Gary's favorite music through the decades

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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⁾
  • 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)
  • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
    • Zadok the Priest (1727) ³⁾ - coronation music
    • Ombra mai fu (1738) ^{4) 5)}
    • Messiah Hallelujah Chorus (1742)⁶⁾
    • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (1748) ⁷⁾

• “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 adagio⁸⁾ (1775)
    • Piano concerto No.20 ⁹⁾ (1785)
    • Piano Concerto No. 21 (Elvira Madigan)¹⁰⁾
    • Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330
    • Piano Sonata No. 11 - Rondo alla Turca (1785)
    • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Allegro)¹¹⁾ (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 ¹²⁾
    • 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) ^{13) 14)}
  • Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): String Quintet in E major 3rd mvt (Minuet)¹⁵⁾ (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 ¹⁶⁾ LoLa & Hauser cover;¹⁷⁾ played by Anastasia Huppmann; ¹⁸⁾
    • 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 ¹⁹⁾ (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)²⁰⁾
  • Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824) includes the 4th movement Ode to joy flash mob version²¹⁾
  • Für Elise ²²⁾ (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;²³⁾ cello/piano duet version;²⁴⁾
  • Sonata D.664 – I. Allegro moderato
• Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840) ended his concert career in 1834
  • La Campanella²⁵⁾
  • 24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op. 1 (1805-1809)²⁶⁾
  • 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 Dream²⁷⁾ (1826)
• operas:
  • Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - Overture from William Tell²⁸⁾ (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. 1²⁹⁾ (1832)
  • Nocturne In E Flat Op 9 No 2³⁰⁾ (1832)
  • Nocturne No 20 in C sharp minor³¹⁾ (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. 23³²⁾ (1835)
  • Nocturne in D♭ major, Op. 27 No. 2³³⁾ (1836)
  • Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4³⁴⁾ (1835-39) - used in many modern movies; cover by LoLa and Hauser³⁵⁾
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - op. 30, No. 6 from Songs without Words³⁶⁾ (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. 2³⁷⁾
    • 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 ³⁸⁾ (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 mvt3³⁹⁾ (1840), cello version⁴⁰⁾
    • Ballade No. 4, Op. 52⁴¹⁾ (1842)
    • Barcarolle, Op. 60 - played by Rubinstein in 1964 ⁴²⁾ (1846)
    • Nocturne in C♯ minor, Op. posth. B. 49⁴³⁾
    • Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor, Op. posth. 66⁴⁴⁾ - Alice Cooper used this theme in his 1976 I'm always chasing rainbows

• 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 major⁴⁵⁾ (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 Dream⁴⁶⁾ (1850); played by Rubinstein⁴⁷⁾
• 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 trovatore⁴⁸⁾ (1853)
  • Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): Galop Infernal (“Can-Can”) in Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)⁴⁹⁾ (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. 1⁵⁰⁾⁵¹⁾ (1866) - the richest and most seductive of the 4 great German violin concertos
  • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Wiegenlied (Brahm's Lullaby / Cradle Song)⁵²⁾ (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^{53) 54)} (1876)
• opera:
  • Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Ride of the Valkyries in Die Walküre⁵⁵⁾ (1851-1870) - used in the Viet war movie Apocalypse Now⁵⁶⁾ 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 ⁵⁷⁾ (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)⁵⁸⁾ (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 concerto⁵⁹⁾ (1878)
• American folk songs: Home on the Range (1873)

• instrumentals:
  • Max Bruch (1838-1920) Kol Nidre⁶⁰⁾
  • Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - Elegie in Cmin⁶¹⁾
  • Eric Satie (1866-1925) - Gymnopedie No 1⁶²⁾, Gnossienne No. 1
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - 1812 Overture⁶³⁾ (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 Rag⁶⁴⁾, Epic Duelling Piano Scene (HD) from the movie Scott Joplin (1977) - Maple Leaf Rag at 5.00 ⁶⁵⁾, The entertainer⁶⁶⁾
• orchestral:
  • Massenet (1842-1912) - Meditation from the opera Thais Hauser version⁶⁷⁾
  • 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. 104⁶⁸⁾ (1894)
  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), conducted by Leonard Bernstein⁶⁹⁾, Nocturnes (1897–1899)
• ballets:
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Waltz of the Flowers in The Nutcracker⁷⁰⁾, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker⁷¹⁾ (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'⁷²⁾ (1901) a fav of Poms at the BBC the Last Night of the Proms
  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Clair de lune in Suite bergamasque⁷³⁾ (1905)
• American songs:
  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon Tin Pan Alley/Ziegfeld Follies (1909)

• orchestral:
  • Edward Elgar(1857-1934) Cello Concerto⁷⁴⁾ (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 ⁷⁵⁾, What'll I Do? Linda Ronstadt 1983 cover⁷⁶⁾, Always cover by Ella Fitzgerald ⁷⁷⁾ cover by Patsy Cline⁷⁸⁾, Blue Skies, Puttin' On the Ritz
  • Dorothy Fields
  • pianist Fats Waller: Ain't Misbehavin'⁷⁹⁾ stride jazz / early swing song, Honeysuckle Rose⁸⁰⁾
• orchestral and operatic works:
  • Henri Puccini Nessun Dorma from the opera Turandot ⁸¹⁾ Hauser cello version⁸²⁾
  • Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Bolero⁸³⁾
• 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 friends⁸⁴⁾
• orchestral and operatic works:
  • Samuel Barber(1910-1981) - Adagio for strings Hauser version ⁸⁵⁾ orchestral version⁸⁶⁾
  • Carl Orff (1895-1982) - Carmina burana⁸⁷⁾
• 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 Rose⁸⁸⁾ 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 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 cry⁸⁹⁾
• 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)⁹⁰⁾ - 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
• 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 Goode⁹¹⁾, Maybellene, Sweet Little Sixteen, Roll Over Beethoven⁹²⁾
• Ritchie Valens - La Bamba⁹³⁾, Come on Let's Go⁹⁴⁾
• 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 shoes⁹⁵⁾
• Lewis - Great balls of fire
• Bobby Day - Rockin Robin
• Elvis Presley - Heartbreak hotel, Jailhouse rock, Return to sender
• Eddie Cochran - C’mon Everybody⁹⁶⁾
• Dale Hawkins - Susie Q⁹⁷⁾
• Wanda Jackson - Let’s Have A Party⁹⁸⁾
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On⁹⁹⁾

• Johnny Cash - I walk the line¹⁰⁰⁾, Ring of fire¹⁰¹⁾
• Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel¹⁰²⁾, Suspicious minds¹⁰³⁾, Always on my mind¹⁰⁴⁾
• Eddie Cochran - Summertime blues¹⁰⁵⁾
• Buddy Holly and the Crickets - It doesn't matter anymore¹⁰⁶⁾, Peggy Sue¹⁰⁷⁾, That'll be the day
• Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love¹⁰⁸⁾, All I have to do is dream¹⁰⁹⁾
  • Paul McCartney and John Lennon used the Everly Bros to work out how to harmonise each other
• Tammy Wynette - Stand by your man¹¹⁰⁾
• Willie Nelson - Always on my mind¹¹¹⁾
• Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz¹¹²⁾

• Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera¹¹³⁾
• Domenico Modugno - Volare¹¹⁴⁾
• Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa¹¹⁵⁾
• Bobby Darin - Dream Lover¹¹⁶⁾, Splish Splash¹¹⁷⁾
• Paul Anka - Diana (doo-wop) ¹¹⁸⁾
• Everly Brothers - Wake up little Susie¹¹⁹⁾
• Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby¹²⁰⁾
• The Shirelles - I Met Him On A Sunday¹²¹⁾
• Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking¹²²⁾
• Johnny Preston - Running Bear¹²³⁾
• 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 Pretender¹²⁴⁾, Only you (doo wop)¹²⁵⁾
• Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill¹²⁶⁾, I Wanna Walk You Home, Ain't it a shame

• Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Kind of blue¹²⁷⁾
• Art Blakey - Moanin¹²⁸⁾
• 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 Line¹²⁹⁾

• “Albinoni's” Adagio - cover by Hauser ¹³⁰⁾ - 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 Phrygia¹³¹⁾ (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
• 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 - 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 Rigby¹³²⁾, Strawberry fields forever¹³³⁾
• 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 Life¹³⁴⁾
• Beatles - The White Album
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps¹³⁵⁾, Back in the U.S.S.R.¹³⁶⁾, Revolution 1¹³⁷⁾, Revolution 9¹³⁸⁾, (Hey Jude not on album but as a single)
• Beatles - Abbey Road album
  • Come Together¹³⁹⁾, Something¹⁴⁰⁾, Oh! Darling¹⁴¹⁾, Octopus's Garden¹⁴²⁾, I Want You (She's So Heavy)¹⁴³⁾, Here Comes the Sun¹⁴⁴⁾, Because¹⁴⁵⁾
• Credence Clearwater Revival (US) - Proud Mary¹⁴⁶⁾, Have you ever seen the rain¹⁴⁷⁾, Bad Moon Rising¹⁴⁸⁾, I Put A Spell On You¹⁴⁹⁾, Heard it through the grapevine¹⁵⁰⁾
• The Doors (US): - Touch me¹⁵¹⁾, Riders of the storm¹⁵²⁾, Light My Fire¹⁵³⁾, The End¹⁵⁴⁾, Love Her Madly¹⁵⁵⁾
  • 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 Dominé¹⁵⁶⁾, The gnome¹⁵⁷⁾, See Emily play¹⁵⁸⁾ more pop style, Arnold Layne¹⁵⁹⁾ about a guy who steals knickers from clothes lines, Jugband blues¹⁶⁰⁾, Flaming¹⁶¹⁾, Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk ¹⁶²⁾, The scarecrow¹⁶³⁾, Bike¹⁶⁴⁾
  • 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^165)166) 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 Secrets¹⁶⁷⁾, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun¹⁶⁸⁾, If¹⁶⁹⁾, Fat Old Sun¹⁷⁰⁾,One of These Days¹⁷¹⁾,
    • Atom Heart Mother¹⁷²⁾ brilliant avant garde experimental music to do your head in - not for everyone but very different! see a 2016 Japanese cover version¹⁷³⁾, a 24 minute Japanese rock symphonic version¹⁷⁴⁾, or a 46 minute classical symphonic version¹⁷⁵⁾
• Procol Harum (UK) - A Whiter Shade of Pale ¹⁷⁶⁾, original: ¹⁷⁷⁾
  • 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 Girls¹⁷⁸⁾, Good Vibrations¹⁷⁹⁾, Surfin' U.S.A.¹⁸⁰⁾, Little Deuce Coupe¹⁸¹⁾, Fun, Fun, Fun¹⁸²⁾, I Get Around¹⁸³⁾, Barbara Ann¹⁸⁴⁾, Wouldn't It Be Nice¹⁸⁵⁾
• Wilson Pickett (US) - Mustang Sally¹⁸⁶⁾
• The Who (UK) - Pinball wizard¹⁸⁷⁾

• The Everly Brothers (US) - Love Hurts¹⁸⁸⁾, Ebony eyes¹⁸⁹⁾ a plane crash tear jerker
• The Rolling Stones (UK) - You Can't Always Get What You Want¹⁹⁰⁾, Time Is on My Side¹⁹¹⁾, It's All Over Now¹⁹²⁾, Heart of Stone¹⁹³⁾, As Tears Go By¹⁹⁴⁾, Lady Jane¹⁹⁵⁾
• Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons (US) - Sherry, Big girls don't cry¹⁹⁶⁾
• Del Shannon (US) Runaway
• Neil Sedaka (US) My calendar girl
• Dion Dimucci (US) Runaround Sue
• The Seekers (Aussie) - Georgy Girl¹⁹⁷⁾, Morning Town Ride¹⁹⁸⁾, The carnival is over¹⁹⁹⁾, A World of Our Own²⁰⁰⁾, California Dreaming²⁰¹⁾, Red Rubber Ball²⁰²⁾, The Last Thing on My Mind²⁰³⁾ - Melbournian country pop style band
• The Animals (UK) - The House of the Rising Sun²⁰⁴⁾, We have got to get out of this place²⁰⁵⁾
• Roy Orbison (US) - Only the Lonely²⁰⁶⁾, Ooby Dooby²⁰⁷⁾, Running Scared²⁰⁸⁾, In Dreams²⁰⁹⁾, Blue Bayou²¹⁰⁾, Oh, Pretty Woman²¹¹⁾
• Elvis Presley (US) - Wooden heart²¹²⁾
• The Hollywood Argyles (US) - Alley Oop²¹³⁾
• Bob Dylan (US) - Blowin' in the Wind²¹⁴⁾, A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall²¹⁵⁾, The Times They Are a-Changin'²¹⁶⁾, Mr. Tambourine Man²¹⁷⁾, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue²¹⁸⁾, Lay Lady Lay²¹⁹⁾
• Leonard Cohen (Can) - Suzanne²²⁰⁾, Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye²²¹⁾
• Janis Joplin (US) - Come On Take Another Piece Of My Heart²²²⁾, Ball and chain²²³⁾ - another singer who died aged 27yrs
• The Byrds (US) - Mr Tambourine Man²²⁴⁾
• Otis Redding (US) - (Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay²²⁵⁾, I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Is Gone
• Ralph McTell (UK) - Streets of London²²⁶⁾
• Righteous Brothers (US) - Unchained Melody²²⁷⁾
• Scott McKenzie (US) - San Francisco²²⁸⁾ a tribute to the hippy, free love and gay scene of San Fran in the late 1960s
• The Easybeats (Aussie) - She's so fine²²⁹⁾, Friday on my mind²³⁰⁾
• The Flying Circus (Can) - La La²³¹⁾
• The Monkees (US) - Daydream believer²³²⁾
• The Turtles (US) - Happy Together²³³⁾
• The Moody Blues (UK) - Nights in white satin²³⁴⁾
• The Supremes (US) - You Just Keep Me Hanging On²³⁵⁾
• The Ronettes (US) - Be my baby now²³⁶⁾
• The Shirelles (US) - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?²³⁷⁾
• The Shangri-Las (US) - Leader of the Pack²³⁸⁾
• Jefferson Airplane (US) - at Woodstock: Somebody To Love²³⁹⁾, White rabbit²⁴⁰⁾,²⁴¹⁾ - the iconic LSD / Alice in Wonderland song
• Mary Hopkin (Welsh) - Those Were The Days²⁴²⁾
• Marianne Faithfull (UK) - As Tears Go By²⁴³⁾, Sister Morphine²⁴⁴⁾ - heroin addict in hospital waiting for her next hit
• Crosby, Stills & Nash (US) - Suite Judy Blue Eyes²⁴⁵⁾
• The Zombies (UK) - She's Not There²⁴⁶⁾, Summertime²⁴⁷⁾
• The Kinks (UK) - You really got me²⁴⁸⁾
• Led Zeppelin (UK) - Whole Lotta Love²⁴⁹⁾ Dazed and confused²⁵⁰⁾, Thank you²⁵¹⁾, What Is and What Should Never Be²⁵²⁾
• Steppenwolf (Can) - Born to be wild²⁵³⁾
• Cream (UK) - White room²⁵⁴⁾, Sunshine Of Your Love²⁵⁵⁾
• 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)²⁵⁶⁾ (1961 - adapted from a 1939 South African song Mbube) A Cappella Cover by Anne Reburn²⁵⁷⁾
• The Shadows (US) - Apache²⁵⁸⁾ - instrumental - presumably inspired Ennio Morricone and his spaghetti western movie themes
• Bert Kaempfert composer and had his horn dominant orchestra - A swinging safari²⁵⁹⁾ a catchy instrumental heavily influenced by South African kwela style music; composed many others such as Strangers in the night and Wooden heart
• 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
• 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) ²⁶⁰⁾
  • 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^261)262) cover by Sina et al 2022²⁶³⁾ cover by Aurum Prisma²⁶⁴⁾, Breathe (In the Air)²⁶⁵⁾ Moby cover²⁶⁶⁾, Us and Them²⁶⁷⁾, Brain Damage²⁶⁸⁾ live cover by Sina et al 2026²⁶⁹⁾, Money²⁷⁰⁾, On the run^271)272) - 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
  • 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” ²⁷³⁾
• Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here album
  • a great chill out album
  • Wish you were here ²⁷⁴⁾ Moby cover²⁷⁵⁾ Sina et al jamming 2023²⁷⁶⁾
  • Shine on you Crazy Diamond ²⁷⁷⁾
    • 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 machine²⁷⁸⁾
• 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 remix is probably the best version as it opens up the sound allowing you to better hear each of the instrumental components
• 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 ²⁷⁹⁾ - 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: ²⁸⁰⁾
  • 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 ²⁸¹⁾
  • Hey you ²⁸²⁾ live RPWL & Freising Symphonieorchester cover²⁸³⁾,
  • Is there anybody out there²⁸⁴⁾, Nobody home²⁸⁵⁾ - the struggles of loneliness when you have created a barrier around you
  • Comfortably Numb ²⁸⁶⁾ - includes one of the greatest guitar solos - for those who need to chill out camping; Covers: Fleesh version²⁸⁷⁾, Miley Cyrus version²⁸⁸⁾, Sons of Apollo version live with The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony ²⁸⁹⁾; check out how this song evolved²⁹⁰⁾
  • 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 Geldof²⁹¹⁾ , Run Like Hell²⁹²⁾
  • 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 Rhapsody²⁹³⁾
    • 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 Life²⁹⁴⁾, I'm in Love with My Car²⁹⁵⁾, You're My Best Friend²⁹⁶⁾, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon²⁹⁷⁾
• Queen - A Day At The Races album
  • Tie Your Mother Down²⁹⁸⁾, You Take My Breath Away²⁹⁹⁾, Somebody to Love³⁰⁰⁾, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy³⁰¹⁾
• Queen - News of the world album
  • We Will Rock You³⁰²⁾, We Are the Champions³⁰³⁾, All Dead, All Dead³⁰⁴⁾ Brian's tribute to his beloved cat, It's Late³⁰⁵⁾, My Melancholy Blues³⁰⁶⁾
• Queen - Jazz album - Fat Bottomed Girls³⁰⁷⁾, Don't Stop Me Now³⁰⁸⁾
• Wings (UK) - Band on the Run³⁰⁹⁾, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey³¹⁰⁾, My Love³¹¹⁾, With a Little Luck³¹²⁾, Maybe I’m Amazed³¹³⁾
• John Lennon (UK) - Imagine³¹⁴⁾, Jealous Guy³¹⁵⁾, Watching the Wheels³¹⁶⁾
• Blondie (new wave US) - Dreaming³¹⁷⁾, Heart of Glass³¹⁸⁾, Union City Blues³¹⁹⁾, Rapture³²⁰⁾, Picture this ³²¹⁾, Hanging on the telephone³²²⁾, Shayla³²³⁾, In the flesh³²⁴⁾, (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear³²⁵⁾
• Eagles (US) - Hotel California album
  • Hotel California³²⁶⁾, Wasted Time³²⁷⁾, Pretty Maids all in a row³²⁸⁾
• Eagles - Take it Easy³²⁹⁾, Tequila Sunrise³³⁰⁾, Best of my love³³¹⁾, One of these nights³³²⁾, Sad cafe³³³⁾, Lying eyes³³⁴⁾
• Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams album Blue Bayou³³⁵⁾, Desperado³³⁶⁾, I never will marry³³⁷⁾, Tumblin' dice³³⁸⁾, Tracks of my tears³³⁹⁾
• Fleetwood Mac (UK-US) - Rumours album - Dreams³⁴⁰⁾, Sara³⁴¹⁾, Go your own way, Rhiannon³⁴²⁾, Sweet Little Lies, Gypsy³⁴³⁾, Don't stop³⁴⁴⁾, Tusk³⁴⁵⁾
• Abba (Swedish) - Abba Gold album
  • Mamma Mia³⁴⁶⁾, SOS³⁴⁷⁾, Dancing Queen³⁴⁸⁾, Knowing me, knowing you³⁴⁹⁾, Chiquitita³⁵⁰⁾, Take a chance on me³⁵¹⁾, Money, money, money³⁵²⁾, Does your mother know³⁵³⁾, Super Trouper³⁵⁴⁾, Waterloo³⁵⁵⁾, Voulez vous³⁵⁶⁾, 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 hell³⁵⁷⁾, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)³⁵⁸⁾, Heaven Can Wait, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad³⁵⁹⁾, Paradise by the Dashboard Light³⁶⁰⁾, For crying out loud³⁶¹⁾, I'm gonna love her for both of us³⁶²⁾
• Bruce Springsteen (US) - Born to Run³⁶³⁾, Thunder Road³⁶⁴⁾
• Led Zeppelin (UK) - Stairway to Heaven³⁶⁵⁾ one of the greatest rock guitar solos made, Black Dog³⁶⁶⁾, Kashmir³⁶⁷⁾, Immigrant song³⁶⁸⁾, Rock and Roll³⁶⁹⁾
• 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 down³⁷⁰⁾, Confusion³⁷¹⁾, Last Train to London³⁷²⁾, Rockaria³⁷³⁾, Shine a Little Love³⁷⁴⁾, Need her love³⁷⁵⁾
  • A new world record album
    • Tightrope, Telephone line, Mission, a world record, So fine, Living thing³⁷⁶⁾, Above the clouds, Do ya, Shangri-La
  • Evil woman³⁷⁷⁾, Can't get it out of my head³⁷⁸⁾, Mr Blue Sky³⁷⁹⁾
• Dire Straits (UK) - Sultans of swing³⁸⁰⁾,
• 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 long³⁸¹⁾, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap³⁸²⁾, For those about to rock³⁸³⁾, Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution³⁸⁴⁾, Thunderstruck³⁸⁵⁾, TNT³⁸⁶⁾, Highway to hell³⁸⁷⁾, Hell's bells³⁸⁸⁾, Let there be rock³⁸⁹⁾, Jailbreak³⁹⁰⁾
• Jackson Brown (US) - The Load Out - Stay³⁹¹⁾
• Stevie Nicks (US) - You Can Go Your Own Way³⁹²⁾
• Bonnie Tyler (Welsh) - It's A Heartache³⁹³⁾
• Suzi Quattro (US) - Stumblin in³⁹⁴⁾, 1977: Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me)³⁹⁵⁾, The Wild One³⁹⁶⁾, If You Can't Give Me Love³⁹⁷⁾, She's in Love with You, 48 Crash³⁹⁸⁾, Can the Can³⁹⁹⁾, Devilgate Drive⁴⁰⁰⁾, Rock hard⁴⁰¹⁾
• Nazareth (Scot)- Love Hurts⁴⁰²⁾
• Van Morrison (Irish) - Brown Eyed Girl^403)404)
• Billy Joel (US) - She's always a woman to me⁴⁰⁵⁾, Honesty⁴⁰⁶⁾, It's still rock and roll to me⁴⁰⁷⁾, Piano man⁴⁰⁸⁾
• ZZ Top (US) - Legs⁴⁰⁹⁾, Gimme all your lovin'⁴¹⁰⁾, Sharp dressed man⁴¹¹⁾
• Shocking Blue (Dutch) - Venus⁴¹²⁾
• Blue Brothers movie soundtrack - Gimme Some Lovin'⁴¹³⁾, Shake a Tail Feather⁴¹⁴⁾, Theme from Rawhide⁴¹⁵⁾
• Rocky Horror Show movie album soundtrack - Time Warp⁴¹⁶⁾ (iconic dance track)
  • check out the Charismatic Voice watching the full movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0IeQk_JIHg
• Grease movie album soundtrack - Grease⁴¹⁷⁾, Summer Nights⁴¹⁸⁾, Hopelessly devoted to you⁴¹⁹⁾,You're the One That I Want⁴²⁰⁾, Sandy⁴²¹⁾, Greased Lightnin'⁴²²⁾

• Simon and Garfunkle (US) - Bridge Over Troubled Water⁴²³⁾ album - Sounds of Silence⁴²⁴⁾
• Smokie (UK) - Living next door to Alice⁴²⁵⁾, Belinda, Lay back in the arms of someone⁴²⁶⁾, Don't play your rock n roll to me⁴²⁷⁾, Needles and pins⁴²⁸⁾
• Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (UK) - 1975: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)⁴²⁹⁾
• Roy Orbison (US) - Penny Arcade⁴³⁰⁾
• Neil Diamond (US) - Sweet Caroline⁴³¹⁾, Cracklin' Rosie⁴³²⁾
• Air Supply (Aussie) - All Out Of Love⁴³³⁾, Lost in Love⁴³⁴⁾
• Elton John (UK) - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road⁴³⁵⁾, Candle in the wind⁴³⁶⁾, Crocodile Rock⁴³⁷⁾, Don't go breaking my heart⁴³⁸⁾
• Supertramp (UK) - Dreamer⁴³⁹⁾, The Logical Song⁴⁴⁰⁾, Breakfast in America⁴⁴¹⁾, Long way home⁴⁴²⁾, Give a little bit
• Kate Bush (UK) - Babushka⁴⁴³⁾, Wuthering Heights⁴⁴⁴⁾
• Rod Stewart (UK) - Maggie Mae⁴⁴⁵⁾, Hot legs⁴⁴⁶⁾, Da ya think I'm sexy⁴⁴⁷⁾
• Neil Young (US) - Cinnamon Girl⁴⁴⁸⁾, Helpless⁴⁴⁹⁾, Old man⁴⁵⁰⁾, Heart of gold⁴⁵¹⁾
• Lynyrd Skynyrd (US) Sweet Home Alabama, Free bird⁴⁵²⁾ - several were killed in a plane crash in 1977
• Bad Company (UK) Burnin' sky⁴⁵³⁾
• Crosby, Stills and Nash (US) Teach your Children⁴⁵⁴⁾
• The Kinks (UK) - Lola⁴⁵⁵⁾
• Nico and The Velvet Underground (US) - Femme fatale⁴⁵⁶⁾, Sunday morning⁴⁵⁷⁾, I'll Be Your Mirror⁴⁵⁸⁾, Sweet Jane ⁴⁵⁹⁾
• 10cc (UK) - I’m Not in Love⁴⁶⁰⁾
• Lou Reed (US) - Walk on the Wild Side⁴⁶¹⁾
• Dolly Parton (US) - Jolene⁴⁶²⁾
• Emmylou Harris (US) - Tulsa Queen⁴⁶³⁾
• David Bowie (UK) - Heroes⁴⁶⁴⁾, Space Oddity⁴⁶⁵⁾, Life on Mars⁴⁶⁶⁾, Ziggy stardust⁴⁶⁷⁾, Starman⁴⁶⁸⁾, Changes⁴⁶⁹⁾
• Donna Summer (US) - disco queen - Hot stuff⁴⁷⁰⁾, I Feel Love⁴⁷¹⁾, MacArthur Park ⁴⁷²⁾
• Yusuf / Cat Stevens (UK) - Cats in the cradle⁴⁷³⁾, Where do the children play⁴⁷⁴⁾, Sad Lisa⁴⁷⁵⁾, Father and son⁴⁷⁶⁾, Lady D'Arbanville ⁴⁷⁷⁾
• Don McLean (US) - American Pie⁴⁷⁸⁾, Vincent⁴⁷⁹⁾
• The Rolling Stones (UK) - I can't get no satisfaction⁴⁸⁰⁾, Angie⁴⁸¹⁾, Brown sugar⁴⁸²⁾
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band (UK) - Blinded by the Light⁴⁸³⁾
• Bee Gees (Uk-Aussie) - disco - Tragedy⁴⁸⁴⁾, Stayin’ Alive⁴⁸⁵⁾, Night fever⁴⁸⁶⁾, How Deep Is Your Love⁴⁸⁷⁾, Jive talkin'⁴⁸⁸⁾
• Eric Clapton and Derek and the Dominos (UK) - Eric was infatuated with his friend George Harrison's wife and wrote this song: Layla⁴⁸⁹⁾
• Deep Purple (UK) – Smoke on the Water⁴⁹⁰⁾, Child in time⁴⁹¹⁾
• The Sweet (UK) – The Ballroom Blitz⁴⁹²⁾, Fox on the run⁴⁹³⁾
• Daddy Cool (Aussie) - Eagle Rock⁴⁹⁴⁾, Come back again⁴⁹⁵⁾
• Umberto Tozzi (Italy) - Gloria⁴⁹⁶⁾
• Hot Chocolate (UK soul) - You Sexy Thing⁴⁹⁷⁾
• Dragon (NZ) - April Sun in Cuba⁴⁹⁸⁾, Are You Old Enough?⁴⁹⁹⁾
• Split Enz (NZ new wave) - I Got You⁵⁰⁰⁾, I hope I never⁵⁰¹⁾
• The Runaways (US) - Cherry Bomb⁵⁰²⁾, School Days⁵⁰³⁾
• Terry Jacks (Can) - Seasons In The Sun⁵⁰⁴⁾
• The Boomtown Rats (Bob Geldof) (UK) - I don't like Mondays⁵⁰⁵⁾
• The Knack (US) - My Sharona⁵⁰⁶⁾
• The Romantics (US) - What I Like About You⁵⁰⁷⁾
• T.Rex (UK) - Children Of The Revolution⁵⁰⁸⁾, Bang a gong Get it on^509)510)
• Alvin Stardust (UK) - My Coo Ca Choo ⁵¹¹⁾
• Iggy Pop (US) - The Passenger⁵¹²⁾
• Ram Jam (US) - Black Betty⁵¹³⁾
• The Buggles (UK) - Video Killed The Radio Star⁵¹⁴⁾
• The Village People (US disco) - Y.M.C.A⁵¹⁵⁾
• Squeeze (UK) - Cool For Cats⁵¹⁶⁾
• Promises (Can) - Baby it's you⁵¹⁷⁾
• Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street⁵¹⁸⁾
• Cheap Trick (US) - Dream Police⁵¹⁹⁾
• Status Quo (UK) - head banging music - Whatever You Want⁵²⁰⁾, Down, down⁵²¹⁾, Rockin all over the world⁵²²⁾, The wanderer⁵²³⁾
• Black Sabbath (UK) - Paranoid⁵²⁴⁾
• Thin Lizzy (Irish) - The boys are back in town⁵²⁵⁾, Whiskey in the Jar ⁵²⁶⁾
• Skyhooks (Aussie) - Horror movie⁵²⁷⁾, Ego is not a dirty word⁵²⁸⁾, 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 Tapestry⁵²⁹⁾ (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 Juliet⁵³⁰⁾, Tunnel of love⁵³¹⁾, Expresso Love
• Bruce Springsteen (US) - Tougher Than the Rest⁵³²⁾, Glory days⁵³³⁾
• Bryan Adams (US) - Summer of 69⁵³⁴⁾
• Blondie (US new wave) - Atomic⁵³⁵⁾, Call Me ⁵³⁶⁾ extended version: ⁵³⁷⁾, Island Of Lost Souls⁵³⁸⁾
• Robert Palmer (UK) - Simply Irresistible⁵³⁹⁾, Addicted to Love⁵⁴⁰⁾
• Irene Cara (US) - Flashdance (What a Feeling)⁵⁴¹⁾ - Flashdance movie
• Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (US) - (I've Had the) Time of My Life⁵⁴²⁾ - Dirty Dancing movie
• Patrick Swayze (US) - She's Like the Wind⁵⁴³⁾ - Dirty Dancing movie
• The Bangles (US) - Manic Monday⁵⁴⁴⁾, Eternal Flame⁵⁴⁵⁾
• ELO (UK) - Time album The Way Life's Meant to Be, Hold On Tight⁵⁴⁶⁾, Twilight
• Don Henley (US) - Boys of Summer⁵⁴⁷⁾
• Fleetwood Mac (US) - Gypsy⁵⁴⁸⁾
• Queen (UK) - I want it All⁵⁴⁹⁾, Radio Ga Ga⁵⁵⁰⁾, Its a Hard LIfe⁵⁵¹⁾, Who wants to live forever⁵⁵²⁾, I Want to Break Free⁵⁵³⁾, Another one bites the dust⁵⁵⁴⁾
• Queen And David Bowie (UK) - Under Pressure⁵⁵⁵⁾
• Bonnie Tyler (Welsh) - Total Eclipse of the Heart^556)557), Holding out for a hero⁵⁵⁸⁾, Have you ever seen the rain⁵⁵⁹⁾
• Soft Cell (UK) - Tainted Love⁵⁶⁰⁾
• Joe Cocker (UK) - You can leave your hat on⁵⁶¹⁾ - 9 1/2 weeks movie
• Kylie Minogue (Aussie) - Locomotion ⁵⁶²⁾
• Divinyls (Aussie) - Pleasure and Pain⁵⁶³⁾, Boys in Town⁵⁶⁴⁾, Only Lonely⁵⁶⁵⁾
• Alannah Myles (US) - Black Velvet⁵⁶⁶⁾
• Cheap Trick (US) - Don't Be Cruel⁵⁶⁷⁾
• Travelling Wilberrys (UK-US) - Handle with care ⁵⁶⁸⁾, End of the line⁵⁶⁹⁾
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (US) - I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll⁵⁷⁰⁾, Crimson And Clover ⁵⁷¹⁾, Dirty Deeds ⁵⁷²⁾, Have you ever seen the rain⁵⁷³⁾, Love hurts⁵⁷⁴⁾

• Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down⁵⁷⁵⁾ Fleesh version⁵⁷⁶⁾
• Australian Crawl (Aussie) - Reckless⁵⁷⁷⁾, The boys light up⁵⁷⁸⁾, Downhearted⁵⁷⁹⁾, Beautiful people⁵⁸⁰⁾
• Goanna (Aussie) - Solid rock⁵⁸¹⁾
• Dire Straits (UK):
  • Love over gold album: Telegraph road⁵⁸²⁾, Industrial disease, Love over gold, It never rains
  • Brothers in arms⁵⁸³⁾ album: So far away, Money for nothing⁵⁸⁴⁾, Walk of life
• Kim Carnes (US) - Bette Davis Eyes⁵⁸⁵⁾
• Roxette (Swedish) - It must have been love⁵⁸⁶⁾, Dangerous⁵⁸⁷⁾, Listen to Your Heart⁵⁸⁸⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Aussie) - The Mercy Seat
• Pink Floyd (UK) - Learning to Fly⁵⁸⁹⁾, Sorrow⁵⁹⁰⁾
• Supertramp (UK) - It's raining again
• Cold Chisel (Aussie) - Khe Sanh⁵⁹¹⁾, Choir girl⁵⁹²⁾, Working class man⁵⁹³⁾, When the war is over⁵⁹⁴⁾, Forever now⁵⁹⁵⁾
• Dragon (NZ) - Rain⁵⁹⁶⁾
• Madonna?
• Men At Work (Aussie) - Down Under⁵⁹⁷⁾
• AC/DC (Aussie) - Back in Black album
• Eurythmics (UK) - Sweet Dreams⁵⁹⁸⁾
• Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty (US) - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around⁵⁹⁹⁾
• Martha And The Muffins (Can) - Echo Beach ⁶⁰⁰⁾
• Katrina & The Waves (UK-US) - Walking On Sunshine⁶⁰¹⁾
• Cyndi Lauper (US) - Girls Just Want To Have Fun⁶⁰²⁾
• The Police (UK) - Every Breath You Take⁶⁰³⁾, Roxanne⁶⁰⁴⁾
• Guns N’ Roses (US) - Sweet Child O’ Mine⁶⁰⁵⁾, Welcome to the jungle⁶⁰⁶⁾
• Bon Jovi (US) - Livin’ On A Prayer⁶⁰⁷⁾
• Michael Jackson (US) - Thriller⁶⁰⁸⁾, Billie Jean⁶⁰⁹⁾
• Heart (US) - Alone⁶¹⁰⁾
• Roxy Music (UK) - More than This
• The Cars (US) - Drive⁶¹¹⁾, Shake It Up⁶¹²⁾, You Might Think⁶¹³⁾
• 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 Me⁶¹⁴⁾
• 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) - Africa⁶¹⁵⁾
• Nena (German) - 99 Luftballons
• INXS (Aussie) - Never Tear Us Apart⁶¹⁶⁾
• Dexys Midnight Runners (UK) - Come On Eileen⁶¹⁷⁾
• The Proclaimers (Scot) - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)⁶¹⁸⁾
• Laura Branigan (US) - Gloria⁶¹⁹⁾
• Billy Idol (UK) - White Wedding
• Bananarama (UK) - Venus⁶²⁰⁾
• Samantha Fox (UK) - Touch me⁶²¹⁾
• Pat Benatar (US) - Love Is A Battlefield ⁶²²⁾
• Cher (US) - If I Could Turn Back Time
• Toni Basil (US new wave bubblegum glam pop) - Mickey⁶²³⁾
• Alice Cooper (US) - Poison⁶²⁴⁾
• The B-52s (US) - Love shack⁶²⁵⁾, Roam⁶²⁶⁾
• Sade (Nigerian-UK) - Smooth Operator
• Duran Duran (UK) - Hungry Like the Wolf⁶²⁷⁾, Girls on film⁶²⁸⁾
• Dave Stewart (UK) - Lily was here (instrumental)
• Dolly Parton (US) - 9 to 5
• Belinda Carlisle (US) - Leave A Light On⁶²⁹⁾
• Bobby McFerrin (US) - Don't Worry, Be Happy
• Culture Club (UK) - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
• Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters
• Icehouse (Aussie) - Great Southern Land⁶³⁰⁾, Electric blue⁶³¹⁾
• Berlin - Take My Breath Away⁶³²⁾ from Topgun movie
• Juice Newton (US) - Angel of the morning⁶³³⁾, Queen Of Hearts⁶³⁴⁾
• Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On⁶³⁵⁾
• Pet Shop Boys - Go West
• REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
• Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy⁶³⁶⁾
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone⁶³⁷⁾
• Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child ⁶³⁸⁾
• The Cure - Friday I'm In Love⁶³⁹⁾, Lullaby⁶⁴⁰⁾, Just Like Heaven⁶⁴¹⁾
• Choir Boys - Run to paradise⁶⁴²⁾
• Femme Fatale - Falling In & Out Of Love⁶⁴³⁾
• Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly⁶⁴⁴⁾, Falling in and out of Love⁶⁴⁵⁾, Shot of Poison⁶⁴⁶⁾
• Steve Earle - Copperhead Road⁶⁴⁷⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - Truth, Bitter Truth⁶⁴⁸⁾, So sad⁶⁴⁹⁾ - regrets of her lost youth wasted on heroin addiction
• Leonard Cohen (Can) - Hallelujah⁶⁵⁰⁾, Dance Me to the End of Love⁶⁵¹⁾
• The Cure (UK) - A Forest⁶⁵²⁾, Boy's don't cry⁶⁵³⁾, Lullaby⁶⁵⁴⁾, Lovesong⁶⁵⁵⁾, Pictures of You⁶⁵⁶⁾, Just like heaven⁶⁵⁷⁾

• 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 ⁶⁵⁸⁾ - 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 ⁶⁵⁹⁾, Sacrifice⁶⁶⁰⁾
• Elton John (UK) - Two Rooms album of various artists covering his songs
• Radiohead (UK art rock) - Creep⁶⁶¹⁾, No Surprises⁶⁶²⁾ (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 Trees⁶⁶³⁾, Lucky⁶⁶⁴⁾, Last flowers to the hospital⁶⁶⁵⁾
• The Cranberries (Irish) - Zombie⁶⁶⁶⁾ - the traumas of northern Ireland and the IRA warfare, Dreams⁶⁶⁷⁾, Linger⁶⁶⁸⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Aussie) - The Ship Song⁶⁶⁹⁾, Do You Love Me?⁶⁷⁰⁾, Nobody's Baby Now⁶⁷¹⁾, Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore⁶⁷²⁾, Into My Arms⁶⁷³⁾, Henry Lee⁶⁷⁴⁾, The Weeping Song⁶⁷⁵⁾
• Queen (UK) - Made in Heaven album - created while Freddie Mercury was dying of AIDS - his last album
  • I was born to love you⁶⁷⁶⁾, A Winters tale⁶⁷⁷⁾, It's a beautiful day⁶⁷⁸⁾, Too much love will kill you⁶⁷⁹⁾
• Guns n Roses (US) - November Rain⁶⁸⁰⁾
• R.E.M. (US) - Everybody Hurts⁶⁸¹⁾ live⁶⁸²⁾, Shiny happy people⁶⁸³⁾
• Transvision Vamp (UK pop) - Baby I don't care⁶⁸⁴⁾, Revolution Baby ⁶⁸⁵⁾, I want your love ⁶⁸⁶⁾, Song To The Stars⁶⁸⁷⁾, Landslide of Love⁶⁸⁸⁾
• Scorpions (German) - Winds of Change⁶⁸⁹⁾
• Sheryl Crow (US) - If It Makes You Happy⁶⁹⁰⁾, All I Wanna Do ⁶⁹¹⁾, Soak Up The Sun⁶⁹²⁾, Strong enough⁶⁹³⁾
• Alannah Myles (Canada) - Black Velvet⁶⁹⁴⁾
• No Doubt (US) - Don't Speak⁶⁹⁵⁾
• Natalie Imbruglia (Aussie) - Torn⁶⁹⁶⁾
• George Michael (UK) - Freedom 90⁶⁹⁷⁾
• Divinyls (Aussie) - I Touch Myself⁶⁹⁸⁾
• Annie Lennox (Scottish) - Why⁶⁹⁹⁾

• Meatloaf (US) - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)⁷⁰⁰⁾
• Bryan Adams (Canada) - Everything I do..⁷⁰¹⁾ Bryan Adams & Mel C - When You're Gone⁷⁰²⁾
• Bon Jovi (US hard rock) - It's my life, Livin' on a prayer, Bed of roses, Blaze of glory
• Midnight Oil (Aussie) - Blue sky mine⁷⁰³⁾, King of the mountain⁷⁰⁴⁾
• Guns n Roses (US hard rock) - Don't cry⁷⁰⁵⁾
• R.E.M. (US) - Losing my religion⁷⁰⁶⁾, Man on the moon⁷⁰⁷⁾
• Aerosmith (US rock) - I don't want to miss a thing⁷⁰⁸⁾
• Metallica (US heavy metal) - Nothing else matters⁷⁰⁹⁾, The unforgiven⁷¹⁰⁾
• Shania Twain (US) - That Don't Impress Me Much⁷¹¹⁾, You're Still the One⁷¹²⁾, Man! I Feel Like a Woman!⁷¹³⁾, Come On Over⁷¹⁴⁾
• Alanis Morissette (Canada) - Ironic⁷¹⁵⁾, Hand in My Pocket⁷¹⁶⁾, Thank U⁷¹⁷⁾
• Eric Clapton (UK) - Tears in Heaven⁷¹⁸⁾ written after his 4 year old son died after falling from the 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment
• Concrete Blonde (US) - Joey⁷¹⁹⁾
• LeAnn Rimes (US) - How Do I Live⁷²⁰⁾
• Tal Bachman (Canada) - Shes So High⁷²¹⁾
• Roxette (Sweden) - Joyride⁷²²⁾
• The Offspring (US) - Pretty fly (for a white guy)⁷²³⁾
• The Verve (UK) - Bitter Sweet Symphony⁷²⁴⁾
• Oasis (UK) - Wonderwall⁷²⁵⁾, Don't look back in anger⁷²⁶⁾, Stand by me⁷²⁷⁾, Stop crying your heart out ⁷²⁸⁾, Champagne Supernova⁷²⁹⁾
• Unique II (Austria) - Break My Stride⁷³⁰⁾
• Garbage (US) - Stupid Girl⁷³¹⁾
• Wilson Phillips (US) - Hold On⁷³²⁾
• Robbie Williams (UK) - Feel⁷³³⁾, Better man⁷³⁴⁾
• Pink Floyd (UK) - Coming Back to Life⁷³⁵⁾, High hopes⁷³⁶⁾
• Portishead (UK alt/indie) - Roads ⁷³⁷⁾
• Melissa Etheridge (US) - I Want To Come Over⁷³⁸⁾
• Bachelor Girl (Aussie pop) - Buses and Trains⁷³⁹⁾
• Matchbox 20 (US rock) - Push⁷⁴⁰⁾
• Hunters & Collectors (Aussie) - Holy grail⁷⁴¹⁾, Do you see what i see⁷⁴²⁾
• grunge:
  • Hole (US - Courtney Love - Kurt Cobain's wife, and Melissa Auf Der Maur) - Softer Softest⁷⁴³⁾, Celebrity skin⁷⁴⁴⁾
  • Soundgarden (US) - Black Hole Sun⁷⁴⁵⁾
  • Nirvana (US) - Smells like teen spirit⁷⁴⁶⁾, the famous unplugged semi-acoustic session for MTV in 1993⁷⁴⁷⁾ - 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 life⁷⁴⁸⁾
• Extreme (US prog metal) - More than words⁷⁴⁹⁾
• Vonda Shepard (US pop) - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)⁷⁵⁰⁾, Searchin' My Soul⁷⁵¹⁾, Neighborhood⁷⁵²⁾ - songs from the TV series Ally McBeal
• Crash Test Dummies (Canada alt rock) - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm⁷⁵³⁾
• Marianne Faithfull (UK) - Don't forget me⁷⁵⁴⁾
• Alison Krauss (US bluegrass) - When You Say Nothing At All⁷⁵⁵⁾
• Trisha Yearwood (US country) - She's In Love With The Boy⁷⁵⁶⁾, Walkaway Joe⁷⁵⁷⁾
• Meredith Brooks (US pop) - Bitch⁷⁵⁸⁾
• Bonnie Raitt (US R&B/soul/blues/folk) - I Can't Make You Love Me⁷⁵⁹⁾
• Yothu Yindi (Aussie indigenous) - Treaty ⁷⁶⁰⁾, Djapana⁷⁶¹⁾
• Leonard Cohen (Can) - In my secret life⁷⁶²⁾
• The Cure (UK) - This Twilight Garden⁷⁶³⁾, Burn⁷⁶⁴⁾, Friday I'm in Love⁷⁶⁵⁾

• 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 - Tubthumping⁷⁶⁶⁾
• Hanson - Mmmbop
• Jeff Buckley - Hallelulah⁷⁶⁷⁾
• 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)⁷⁶⁸⁾, The sign⁷⁶⁹⁾
• Moloko - Sing It Back ⁷⁷⁰⁾

• 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 Hurt⁷⁷¹⁾
• Radiohead Everything in Its Right Place⁷⁷²⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds As I Sat Sadly by Her Side⁷⁷³⁾
• P!nk, Get The Party Started⁷⁷⁴⁾, Just like a pill⁷⁷⁵⁾
• Coldplay, Yellow⁷⁷⁶⁾, Clocks⁷⁷⁷⁾, Viva La Vida⁷⁷⁸⁾
• Wheatus Teenage dirtbag⁷⁷⁹⁾
• Avril Lavigne Sk8er boi⁷⁸⁰⁾, Complicated⁷⁸¹⁾
• Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris: - Why worry⁷⁸²⁾, Romeo and Juliet, So far away⁷⁸³⁾, If This Is Goodbye⁷⁸⁴⁾
• Muse Submassive black hole⁷⁸⁵⁾
• Evanescence My Immortal⁷⁸⁶⁾

• Killing Heidi (Aussie) - Weir⁷⁸⁷⁾, Mascara⁷⁸⁸⁾
• Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ⁷⁸⁹⁾
• Linkin Park Numb⁷⁹⁰⁾
• Britney Spears Toxic⁷⁹¹⁾, Baby one more time⁷⁹²⁾, Oops! I did it again⁷⁹³⁾, Piece of me⁷⁹⁴⁾
• Alicia Keys, Fallin⁷⁹⁵⁾
• Jet Are You Gonna Be My Girl⁷⁹⁶⁾
• Christina Aguilera Beautiful⁷⁹⁷⁾
• Kylie Minogue, Spinning around⁷⁹⁸⁾, Can’t Get You Out of My Head⁷⁹⁹⁾
• James Blunt You're Beautiful⁸⁰⁰⁾
• Shakira Whenever, wherever⁸⁰¹⁾
• Train: Drops of Jupiter⁸⁰²⁾
• Nelly Furtado: I'm Like a Bird⁸⁰³⁾
• Eiffel 65: Blue (Da Ba Dee)⁸⁰⁴⁾
• Moloko - The Time Is Now⁸⁰⁵⁾, Sing it back⁸⁰⁶⁾
• The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia⁸⁰⁷⁾ from Coyote Ugly
• Blink 182 Adam's Song⁸⁰⁸⁾
• Powderfinger My kinda scene⁸⁰⁹⁾, These days⁸¹⁰⁾
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Zephyr Song⁸¹¹⁾
• Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All⁸¹²⁾
• Vanessa Amorosi Shine⁸¹³⁾
• Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor⁸¹⁴⁾
• The Androids - Do it With Madonna⁸¹⁵⁾
• Sixpence None The Richer - There She Goes⁸¹⁶⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - Sad Lisa⁸¹⁷⁾, Beware of Darkness⁸¹⁸⁾, Before the Poison⁸¹⁹⁾
• Bonnie Raitt & Norah Jones - Tennessee Waltz⁸²⁰⁾
• Lucie Silvas - Nothing Else Matters⁸²¹⁾ Metallica cover
• Taylor Swift - You belong with me ⁸²²⁾ - 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, Emmylou⁸²³⁾
• Lana Del Rey Summertime Madness⁸²⁴⁾, Young and Beautiful⁸²⁵⁾, Video Games⁸²⁶⁾
• Cigarettes after Sex
  • Apocalypse set to Lost in Translation movie⁸²⁷⁾
  • many other songs with similar moody Eric Satie x Radiohead vibe / ambience ⁸²⁸⁾ and live performance ⁸²⁹⁾
• Mazzy Star - Fade Into You ⁸³⁰⁾ (not to be confused with Estonian singer Mazza Star / Maarja-Liis Ilus)
• Norah Jones Black hole sun⁸³¹⁾
• Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle⁸³²⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - In My Own Particular Way⁸³³⁾, The Gypsy Faerie Queen with Nick Cave⁸³⁴⁾, Falling Back⁸³⁵⁾
• The Cave Dwellers - White Rabbit⁸³⁶⁾ - cover of the iconic 60's LSD song
• Amy Macdonald - This is the Life⁸³⁷⁾
• Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow (from A Star Is Born)⁸³⁸⁾
• Radiohead - Daydreaming⁸³⁹⁾, Glass eyes⁸⁴⁰⁾, True love waits⁸⁴¹⁾

• Adele
• Sia
• Billy Eilish - Ocean eyes⁸⁴²⁾, Everything I wanted ⁸⁴³⁾
• Ella Hooper (Aussie from Killing Heidi) - Pleasure and Pain⁸⁴⁴⁾
• Miley Cyrus
• Gotye & Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know
• Tal Wilkenfeld (Aussie) - Under The Sun⁸⁴⁵⁾
• Anna Kendrick - Cups (Pitch Perfect’s When I’m Gone⁸⁴⁶⁾
• Cyn - I’ll Still Have Me ⁸⁴⁷⁾
• Taylor Swift Bad Blood ⁸⁴⁸⁾ - listed only for the interesting video production which went viral - not that keen on the song itself
• Florida Georgia Line Cruise ⁸⁴⁹⁾, H.O.L.Y⁸⁵⁰⁾ - male southern US country
• The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces ⁸⁵¹⁾, Cowboy Take Me Away⁸⁵²⁾ - female southern US country
• Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me⁸⁵³⁾, Kerosene⁸⁵⁴⁾, White Liar⁸⁵⁵⁾, Somethin' Bad⁸⁵⁶⁾ - female southern US country
• Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman⁸⁵⁷⁾, Here for The Party ⁸⁵⁸⁾ - female southern US country rock
• Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy⁸⁵⁹⁾
• Kongos - Come with Me Now⁸⁶⁰⁾
• Psy - Gangnam style⁸⁶¹⁾
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Aussie - Melbourne) early 70's rock style 25 albums in 10 years! Sleep Drifter⁸⁶²⁾, Iron Lung⁸⁶³⁾, Crumbling Castle⁸⁶⁴⁾, Catching Smoke⁸⁶⁵⁾, If Not Now, Then When?⁸⁶⁶⁾
• Dum Dum Girls (US) - Coming Down⁸⁶⁷⁾, Lord Knows⁸⁶⁸⁾

• 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 Minneapolis⁸⁶⁹⁾ 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 Club⁸⁷⁰⁾, Kaleidoscope⁸⁷¹⁾, Red Wine Supernova⁸⁷²⁾, Casual⁸⁷³⁾, Picture You^874)875),Good Luck, Babe!⁸⁷⁶⁾
• The Last Dinner Party
  • cover of Blondie’s Call Me ⁸⁷⁷⁾; Sinner ⁸⁷⁸⁾; Portrait of a Dead Girl ⁸⁷⁹⁾; The Feminine Urge ⁸⁸⁰⁾; On Your Side ⁸⁸¹⁾;
• Remember Monday Fat Bottomed Girls⁸⁸²⁾ Queen cover by female group
• Taylor Swift
  • All too well 10 minute 2021 version ⁸⁸³⁾ - there are a few versions of this 2012 song each telling its story differently
• Emilio Piano and Lucie Maison⁸⁸⁴⁾

• Taylor Swift
  • Blank Space⁸⁸⁵⁾ a great reminder to stay away from TS - the high is not worth the pain
• Phoebe Bridgers
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want⁸⁸⁶⁾, Drivers license⁸⁸⁷⁾, Deja vu⁸⁸⁸⁾
• Miley Cyrus - Heart of glass⁸⁸⁹⁾ Miley's screaming glam version no where near as good as the super cool and cute Blondie's original version - see mash up version ⁸⁹⁰⁾
• Charli XCX - SuperLove⁸⁹¹⁾, Break The Rules⁸⁹²⁾, Boom Clap⁸⁹³⁾, You (Ha Ha Ha)⁸⁹⁴⁾, What I Like⁸⁹⁵⁾
• Pale Waves - Easy⁸⁹⁶⁾
• Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That ⁸⁹⁷⁾ (not auto-tuned)
• Lucy Thomas (UK) - covers: A Whiter Shade Of Pale⁸⁹⁸⁾, Hallelujah⁸⁹⁹⁾, Say something duet⁹⁰⁰⁾, The Prayer duet⁹⁰¹⁾, Don't Cry For Me Argentina⁹⁰²⁾
• Obsidian Silence: Pale November - Gothic night music⁹⁰³⁾
• Eileen Noise - Bury The Sun⁹⁰⁴⁾
• The Cure (UK) - Alone⁹⁰⁵⁾, I Can Never Say Goodbye⁹⁰⁶⁾, A Fragile Thing⁹⁰⁷⁾, And Nothing Is Forever⁹⁰⁸⁾, All I Ever Am⁹⁰⁹⁾, Endsong⁹¹⁰⁾
• the following is AI but are quite impressive:
  • Anne Bloom: Broken angels⁹¹¹⁾, I See a Perfect Girl⁹¹²⁾, Memento Mori⁹¹³⁾, Still breathing, not alive⁹¹⁴⁾, Humans V2⁹¹⁵⁾, Innocence⁹¹⁶⁾ - bit like Lana Del Ray
  • Lunaria: Beauty of decay⁹¹⁷⁾
  • Café des Chansons: Je t’ai perdu dans la nuit⁹¹⁸⁾

• Albinoni Adagio by Hauser ⁹¹⁹⁾
• Faure - Elegie in Cmin⁹²⁰⁾
• Massenet- Thais - Meditation Hauser version⁹²¹⁾
• Samuel Barber - adagio for strings Hauser version ⁹²²⁾ orchestral version⁹²³⁾
• Elgar Cello Concerto⁹²⁴⁾
• Bruch - Kol nidrei ⁹²⁵⁾
• Handel - Ombra mai fu ^{926) 927)}
• Puccini Nessun Dorma ⁹²⁸⁾ Hauser cello version⁹²⁹⁾

• J.S.Bach - Toccata and Fugue in Dmin - modern pop version by Aussie-UK band Sky in 1980 including John Williams ⁹³⁰⁾
• J.S.Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in Eb minor, BWV 853, WTC 1⁹³¹⁾
• Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata LoLa & Hauser cover⁹³²⁾
• Beethoven - Violin Romance No 2
• Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata Adagio Cantabile⁹³³⁾
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824) includes the 4th movement Ode to joy flash mob version⁹³⁴⁾
• Mozart Violin concerto No 3 adagio ⁹³⁵⁾
• Chopin - Nocturne In E Flat Op 9 No 2⁹³⁶⁾
• Carl Orff - Carmina burana⁹³⁷⁾
• Eric Satie - Gymnopedie No 1⁹³⁸⁾
• Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto Emin Op64 2nd Mvt Andante ⁹³⁹⁾
• Ravel - Bolero⁹⁴⁰⁾

• Ennio Morricone The Good, the Bad and the Ugly movie theme, yes, you should watch this iconic Clint Eastwood spaghetti western⁹⁴¹⁾! Danish orchestra's take on it worth a listen! ⁹⁴²⁾
• Ennio Morricone Malena⁹⁴³⁾

• 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)