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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
  • 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 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⁾
  • 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 Geldof²⁹⁰⁾ , Run Like Hell²⁹¹⁾
  • 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 Rhapsody²⁹²⁾
    • 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
  • Love of My Life²⁹³⁾, I'm in Love with My Car²⁹⁴⁾, You're My Best Friend²⁹⁵⁾, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon²⁹⁶⁾
• Queen - A Day At The Races album
  • Tie Your Mother Down²⁹⁷⁾, You Take My Breath Away²⁹⁸⁾, Somebody to Love²⁹⁹⁾, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy³⁰⁰⁾
• Queen - News of the world album
  • We Will Rock You³⁰¹⁾, We Are the Champions³⁰²⁾, All Dead, All Dead³⁰³⁾ Brian's tribute to his beloved cat, It's Late³⁰⁴⁾, My Melancholy Blues³⁰⁵⁾
• Queen - Jazz album - Fat Bottomed Girls³⁰⁶⁾, Don't Stop Me Now³⁰⁷⁾
• Wings (UK) - Band on the Run³⁰⁸⁾, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey³⁰⁹⁾, My Love³¹⁰⁾, With a Little Luck³¹¹⁾, Maybe I’m Amazed³¹²⁾
• John Lennon (UK) - Imagine³¹³⁾, Jealous Guy³¹⁴⁾, Watching the Wheels³¹⁵⁾
• Blondie (new wave US) - Dreaming³¹⁶⁾, Heart of Glass³¹⁷⁾, Union City Blues³¹⁸⁾, Rapture³¹⁹⁾, Picture this ³²⁰⁾, Hanging on the telephone³²¹⁾, Shayla³²²⁾, In the flesh³²³⁾, (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear³²⁴⁾
• Eagles (US) - Hotel California album
  • Hotel California³²⁵⁾, Wasted Time³²⁶⁾, Pretty Maids all in a row³²⁷⁾
• Eagles - Take it Easy³²⁸⁾, Tequila Sunrise³²⁹⁾, Best of my love³³⁰⁾, One of these nights³³¹⁾, Sad cafe³³²⁾, Lying eyes³³³⁾
• Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams album Blue Bayou³³⁴⁾, Desperado³³⁵⁾, I never will marry³³⁶⁾, Tumblin' dice³³⁷⁾, Tracks of my tears³³⁸⁾
• Fleetwood Mac (UK-US) - Rumours album - Dreams³³⁹⁾, Sara³⁴⁰⁾, Go your own way, Rhiannon³⁴¹⁾, Sweet Little Lies, Gypsy³⁴²⁾, Don't stop³⁴³⁾, Tusk³⁴⁴⁾
• Abba (Swedish) - Abba Gold album
  • Mamma Mia³⁴⁵⁾, SOS³⁴⁶⁾, Dancing Queen³⁴⁷⁾, Knowing me, knowing you³⁴⁸⁾, Chiquitita³⁴⁹⁾, Take a chance on me³⁵⁰⁾, Money, money, money³⁵¹⁾, Does your mother know³⁵²⁾, Super Trouper³⁵³⁾, Waterloo³⁵⁴⁾, Voulez vous³⁵⁵⁾, 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 hell³⁵⁶⁾, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)³⁵⁷⁾, Heaven Can Wait, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad³⁵⁸⁾, Paradise by the Dashboard Light³⁵⁹⁾, For crying out loud³⁶⁰⁾, I'm gonna love her for both of us³⁶¹⁾
• Bruce Springsteen (US) - Born to Run³⁶²⁾, Thunder Road³⁶³⁾
• Led Zeppelin (UK) - Stairway to Heaven³⁶⁴⁾ one of the greatest rock guitar solos made, Black Dog³⁶⁵⁾, Kashmir³⁶⁶⁾, Immigrant song³⁶⁷⁾, Rock and Roll³⁶⁸⁾
• 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 down³⁶⁹⁾, Confusion³⁷⁰⁾, Last Train to London³⁷¹⁾, Rockaria³⁷²⁾, Shine a Little Love³⁷³⁾, Need her love³⁷⁴⁾
  • A new world record album
    • Tightrope, Telephone line, Mission, a world record, So fine, Living thing³⁷⁵⁾, Above the clouds, Do ya, Shangri-La
  • Evil woman³⁷⁶⁾, Can't get it out of my head³⁷⁷⁾, Mr Blue Sky³⁷⁸⁾
• Dire Straits (UK) - Sultans of swing³⁷⁹⁾,
• 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 long³⁸⁰⁾, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap³⁸¹⁾, For those about to rock³⁸²⁾, Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution³⁸³⁾, Thunderstruck³⁸⁴⁾, TNT³⁸⁵⁾, Highway to hell³⁸⁶⁾, Hell's bells³⁸⁷⁾, Let there be rock³⁸⁸⁾, Jailbreak³⁸⁹⁾
• Jackson Brown (US) - The Load Out - Stay³⁹⁰⁾
• Stevie Nicks (US) - You Can Go Your Own Way³⁹¹⁾
• Bonnie Tyler (Welsh) - It's A Heartache³⁹²⁾
• Suzi Quattro (US) - Stumblin in³⁹³⁾, 1977: Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me)³⁹⁴⁾, The Wild One³⁹⁵⁾, If You Can't Give Me Love³⁹⁶⁾, She's in Love with You, 48 Crash³⁹⁷⁾, Can the Can³⁹⁸⁾, Devilgate Drive³⁹⁹⁾, Rock hard⁴⁰⁰⁾
• Nazareth (Scot)- Love Hurts⁴⁰¹⁾
• Van Morrison (Irish) - Brown Eyed Girl^402)403)
• Billy Joel (US) - She's always a woman to me⁴⁰⁴⁾, Honesty⁴⁰⁵⁾, It's still rock and roll to me⁴⁰⁶⁾, Piano man⁴⁰⁷⁾
• ZZ Top (US) - Legs⁴⁰⁸⁾, Gimme all your lovin'⁴⁰⁹⁾, Sharp dressed man⁴¹⁰⁾
• Shocking Blue (Dutch) - Venus⁴¹¹⁾
• Blue Brothers movie soundtrack - Gimme Some Lovin'⁴¹²⁾, Shake a Tail Feather⁴¹³⁾, Theme from Rawhide⁴¹⁴⁾
• Rocky Horror Show movie album soundtrack - Time Warp⁴¹⁵⁾ (iconic dance track)
  • check out the Charismatic Voice watching the full movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0IeQk_JIHg
• Grease movie album soundtrack - Grease⁴¹⁶⁾, Summer Nights⁴¹⁷⁾, Hopelessly devoted to you⁴¹⁸⁾,You're the One That I Want⁴¹⁹⁾, Sandy⁴²⁰⁾, Greased Lightnin'⁴²¹⁾

• Simon and Garfunkle (US) - Bridge Over Troubled Water⁴²²⁾ album - Sounds of Silence⁴²³⁾
• Smokie (UK) - Living next door to Alice⁴²⁴⁾, Belinda, Lay back in the arms of someone⁴²⁵⁾, Don't play your rock n roll to me⁴²⁶⁾, Needles and pins⁴²⁷⁾
• Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (UK) - 1975: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)⁴²⁸⁾
• Roy Orbison (US) - Penny Arcade⁴²⁹⁾
• Neil Diamond (US) - Sweet Caroline⁴³⁰⁾, Cracklin' Rosie⁴³¹⁾
• Air Supply (Aussie) - All Out Of Love⁴³²⁾, Lost in Love⁴³³⁾
• Elton John (UK) - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road⁴³⁴⁾, Candle in the wind⁴³⁵⁾, Crocodile Rock⁴³⁶⁾, Don't go breaking my heart⁴³⁷⁾
• Supertramp (UK) - The Logical Song⁴³⁸⁾, Breakfast in America⁴³⁹⁾, Long way home⁴⁴⁰⁾
• Kate Bush (UK) - Babushka⁴⁴¹⁾, Wuthering Heights⁴⁴²⁾
• Rod Stewart (UK) - Maggie Mae⁴⁴³⁾, Hot legs⁴⁴⁴⁾, Da ya think I'm sexy⁴⁴⁵⁾
• Neil Young (US) - Cinnamon Girl⁴⁴⁶⁾, Helpless⁴⁴⁷⁾, Old man⁴⁴⁸⁾, Heart of gold⁴⁴⁹⁾
• Lynyrd Skynyrd (US) Sweet Home Alabama, Free bird⁴⁵⁰⁾ - several were killed in a plane crash in 1977
• Bad Company (UK) Burnin' sky⁴⁵¹⁾
• Crosby, Stills and Nash (US) Teach your Children⁴⁵²⁾
• The Kinks (UK) - Lola⁴⁵³⁾
• Nico and The Velvet Underground (US) - Femme fatale⁴⁵⁴⁾, Sunday morning⁴⁵⁵⁾, I'll Be Your Mirror⁴⁵⁶⁾, Sweet Jane ⁴⁵⁷⁾
• 10cc (UK) - I’m Not in Love⁴⁵⁸⁾
• Lou Reed (US) - Walk on the Wild Side⁴⁵⁹⁾
• Dolly Parton (US) - Jolene⁴⁶⁰⁾
• Emmylou Harris (US) - Tulsa Queen⁴⁶¹⁾
• David Bowie (UK) - Heroes⁴⁶²⁾, Space Oddity⁴⁶³⁾, Life on Mars⁴⁶⁴⁾, Ziggy stardust⁴⁶⁵⁾, Starman⁴⁶⁶⁾, Changes⁴⁶⁷⁾
• Donna Summer (US) - disco queen - Hot stuff⁴⁶⁸⁾, I Feel Love⁴⁶⁹⁾, MacArthur Park ⁴⁷⁰⁾
• Yusuf / Cat Stevens (UK) - Cats in the cradle⁴⁷¹⁾, Where do the children play⁴⁷²⁾, Sad Lisa⁴⁷³⁾, Father and son⁴⁷⁴⁾, Lady D'Arbanville ⁴⁷⁵⁾
• Don McLean (US) - American Pie⁴⁷⁶⁾, Vincent⁴⁷⁷⁾
• The Rolling Stones (UK) - I can't get no satisfaction⁴⁷⁸⁾, Angie⁴⁷⁹⁾, Brown sugar⁴⁸⁰⁾
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band (UK) - Blinded by the Light⁴⁸¹⁾
• Bee Gees (Uk-Aussie) - disco - Tragedy⁴⁸²⁾, Stayin’ Alive⁴⁸³⁾, Night fever⁴⁸⁴⁾, How Deep Is Your Love⁴⁸⁵⁾, Jive talkin'⁴⁸⁶⁾
• Eric Clapton and Derek and the Dominos (UK) - Eric was infatuated with his friend George Harrison's wife and wrote this song: Layla⁴⁸⁷⁾
• Deep Purple (UK) – Smoke on the Water⁴⁸⁸⁾, Child in time⁴⁸⁹⁾
• The Sweet (UK) – The Ballroom Blitz⁴⁹⁰⁾, Fox on the run⁴⁹¹⁾
• Daddy Cool (Aussie) - Eagle Rock⁴⁹²⁾, Come back again⁴⁹³⁾
• Umberto Tozzi (Italy) - Gloria⁴⁹⁴⁾
• Hot Chocolate (UK soul) - You Sexy Thing⁴⁹⁵⁾
• Dragon (NZ) - April Sun in Cuba⁴⁹⁶⁾, Are You Old Enough?⁴⁹⁷⁾
• Split Enz (NZ new wave) - I Got You⁴⁹⁸⁾, I hope I never⁴⁹⁹⁾
• The Runaways (US) - Cherry Bomb⁵⁰⁰⁾, School Days⁵⁰¹⁾
• Terry Jacks (Can) - Seasons In The Sun⁵⁰²⁾
• The Boomtown Rats (Bob Geldof) (UK) - I don't like Mondays⁵⁰³⁾
• The Knack (US) - My Sharona⁵⁰⁴⁾
• The Romantics (US) - What I Like About You⁵⁰⁵⁾
• T.Rex (UK) - Children Of The Revolution⁵⁰⁶⁾, Bang a gong Get it on^507)508)
• Alvin Stardust (UK) - My Coo Ca Choo ⁵⁰⁹⁾
• Iggy Pop (US) - The Passenger⁵¹⁰⁾
• Ram Jam (US) - Black Betty⁵¹¹⁾
• The Buggles (UK) - Video Killed The Radio Star⁵¹²⁾
• The Village People (US disco) - Y.M.C.A⁵¹³⁾
• Squeeze (UK) - Cool For Cats⁵¹⁴⁾
• Promises (Can) - Baby it's you⁵¹⁵⁾
• Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street⁵¹⁶⁾
• Cheap Trick (US) - Dream Police⁵¹⁷⁾
• Status Quo (UK) - head banging music - Whatever You Want⁵¹⁸⁾, Down, down⁵¹⁹⁾, Rockin all over the world⁵²⁰⁾, The wanderer⁵²¹⁾
• Black Sabbath (UK) - Paranoid⁵²²⁾
• Thin Lizzy (Irish) - The boys are back in town⁵²³⁾, Whiskey in the Jar ⁵²⁴⁾
• Skyhooks (Aussie) - Horror movie⁵²⁵⁾, Ego is not a dirty word⁵²⁶⁾, 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 Tapestry⁵²⁷⁾ (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 Juliet⁵²⁸⁾, Tunnel of love⁵²⁹⁾, Expresso Love
• Bruce Springsteen (US) - Tougher Than the Rest⁵³⁰⁾, Glory days⁵³¹⁾
• Bryan Adams (US) - Summer of 69⁵³²⁾
• Blondie (US new wave) - Atomic⁵³³⁾, Call Me ⁵³⁴⁾ extended version: ⁵³⁵⁾, Island Of Lost Souls⁵³⁶⁾
• Robert Palmer (UK) - Simply Irresistible⁵³⁷⁾, Addicted to Love⁵³⁸⁾
• Irene Cara (US) - Flashdance (What a Feeling)⁵³⁹⁾ - Flashdance movie
• Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (US) - (I've Had the) Time of My Life⁵⁴⁰⁾ - Dirty Dancing movie
• Patrick Swayze (US) - She's Like the Wind⁵⁴¹⁾ - Dirty Dancing movie
• The Bangles (US) - Manic Monday⁵⁴²⁾, Eternal Flame⁵⁴³⁾
• ELO (UK) - Time album The Way Life's Meant to Be, Hold On Tight⁵⁴⁴⁾, Twilight
• Don Henley (US) - Boys of Summer⁵⁴⁵⁾
• Fleetwood Mac (US) - Gypsy⁵⁴⁶⁾
• Queen (UK) - I want it All⁵⁴⁷⁾, Radio Ga Ga⁵⁴⁸⁾, Its a Hard LIfe⁵⁴⁹⁾, Who wants to live forever⁵⁵⁰⁾, I Want to Break Free⁵⁵¹⁾, Another one bites the dust⁵⁵²⁾
• Queen And David Bowie (UK) - Under Pressure⁵⁵³⁾
• Bonnie Tyler (Welsh) - Total Eclipse of the Heart^554)555), Holding out for a hero⁵⁵⁶⁾, Have you ever seen the rain⁵⁵⁷⁾
• Soft Cell (UK) - Tainted Love⁵⁵⁸⁾
• Joe Cocker (UK) - You can leave your hat on⁵⁵⁹⁾ - 9 1/2 weeks movie
• Kylie Minogue (Aussie) - Locomotion ⁵⁶⁰⁾
• Divinyls (Aussie) - Pleasure and Pain⁵⁶¹⁾, Boys in Town⁵⁶²⁾, Only Lonely⁵⁶³⁾
• Alannah Myles (US) - Black Velvet⁵⁶⁴⁾
• Cheap Trick (US) - Don't Be Cruel⁵⁶⁵⁾
• Travelling Wilberrys (UK-US) - Handle with care ⁵⁶⁶⁾, End of the line⁵⁶⁷⁾
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (US) - I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll⁵⁶⁸⁾, Crimson And Clover ⁵⁶⁹⁾, Dirty Deeds ⁵⁷⁰⁾, Have you ever seen the rain⁵⁷¹⁾, Love hurts⁵⁷²⁾

• Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down⁵⁷³⁾ Fleesh version⁵⁷⁴⁾
• Australian Crawl (Aussie) - Reckless⁵⁷⁵⁾, The boys light up⁵⁷⁶⁾, Downhearted⁵⁷⁷⁾, Beautiful people⁵⁷⁸⁾
• Goanna (Aussie) - Solid rock⁵⁷⁹⁾
• Dire Straits (UK):
  • Love over gold album: Telegraph road⁵⁸⁰⁾, Industrial disease, Love over gold, It never rains
  • Brothers in arms album: So far away, Money for nothing⁵⁸¹⁾, Walk of life
• Kim Carnes (US) - Bette Davis Eyes⁵⁸²⁾
• Roxette (Swedish) - It must have been love⁵⁸³⁾, Dangerous⁵⁸⁴⁾, Listen to Your Heart⁵⁸⁵⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Aussie) - The Mercy Seat
• Pink Floyd (UK) - Learning to Fly⁵⁸⁶⁾, Sorrow⁵⁸⁷⁾
• Cold Chisel (Aussie) - Khe Sanh⁵⁸⁸⁾, Choir girl⁵⁸⁹⁾, Working class man⁵⁹⁰⁾, When the war is over⁵⁹¹⁾, Forever now⁵⁹²⁾
• Dragon (NZ) - Rain⁵⁹³⁾
• Madonna?
• Men At Work (Aussie) - Down Under⁵⁹⁴⁾
• AC/DC (Aussie) - Back in Black album
• Eurythmics (UK) - Sweet Dreams⁵⁹⁵⁾
• Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty (US) - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around⁵⁹⁶⁾
• Martha And The Muffins (Can) - Echo Beach ⁵⁹⁷⁾
• Katrina & The Waves (UK-US) - Walking On Sunshine⁵⁹⁸⁾
• Cyndi Lauper (US) - Girls Just Want To Have Fun⁵⁹⁹⁾
• The Police (UK) - Every Breath You Take⁶⁰⁰⁾, Roxanne⁶⁰¹⁾
• Guns N’ Roses (US) - Sweet Child O’ Mine⁶⁰²⁾, Welcome to the jungle⁶⁰³⁾
• Bon Jovi (US) - Livin’ On A Prayer⁶⁰⁴⁾
• Michael Jackson (US) - Thriller⁶⁰⁵⁾, Billie Jean⁶⁰⁶⁾
• Heart (US) - Alone⁶⁰⁷⁾
• Roxy Music (UK) - More than This
• The Cars (US) - Drive⁶⁰⁸⁾, Shake It Up⁶⁰⁹⁾, You Might Think⁶¹⁰⁾
• 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 Me⁶¹¹⁾
• 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) - Africa⁶¹²⁾
• Nena (German) - 99 Luftballons
• INXS (Aussie) - Never Tear Us Apart⁶¹³⁾
• Dexys Midnight Runners (UK) - Come On Eileen⁶¹⁴⁾
• The Proclaimers (Scot) - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)⁶¹⁵⁾
• Laura Branigan (US) - Gloria⁶¹⁶⁾
• Billy Idol (UK) - White Wedding
• Bananarama (UK) - Venus⁶¹⁷⁾
• Samantha Fox (UK) - Touch me⁶¹⁸⁾
• Pat Benatar (US) - Love Is A Battlefield ⁶¹⁹⁾
• Cher (US) - If I Could Turn Back Time
• Toni Basil (US new wave bubblegum glam pop) - Mickey⁶²⁰⁾
• Alice Cooper (US) - Poison⁶²¹⁾
• The B-52s (US) - Love shack⁶²²⁾, Roam⁶²³⁾
• Sade (Nigerian-UK) - Smooth Operator
• Duran Duran (UK) - Hungry Like the Wolf⁶²⁴⁾, Girls on film⁶²⁵⁾
• Dave Stewart (UK) - Lily was here (instrumental)
• Dolly Parton (US) - 9 to 5
• Belinda Carlisle (US) - Leave A Light On⁶²⁶⁾
• Bobby McFerrin (US) - Don't Worry, Be Happy
• Culture Club (UK) - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
• Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters
• Icehouse (Aussie) - Great Southern Land⁶²⁷⁾, Electric blue⁶²⁸⁾
• Berlin - Take My Breath Away⁶²⁹⁾ from Topgun movie
• Juice Newton (US) - Angel of the morning⁶³⁰⁾, Queen Of Hearts⁶³¹⁾
• Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On⁶³²⁾
• Pet Shop Boys - Go West
• REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
• Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy⁶³³⁾
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone⁶³⁴⁾
• Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child ⁶³⁵⁾
• The Cure - Friday I'm In Love⁶³⁶⁾, Lullaby⁶³⁷⁾, Just Like Heaven⁶³⁸⁾
• Choir Boys - Run to paradise⁶³⁹⁾
• Femme Fatale - Falling In & Out Of Love⁶⁴⁰⁾
• Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly⁶⁴¹⁾, Falling in and out of Love⁶⁴²⁾, Shot of Poison⁶⁴³⁾
• Steve Earle - Copperhead Road⁶⁴⁴⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - Truth, Bitter Truth⁶⁴⁵⁾, So sad⁶⁴⁶⁾ - regrets of her lost youth wasted on heroin addiction
• Leonard Cohen (Can) - Hallelujah⁶⁴⁷⁾, Dance Me to the End of Love⁶⁴⁸⁾

• 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 ⁶⁴⁹⁾ - 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 ⁶⁵⁰⁾, Sacrifice⁶⁵¹⁾
• Elton John (UK) - Two Rooms album of various artists covering his songs
• Radiohead (UK art rock) - Creep⁶⁵²⁾, No Surprises⁶⁵³⁾ (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 Trees⁶⁵⁴⁾, Lucky⁶⁵⁵⁾, Last flowers to the hospital⁶⁵⁶⁾
• The Cranberries (Irish) - Zombie⁶⁵⁷⁾ - the traumas of northern Ireland and the IRA warfare, Dreams⁶⁵⁸⁾, Linger⁶⁵⁹⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Aussie) - The Ship Song⁶⁶⁰⁾, Do You Love Me?⁶⁶¹⁾, Nobody's Baby Now⁶⁶²⁾, Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore⁶⁶³⁾, Into My Arms⁶⁶⁴⁾, Henry Lee⁶⁶⁵⁾, The Weeping Song⁶⁶⁶⁾
• Queen (UK) - Made in Heaven album - created while Freddie Mercury was dying of AIDS - his last album
  • I was born to love you⁶⁶⁷⁾, A Winters tale⁶⁶⁸⁾, It's a beautiful day⁶⁶⁹⁾, Too much love will kill you⁶⁷⁰⁾
• Guns n Roses (US) - November Rain⁶⁷¹⁾
• R.E.M. (US) - Everybody Hurts⁶⁷²⁾ live⁶⁷³⁾, Shiny happy people⁶⁷⁴⁾
• Transvision Vamp (UK pop) - Baby I don't care⁶⁷⁵⁾, Revolution Baby ⁶⁷⁶⁾, I want your love ⁶⁷⁷⁾, Song To The Stars⁶⁷⁸⁾, Landslide of Love⁶⁷⁹⁾
• Scorpions (German) - Winds of Change⁶⁸⁰⁾
• Sheryl Crow (US) - If It Makes You Happy⁶⁸¹⁾, All I Wanna Do ⁶⁸²⁾, Soak Up The Sun⁶⁸³⁾, Strong enough⁶⁸⁴⁾
• Alannah Myles (Canada) - Black Velvet⁶⁸⁵⁾
• No Doubt (US) - Don't Speak⁶⁸⁶⁾
• Natalie Imbruglia (Aussie) - Torn⁶⁸⁷⁾
• George Michael (UK) - Freedom 90⁶⁸⁸⁾
• Divinyls (Aussie) - I Touch Myself⁶⁸⁹⁾
• Annie Lennox (Scottish) - Why⁶⁹⁰⁾

• Meatloaf (US) - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)⁶⁹¹⁾
• Bryan Adams (Canada) - Everything I do..⁶⁹²⁾ Bryan Adams & Mel C - When You're Gone⁶⁹³⁾
• Bon Jovi (US hard rock) - It's my life, Livin' on a prayer, Bed of roses, Blaze of glory
• Midnight Oil (Aussie) - Blue sky mine⁶⁹⁴⁾, King of the mountain⁶⁹⁵⁾
• Guns n Roses (US hard rock) - Don't cry⁶⁹⁶⁾
• R.E.M. (US) - Losing my religion⁶⁹⁷⁾, Man on the moon⁶⁹⁸⁾
• Aerosmith (US rock) - I don't want to miss a thing⁶⁹⁹⁾
• Metallica (US heavy metal) - Nothing else matters⁷⁰⁰⁾, The unforgiven⁷⁰¹⁾
• Shania Twain (US) - That Don't Impress Me Much⁷⁰²⁾, You're Still the One⁷⁰³⁾, Man! I Feel Like a Woman!⁷⁰⁴⁾, Come On Over⁷⁰⁵⁾
• Alanis Morissette (Canada) - Ironic⁷⁰⁶⁾, Hand in My Pocket⁷⁰⁷⁾, Thank U⁷⁰⁸⁾
• Eric Clapton (UK) - Tears in Heaven⁷⁰⁹⁾ written after his 4 year old son died after falling from the 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment
• Concrete Blonde (US) - Joey⁷¹⁰⁾
• LeAnn Rimes (US) - How Do I Live⁷¹¹⁾
• Tal Bachman (Canada) - Shes So High⁷¹²⁾
• Roxette (Sweden) - Joyride⁷¹³⁾
• The Offspring (US) - Pretty fly (for a white guy)⁷¹⁴⁾
• The Verve (UK) - Bitter Sweet Symphony⁷¹⁵⁾
• Oasis (UK) - Wonderwall⁷¹⁶⁾, Don't look back in anger⁷¹⁷⁾, Stand by me⁷¹⁸⁾, Stop crying your heart out ⁷¹⁹⁾, Champagne Supernova⁷²⁰⁾
• Unique II (Austria) - Break My Stride⁷²¹⁾
• Garbage (US) - Stupid Girl⁷²²⁾
• Wilson Phillips (US) - Hold On⁷²³⁾
• Robbie Williams (UK) - Feel⁷²⁴⁾, Better man⁷²⁵⁾
• Pink Floyd (UK) - Coming Back to Life⁷²⁶⁾, High hopes⁷²⁷⁾
• Portishead (UK alt/indie) - Roads ⁷²⁸⁾
• Melissa Etheridge (US) - I Want To Come Over⁷²⁹⁾
• Bachelor Girl (Aussie pop) - Buses and Trains⁷³⁰⁾
• Matchbox 20 (US rock) - Push⁷³¹⁾
• Hunters & Collectors (Aussie) - Holy grail⁷³²⁾, Do you see what i see⁷³³⁾
• grunge:
  • Hole (US - Courtney Love - Kurt Cobain's wife, and Melissa Auf Der Maur) - Softer Softest⁷³⁴⁾, Celebrity skin⁷³⁵⁾
  • Soundgarden (US) - Black Hole Sun⁷³⁶⁾
  • Nirvana (US) - Smells like teen spirit⁷³⁷⁾, the famous unplugged semi-acoustic session for MTV in 1993⁷³⁸⁾ - 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 life⁷³⁹⁾
• Extreme (US prog metal) - More than words⁷⁴⁰⁾
• Vonda Shepard (US pop) - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)⁷⁴¹⁾, Searchin' My Soul⁷⁴²⁾, Neighborhood⁷⁴³⁾ - songs from the TV series Ally McBeal
• Crash Test Dummies (Canada alt rock) - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm⁷⁴⁴⁾
• Marianne Faithfull (UK) - Don't forget me⁷⁴⁵⁾
• Alison Krauss (US bluegrass) - When You Say Nothing At All⁷⁴⁶⁾
• Trisha Yearwood (US country) - She's In Love With The Boy⁷⁴⁷⁾, Walkaway Joe⁷⁴⁸⁾
• Meredith Brooks (US pop) - Bitch⁷⁴⁹⁾
• Bonnie Raitt (US R&B/soul/blues/folk) - I Can't Make You Love Me⁷⁵⁰⁾
• Yothu Yindi (Aussie indigenous) - Treaty ⁷⁵¹⁾, Djapana⁷⁵²⁾
• Leonard Cohen (Can) - In my secret life⁷⁵³⁾

• 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 - Tubthumping⁷⁵⁴⁾
• Hanson - Mmmbop
• Jeff Buckley - Hallelulah⁷⁵⁵⁾
• 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)⁷⁵⁶⁾, The sign⁷⁵⁷⁾
• Moloko - Sing It Back ⁷⁵⁸⁾

• 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 Hurt⁷⁵⁹⁾
• Radiohead Everything in Its Right Place⁷⁶⁰⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds As I Sat Sadly by Her Side⁷⁶¹⁾
• P!nk, Get The Party Started⁷⁶²⁾, Just like a pill⁷⁶³⁾
• Coldplay, Yellow⁷⁶⁴⁾, Clocks⁷⁶⁵⁾, Viva La Vida⁷⁶⁶⁾
• Wheatus Teenage dirtbag⁷⁶⁷⁾
• Avril Lavigne Sk8er boi⁷⁶⁸⁾, Complicated⁷⁶⁹⁾
• Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris: - Why worry⁷⁷⁰⁾, Romeo and Juliet, So far away⁷⁷¹⁾, If This Is Goodbye⁷⁷²⁾
• Muse Submassive black hole⁷⁷³⁾
• Evanescence My Immortal⁷⁷⁴⁾

• Killing Heidi (Aussie) - Weir⁷⁷⁵⁾, Mascara⁷⁷⁶⁾
• Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ⁷⁷⁷⁾
• Linkin Park Numb⁷⁷⁸⁾
• Britney Spears Toxic⁷⁷⁹⁾, Baby one more time⁷⁸⁰⁾, Oops! I did it again⁷⁸¹⁾, Piece of me⁷⁸²⁾
• Alicia Keys, Fallin⁷⁸³⁾
• Jet Are You Gonna Be My Girl⁷⁸⁴⁾
• Christina Aguilera Beautiful⁷⁸⁵⁾
• Kylie Minogue, Spinning around⁷⁸⁶⁾, Can’t Get You Out of My Head⁷⁸⁷⁾
• James Blunt You're Beautiful⁷⁸⁸⁾
• Shakira Whenever, wherever⁷⁸⁹⁾
• Train: Drops of Jupiter⁷⁹⁰⁾
• Nelly Furtado: I'm Like a Bird⁷⁹¹⁾
• Eiffel 65: Blue (Da Ba Dee)⁷⁹²⁾
• Moloko - The Time Is Now⁷⁹³⁾, Sing it back⁷⁹⁴⁾
• The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia⁷⁹⁵⁾ from Coyote Ugly
• Blink 182 Adam's Song⁷⁹⁶⁾
• Powderfinger My kinda scene⁷⁹⁷⁾, These days⁷⁹⁸⁾
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Zephyr Song⁷⁹⁹⁾
• Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All⁸⁰⁰⁾
• Vanessa Amorosi Shine⁸⁰¹⁾
• Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor⁸⁰²⁾
• The Androids - Do it With Madonna⁸⁰³⁾
• Sixpence None The Richer - There She Goes⁸⁰⁴⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - Sad Lisa⁸⁰⁵⁾, Beware of Darkness⁸⁰⁶⁾, Before the Poison⁸⁰⁷⁾
• Bonnie Raitt & Norah Jones - Tennessee Waltz⁸⁰⁸⁾
• Lucie Silvas - Nothing Else Matters⁸⁰⁹⁾ Metallica cover
• Taylor Swift - You belong with me ⁸¹⁰⁾ - 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, Emmylou⁸¹¹⁾
• Lana Del Rey Summertime Madness⁸¹²⁾, Young and Beautiful⁸¹³⁾, Video Games⁸¹⁴⁾
• Cigarettes after Sex
  • Apocalypse set to Lost in Translation movie⁸¹⁵⁾
  • many other songs with similar moody Eric Satie x Radiohead vibe / ambience ⁸¹⁶⁾ and live performance ⁸¹⁷⁾
• Mazzy Star - Fade Into You ⁸¹⁸⁾ (not to be confused with Estonian singer Mazza Star / Maarja-Liis Ilus)
• Norah Jones Black hole sun⁸¹⁹⁾
• Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle⁸²⁰⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - In My Own Particular Way⁸²¹⁾, The Gypsy Faerie Queen with Nick Cave⁸²²⁾, Falling Back⁸²³⁾
• The Cave Dwellers - White Rabbit⁸²⁴⁾ - cover of the iconic 60's LSD song
• Amy Macdonald - This is the Life⁸²⁵⁾
• Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow (from A Star Is Born)⁸²⁶⁾
• Radiohead - Daydreaming⁸²⁷⁾, Glass eyes⁸²⁸⁾, True love waits⁸²⁹⁾

• Adele
• Sia
• Billy Eilish - Ocean eyes⁸³⁰⁾, Everything I wanted ⁸³¹⁾
• Ella Hooper (Aussie from Killing Heidi) - Pleasure and Pain⁸³²⁾
• Miley Cyrus
• Gotye & Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know
• Tal Wilkenfeld (Aussie) - Under The Sun⁸³³⁾
• Anna Kendrick - Cups (Pitch Perfect’s When I’m Gone⁸³⁴⁾
• Cyn - I’ll Still Have Me ⁸³⁵⁾
• Taylor Swift Bad Blood ⁸³⁶⁾ - listed only for the interesting video production which went viral - not that keen on the song itself
• Florida Georgia Line Cruise ⁸³⁷⁾, H.O.L.Y⁸³⁸⁾ - male southern US country
• The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces ⁸³⁹⁾, Cowboy Take Me Away⁸⁴⁰⁾ - female southern US country
• Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me⁸⁴¹⁾, Kerosene⁸⁴²⁾, White Liar⁸⁴³⁾, Somethin' Bad⁸⁴⁴⁾ - female southern US country
• Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman⁸⁴⁵⁾, Here for The Party ⁸⁴⁶⁾ - female southern US country rock
• Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy⁸⁴⁷⁾
• Kongos - Come with Me Now⁸⁴⁸⁾
• Psy - Gangnam style⁸⁴⁹⁾
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Aussie - Melbourne) early 70's rock style 25 albums in 10 years! Sleep Drifter⁸⁵⁰⁾, Iron Lung⁸⁵¹⁾, Crumbling Castle⁸⁵²⁾, Catching Smoke⁸⁵³⁾, If Not Now, Then When?⁸⁵⁴⁾
• Dum Dum Girls (US) - Coming Down⁸⁵⁵⁾, Lord Knows⁸⁵⁶⁾

• 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 Minneapolis⁸⁵⁷⁾ 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 Club⁸⁵⁸⁾, Kaleidoscope⁸⁵⁹⁾, Red Wine Supernova⁸⁶⁰⁾, Casual⁸⁶¹⁾, Picture You^862)863),Good Luck, Babe!⁸⁶⁴⁾
• The Last Dinner Party
  • cover of Blondie’s Call Me ⁸⁶⁵⁾; Sinner ⁸⁶⁶⁾; Portrait of a Dead Girl ⁸⁶⁷⁾; The Feminine Urge ⁸⁶⁸⁾; On Your Side ⁸⁶⁹⁾;
• Remember Monday Fat Bottomed Girls⁸⁷⁰⁾ Queen cover by female group
• Taylor Swift
  • All too well 10 minute 2021 version ⁸⁷¹⁾ - there are a few versions of this 2012 song each telling its story differently
• Emilio Piano and Lucie Maison⁸⁷²⁾

• Taylor Swift
  • Blank Space⁸⁷³⁾ a great reminder to stay away from TS - the high is not worth the pain
• Phoebe Bridgers
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want⁸⁷⁴⁾, Drivers license⁸⁷⁵⁾, Deja vu⁸⁷⁶⁾
• Miley Cyrus - Heart of glass⁸⁷⁷⁾ Miley's screaming glam version no where near as good as the super cool and cute Blondie's original version - see mash up version ⁸⁷⁸⁾
• Charli XCX - SuperLove⁸⁷⁹⁾, Break The Rules⁸⁸⁰⁾, Boom Clap⁸⁸¹⁾, You (Ha Ha Ha)⁸⁸²⁾, What I Like⁸⁸³⁾
• Pale Waves - Easy⁸⁸⁴⁾
• Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That ⁸⁸⁵⁾ (not auto-tuned)
• Lucy Thomas (UK) - covers: A Whiter Shade Of Pale⁸⁸⁶⁾, Hallelujah⁸⁸⁷⁾, Say something duet⁸⁸⁸⁾, The Prayer duet⁸⁸⁹⁾, Don't Cry For Me Argentina⁸⁹⁰⁾
• Obsidian Silence: Pale November - Gothic night music⁸⁹¹⁾
• Eileen Noise - Bury The Sun⁸⁹²⁾
• the following is AI but are quite impressive:
  • Anne Bloom: Broken angels⁸⁹³⁾, I See a Perfect Girl⁸⁹⁴⁾, Memento Mori⁸⁹⁵⁾, Still breathing, not alive⁸⁹⁶⁾, Humans V2⁸⁹⁷⁾, Innocence⁸⁹⁸⁾ - bit like Lana Del Ray
  • Lunaria: Beauty of decay⁸⁹⁹⁾
  • Café des Chansons: Je t’ai perdu dans la nuit⁹⁰⁰⁾

• Albinoni Adagio by Hauser ⁹⁰¹⁾
• Faure - Elegie in Cmin⁹⁰²⁾
• Massenet- Thais - Meditation Hauser version⁹⁰³⁾
• Samuel Barber - adagio for strings Hauser version ⁹⁰⁴⁾ orchestral version⁹⁰⁵⁾
• Elgar Cello Concerto⁹⁰⁶⁾
• Bruch - Kol nidrei ⁹⁰⁷⁾
• Handel - Ombra mai fu ^{908) 909)}
• Puccini Nessun Dorma ⁹¹⁰⁾ Hauser cello version⁹¹¹⁾

• J.S.Bach - Toccata and Fugue in Dmin - modern pop version by Aussie-UK band Sky in 1980 including John Williams ⁹¹²⁾
• J.S.Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in Eb minor, BWV 853, WTC 1⁹¹³⁾
• Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata LoLa & Hauser cover⁹¹⁴⁾
• Beethoven - Violin Romance No 2
• Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata Adagio Cantabile⁹¹⁵⁾
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824) includes the 4th movement Ode to joy flash mob version⁹¹⁶⁾
• Mozart Violin concerto No 3 adagio ⁹¹⁷⁾
• Chopin - Nocturne In E Flat Op 9 No 2⁹¹⁸⁾
• Carl Orff - Carmina burana⁹¹⁹⁾
• Eric Satie - Gymnopedie No 1⁹²⁰⁾
• Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto Emin Op64 2nd Mvt Andante ⁹²¹⁾
• Ravel - Bolero⁹²²⁾

• Ennio Morricone The Good, the Bad and the Ugly movie theme, yes, you should watch this iconic Clint Eastwood spaghetti western⁹²³⁾! Danish orchestra's take on it worth a listen! ⁹²⁴⁾
• Ennio Morricone Malena⁹²⁵⁾

• 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)