaty ⁷⁸⁵⁾, Djapana⁷⁸⁶⁾
• Leonard Cohen (Can) - In my secret life⁷⁸⁷⁾
• The Cure (UK) - This Twilight Garden⁷⁸⁸⁾, Burn⁷⁸⁹⁾, Friday I'm in Love⁷⁹⁰⁾
• Live! (US) Lightning crashes⁷⁹¹⁾
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - It's good to be King⁷⁹²⁾

• Spice Girls
• Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song
• Berlin - Take My Breath Away
• Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance
• Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye
• Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt - Don't know much
• Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Titanic movie)
• Aqua - Doctor Jones
• Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy breaky heart
• Lou Bega - Mambo No 5
• Venga Boys - The Venga Bus Is Coming, We Like to Party, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!
• Steps - 5,6,7,8
• Ricky Martin - Livin' la Vida Loca, La Bomba
• Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos
• Chumbawamba - Tubthumping⁷⁹³⁾
• Hanson - Mmmbop
• Jeff Buckley - Hallelulah⁷⁹⁴⁾
• Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart
• Tina Arena - Chains
• Mariah Carey - Hero
• Madonna - Express yourself, Vogue, Beautiful stranger, Cherish
• Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
• Elton John - Sacrifice
• Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
• Christina Aguilera - Genie in a bottle
• Ace of Base (swedish) - All that she wants (is another baby)⁷⁹⁵⁾, The sign⁷⁹⁶⁾
• Moloko - Sing It Back ⁷⁹⁷⁾

• digital audio workstations (DAW) such as Pro Tools revolutionized professional music recording, production, and editing on Windows and macOS computers and removed the need for difficult to use 24 track tape recording
• the introduction of smartphones and internet-based streaming of music and radio changes how music is marketed and accessed which not only essentially killed off audio CDs but illegal internet MP3 file sharing services such as Napster
• the introduction of post-processed auto-tuning of vocal tracks becomes widespread

• Johnny Cash Hurt⁷⁹⁸⁾
• Radiohead Everything in Its Right Place⁷⁹⁹⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds As I Sat Sadly by Her Side⁸⁰⁰⁾
• P!nk, Get The Party Started⁸⁰¹⁾, Just like a pill⁸⁰²⁾
• Coldplay, Yellow⁸⁰³⁾, Clocks⁸⁰⁴⁾, Viva La Vida⁸⁰⁵⁾
• Wheatus Teenage dirtbag⁸⁰⁶⁾
• Avril Lavigne Sk8er boi⁸⁰⁷⁾, Complicated⁸⁰⁸⁾
• Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris: - Why worry⁸⁰⁹⁾, Romeo and Juliet, So far away⁸¹⁰⁾, If This Is Goodbye⁸¹¹⁾
• Muse Submassive black hole⁸¹²⁾
• Evanescence My Immortal⁸¹³⁾

• Killing Heidi (Aussie) - Weir⁸¹⁴⁾, Mascara⁸¹⁵⁾
• Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ⁸¹⁶⁾
• Linkin Park Numb⁸¹⁷⁾
• Britney Spears Toxic⁸¹⁸⁾, Baby one more time⁸¹⁹⁾, Oops! I did it again⁸²⁰⁾, Piece of me⁸²¹⁾
• Alicia Keys, Fallin⁸²²⁾
• Dido: Here With Me⁸²³⁾
• Amy Winehouse: Back to black⁸²⁴⁾
• Jet Are You Gonna Be My Girl⁸²⁵⁾
• Christina Aguilera Beautiful⁸²⁶⁾
• Kylie Minogue, Spinning around⁸²⁷⁾, Can’t Get You Out of My Head⁸²⁸⁾
• James Blunt You're Beautiful⁸²⁹⁾
• Shakira Whenever, wherever⁸³⁰⁾
• Train: Drops of Jupiter⁸³¹⁾
• Nelly Furtado: I'm Like a Bird⁸³²⁾
• Eiffel 65: Blue (Da Ba Dee)⁸³³⁾
• Moloko - The Time Is Now⁸³⁴⁾, Sing it back⁸³⁵⁾
• The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia⁸³⁶⁾ from Coyote Ugly
• Blink 182 Adam's Song⁸³⁷⁾
• Powderfinger My kinda scene⁸³⁸⁾, These days⁸³⁹⁾
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Zephyr Song⁸⁴⁰⁾
• Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All⁸⁴¹⁾
• Vanessa Amorosi Shine⁸⁴²⁾
• Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor⁸⁴³⁾
• The Androids - Do it With Madonna⁸⁴⁴⁾
• Sixpence None The Richer - There She Goes⁸⁴⁵⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - Sad Lisa⁸⁴⁶⁾, Beware of Darkness⁸⁴⁷⁾, Before the Poison⁸⁴⁸⁾
• Bonnie Raitt & Norah Jones - Tennessee Waltz⁸⁴⁹⁾
• Lucie Silvas - Nothing Else Matters⁸⁵⁰⁾ Metallica cover
• Taylor Swift - You belong with me ⁸⁵¹⁾ - one of the songs that started it all for TS showing that you can be your quirky and nerdy self and still be loved by the person of your dreams

• the death of authenticity - nearly all recorded and live music is now auto-tuned live or in post-production (whether the artist has requested it or not), removing the human pitch errors, variable nuances which are in fact what helps make music emotive and human - indeed many concerts have the singer miming to recorded audio further removing authenticity - see https://www.youtube.com/@wingsofpegasus for analyses of famous singers
• streaming audio services such as Spotify now dominate the distribution of music - many people have unfortunately thrown out their old CDs and DVDs and their players - so they are being taught to become accustomed to the new world of virtual serfdom subscribers who must pay rent for almost everything to the new technocrat feudal overlords instead of paying once and owning something - they better be saving their superannuation up! And yes I am still upset that my family took all my CDs and DVDs to the Salvation Army to de-clutter the house ala Marie Kondo - luckily I converted most to MP3s first!

• Disturbed Sound of Silence cover of Simon and Garfunkle's 1960s song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
• First Aid Kit, Emmylou⁸⁵²⁾
• Lana Del Rey Summertime Madness⁸⁵³⁾, Young and Beautiful⁸⁵⁴⁾, Video Games⁸⁵⁵⁾
• Cigarettes after Sex
  • Apocalypse set to Lost in Translation movie⁸⁵⁶⁾
  • many other songs with similar moody Eric Satie x Radiohead vibe / ambience ⁸⁵⁷⁾ and live performance ⁸⁵⁸⁾
• Mazzy Star - Fade Into You ⁸⁵⁹⁾ (not to be confused with Estonian singer Mazza Star / Maarja-Liis Ilus)
• Norah Jones Black hole sun⁸⁶⁰⁾
• Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle⁸⁶¹⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - In My Own Particular Way⁸⁶²⁾, The Gypsy Faerie Queen with Nick Cave⁸⁶³⁾, Falling Back⁸⁶⁴⁾
• The Cave Dwellers - White Rabbit⁸⁶⁵⁾ - cover of the iconic 60's LSD song
• Amy Macdonald - This is the Life⁸⁶⁶⁾
• Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow (from A Star Is Born)⁸⁶⁷⁾, Always Remember Us This Way⁸⁶⁸⁾
• Radiohead - Daydreaming⁸⁶⁹⁾, Glass eyes⁸⁷⁰⁾, True love waits⁸⁷¹⁾

• Adele
• Sia
• Billy Eilish - Ocean eyes⁸⁷²⁾, Everything I wanted ⁸⁷³⁾
• Ella Hooper (Aussie from Killing Heidi) - Pleasure and Pain⁸⁷⁴⁾
• Miley Cyrus
• Gotye & Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know
• Tal Wilkenfeld (Aussie) - Under The Sun⁸⁷⁵⁾
• Anna Kendrick - Cups (Pitch Perfect’s When I’m Gone⁸⁷⁶⁾
• Cyn - I’ll Still Have Me ⁸⁷⁷⁾
• Taylor Swift Bad Blood ⁸⁷⁸⁾ - listed only for the interesting video production which went viral - not that keen on the song itself
• Florida Georgia Line Cruise ⁸⁷⁹⁾, H.O.L.Y⁸⁸⁰⁾ - male southern US country
• The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces ⁸⁸¹⁾, Cowboy Take Me Away⁸⁸²⁾ - female southern US country
• Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me⁸⁸³⁾, Kerosene⁸⁸⁴⁾, White Liar⁸⁸⁵⁾, Somethin' Bad⁸⁸⁶⁾ - female southern US country
• Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman⁸⁸⁷⁾, Here for The Party ⁸⁸⁸⁾ - female southern US country rock
• Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy⁸⁸⁹⁾
• Kongos - Come with Me Now⁸⁹⁰⁾
• Psy - Gangnam style⁸⁹¹⁾
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Aussie - Melbourne) early 70's rock style 25 albums in 10 years! Sleep Drifter⁸⁹²⁾, Iron Lung⁸⁹³⁾, Crumbling Castle⁸⁹⁴⁾, Catching Smoke⁸⁹⁵⁾, If Not Now, Then When?⁸⁹⁶⁾
• Dum Dum Girls (US) - Coming Down⁸⁹⁷⁾, Lord Knows⁸⁹⁸⁾
• Halsey - Finally - beautiful stranger⁸⁹⁹⁾

• digital technologies and their modification of the original analog sound is sparking a niche market return to analog vinyl records which started around 2000 but which is gaining pace - although the vinyl records are very expensive
• unfortunately, “tiktokification of music” is the reason behind many “popular” songs “sounding the same”, where artists are encouraged to make songs with very catchy choruses or sections that can be used in a short video. It ends up creating very similar songs, usually auto-tuned, with cheaply made backing tracks lacking artistic flare, that focus on the chorus and the quotable lyric with all vibe and no emote and are essentially designed like click bait without substance as there is no need for the substance on TikTok. Interestingly many of these popular songs are using 1980's synth sounds and styles.
• AI generated music becomes realistic in 2024

• Bruce Springsteen Streets of Minneapolis⁹⁰⁰⁾ the outrage and critical rally cry when ice monsters are given permission to kill people without reasonable cause
• Chapell Roan
  • if you can forgive her for miming 5 concerts in a row (after all many of her contemporaries including TS also mime their concerts) then she has some great creative works
  • Pink Pony Club⁹⁰¹⁾, Kaleidoscope⁹⁰²⁾, Red Wine Supernova⁹⁰³⁾, Casual⁹⁰⁴⁾, Picture You^905)906),Good Luck, Babe!⁹⁰⁷⁾
• The Last Dinner Party
  • cover of Blondie’s Call Me ⁹⁰⁸⁾; Sinner ⁹⁰⁹⁾; Portrait of a Dead Girl ⁹¹⁰⁾; The Feminine Urge ⁹¹¹⁾; On Your Side ⁹¹²⁾;
• Remember Monday Fat Bottomed Girls⁹¹³⁾ Queen cover by female group
• Taylor Swift
  • All too well 10 minute 2021 version ⁹¹⁴⁾ - there are a few versions of this 2012 song each telling its story differently
• Emilio Piano and Lucie Maison⁹¹⁵⁾
• Maria Daines: Weight of the World⁹¹⁶⁾

• Taylor Swift
  • Blank Space⁹¹⁷⁾ a great reminder to stay away from TS - the high is not worth the pain
• Phoebe Bridgers
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want⁹¹⁸⁾, Drivers license⁹¹⁹⁾, Deja vu⁹²⁰⁾
• Miley Cyrus - Heart of glass⁹²¹⁾ Miley's screaming glam version no where near as good as the super cool and cute Blondie's original version - see mash up version ⁹²²⁾' Secrets⁹²³⁾
• Charli XCX - SuperLove⁹²⁴⁾, Break The Rules⁹²⁵⁾, Boom Clap⁹²⁶⁾, You (Ha Ha Ha)⁹²⁷⁾, What I Like⁹²⁸⁾
• Pale Waves - Easy⁹²⁹⁾
• Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That ⁹³⁰⁾ (not auto-tuned)
• Lucy Thomas (UK) - covers: A Whiter Shade Of Pale⁹³¹⁾, Hallelujah⁹³²⁾, Say something duet⁹³³⁾, The Prayer duet⁹³⁴⁾, Don't Cry For Me Argentina⁹³⁵⁾
• Obsidian Silence: Pale November - Gothic night music⁹³⁶⁾
• Eileen Noise - Bury The Sun⁹³⁷⁾
• The Cure (UK) - Alone⁹³⁸⁾, I Can Never Say Goodbye⁹³⁹⁾, A Fragile Thing⁹⁴⁰⁾, And Nothing Is Forever⁹⁴¹⁾, All I Ever Am⁹⁴²⁾, Endsong⁹⁴³⁾
• HAEVN & Néomí: We are⁹⁴⁴⁾
• Mozart Heroes (Swiss acoustic guitar/cello): Nothing else matters (cover of Metallica)⁹⁴⁵⁾
• Greta Van Fleet: (Led Zeppelin-like) Meeting the Master ⁹⁴⁶⁾, The Weight of Dreams⁹⁴⁷⁾
• the following is AI but are quite impressive:
  • Anne Bloom: Broken angels⁹⁴⁸⁾, I See a Perfect Girl⁹⁴⁹⁾, Memento Mori⁹⁵⁰⁾, Still breathing, not alive⁹⁵¹⁾, Humans V2⁹⁵²⁾, Innocence⁹⁵³⁾ - bit like Lana Del Ray
  • Lunaria: Beauty of decay⁹⁵⁴⁾
  • Café des Chansons: Je t’ai perdu dans la nuit⁹⁵⁵⁾

• Albinoni Adagio by Hauser ⁹⁵⁶⁾
• Faure - Elegie in Cmin⁹⁵⁷⁾
• Massenet- Thais - Meditation Hauser version⁹⁵⁸⁾
• Samuel Barber - adagio for strings Hauser version ⁹⁵⁹⁾ orchestral version⁹⁶⁰⁾
• Elgar Cello Concerto⁹⁶¹⁾
• Bruch - Kol nidrei ⁹⁶²⁾
• Handel - Ombra mai fu ^{963) 964)}
• Puccini Nessun Dorma ⁹⁶⁵⁾ Hauser cello version⁹⁶⁶⁾

• J.S.Bach - Toccata and Fugue in Dmin - modern pop version by Aussie-UK band Sky in 1980 including John Williams ⁹⁶⁷⁾
• J.S.Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in Eb minor, BWV 853, WTC 1⁹⁶⁸⁾
• Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata LoLa & Hauser cover⁹⁶⁹⁾
• Beethoven - Violin Romance No 2
• Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata Adagio Cantabile⁹⁷⁰⁾
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824) includes the 4th movement Ode to joy flash mob version⁹⁷¹⁾
• Mozart Violin concerto No 3 adagio ⁹⁷²⁾
• Chopin - Nocturne In E Flat Op 9 No 2⁹⁷³⁾
• Carl Orff - Carmina burana⁹⁷⁴⁾
• Eric Satie - Gymnopedie No 1⁹⁷⁵⁾
• Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto Emin Op64 2nd Mvt Andante ⁹⁷⁶⁾
• Ravel - Bolero⁹⁷⁷⁾

• Ennio Morricone The Good, the Bad and the Ugly movie theme, yes, you should watch this iconic Clint Eastwood spaghetti western⁹⁷⁸⁾! Danish orchestra's take on it worth a listen! ⁹⁷⁹⁾
• Ennio Morricone Malena⁹⁸⁰⁾

• unfortunately you can't listen to these in random order or without ads unless you pay your premium subscription
• NB. Spotify adds crunchy digital artefacts that sound like old lo-res mp3 distortion and tend to sound more compressed, flat and lifeless - (lossless Apple Music does not do this)