1. Introduction

2. Broadway and Ragtime

3. Dixieland

4. Swing and Big Band

5. Conclusion

6. Lesson 1 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Musical and Poetic Form of the 12-Bar Blues

3. Rural Blues

4. Urban Blues

5. Boogie Woogie

6. Commercial or Arranged Blues

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 2 Assessment

1. Spirituals

2. Gospel Music

3. Vocal Harmony Groups

4. Early Rhythm and Blues

5. The Audience for Rhythm and Blues

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 3 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Earliest Country Music

3. The Earliest Country Music (Continued)

4. Marketing and Consuming Hillbilly Music

5. The Rise of Country and Western Music

6. The Rise of Country and Western Music (Continued)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 4 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. New Technologies and Means of Consumption

3. Alan Freed

4. Ray Charles and the Gospel Side of Rock and Roll

5. Rhythm and Blues Crosses Over

6. Cover Versions

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 5 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Sam Phillips and Sun Records

3. The Hillbilly Cat

4. Colonel Tom Parker and Presley at RCA-Victor

5. Presley’s Cover Versions

6. Presley After the 1950s

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 6 Assessment

Written Assignment #1

1. Introduction

2. Rockabilly

3. Jerry Lee Lewis

4. Johnny Cash

5. Other Rockabilly Stars

6. Presley After the 1950s

7. Buddy Holly and the Crickets

8. The Day the Music Died

9. Conclusion

10. Lesson 7 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Payola

3. American Bandstand

4. The Teen Idol

5. Brill Building

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 8 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Rise of the Producer

3. Phil Spector

4. Girl Groups

5. Surf Rock

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 9 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The African American Presence in Pop

3. Motown 1

4. Motown 2

5. Motown 3

6. Atlantic and Stax

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 10 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Rock and Roll in the United Kingdom

3. Becoming the Beatles

4. Becoming the Beatles (Continued)

5. Beatlemania

6. The Music of the Beatles

7. From Songs to Recordings

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 11 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The British Blues Revival

3. Making the Rolling Stones

4. Jagger and Richards as Songwriters

5. Breaking into the United States

6. The Rolling Stones’ Music

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 12 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Animals

3. The Yardbirds

4. The Kinks

5. The Who

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 13 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Garage Bands

3. Rock on TV

4. Rock Made for TV (Continued)

5. Conclusion

6. Lesson 14 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Folk Music Before the 1960s

3. Authentic vs. Commercial

4. Bob Dylan

5. Bob Dylan (Continued)

6. The Rise of Folk Rock

7. Dylan’s Influence During the 1960s

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 15 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Toward a Higher Consciousness

3. The Ambitious Single

4. The Ambitious Single (Continued)

5. The Ambitious Album

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 16 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, and the AM Single Format

3. Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, and the AM Single Format (Continued)

4. Psychedelic Rock and the British Blues Revival

5. Psychedelic Rock and the British Blues Revival (Continued)

6. Psychedelic Rock, the Blues Revival, and the Avant-Garde

7. Psychedelic Rock, the Blues Revival, and the Avant-Garde (Continued)

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 17 Assessment

Written Assignment #2

1. Introduction

2. The San Francisco Scene 1

3. The San Francisco Scene 2

4. The San Francisco Scene 3

5. The Rise of FM Radio

6. Utopian Psychedelia

7. The Darker Side of Psychedelic Rock

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 18 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Monterey International Pop Festival

3. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair

4. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair (Continued)

5. The Altamont Speedway Free Festival

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 19 Assessment

1. Midterm Exam

1. Introduction

2. Country Rock

3. Country Rock (Continued)

4. Southern Rock 1

5. Southern Rock 2

6. Southern Rock 3

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 21 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Origins of Prog Rock

3. Prog Rock Comes of Age 1

4. Prog Rock Comes of Age 2

5. Prog Rock Comes of Age 3

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 22 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Genesis

3. Genesis (Continued)

4. Pink Floyd

5. Pink Floyd (Continued)

6. Frank Zappa

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 23 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Jazz After Swing

3. Bitches Brew

4. Selling Out?

5. Fusion in the 1970s

6. Fusion in the 1970s (Continued)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 24 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Hard Rock: Predecessors

3. Hard Rock: Early Examples

4. Led Zeppelin 1

5. Led Zeppelin 2

6. Led Zeppelin 3

7. Led Zeppelin’s Influence

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 25 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Heavy Metal’s Musical Style

3. British Heavy Metal

4. British Heavy Metal (Continued)

5. American Heavy Metal

6. Heavy Metal in Other Countries

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 26 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Elements of Glam Rock

3. T. Rex and Gary Glitter

4. David Bowie

5. David Bowie (Continued)

6. Elton John

7. Queen

8. Kiss

9. Conclusion

10. Lesson 27 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Roots of Punk: The Velvet Underground

3. Other American Proto-Punk Artists

4. New York Punk

5. New York Punk (Continued)

6. Conclusion

7. Lesson 28 Assessment

Written Assignment #3

1. Introduction

2. The Rise of Punk in the United Kingdom

3. The Sex Pistols

4. British Punk Bands in the Wake of the Sex Pistols 1

5. British Punk Bands in the Wake of the Sex Pistols 2

6. British Punk Bands in the Wake of the Sex Pistols 3

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 29 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Music and the Civil Rights Movement

3. James Brown

4. James Brown’s Band

5. The Musical Language of Funk

6. Sly and the Family Stone

7. George Clinton and the P-Funk

8. George Clinton and the P-Funk (Continued)

9. Funk and the Media

10. Conclusion

11. Lesson 30 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Predecessors and Roots of Disco

3. The Music and Technology of Disco

4. The Music and Technology of Disco (Continued)

5. Disco Enters the Mainstream

6. Disco Enters the Mainstream (Continued)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 31 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Musical Language of New Wave

3. New Wave at CBGB

4. New Wave at CBGB (Continued)

5. New Wave Looks Backward

6. New Wave Looks Backward (Continued)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 32 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Invention of MTV

3. A Second British Invasion?

4. A Second British Invasion? (Continued)

5. Race and MTV: The Case of Michael Jackson

6. Race and MTV: The Case of Michael Jackson (Continued)

7. Sex, Feminism, and MTV: The Case of Madonna

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 33 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Second Generation of British Heavy Metal

3. The Second Generation of British Heavy Metal (Continued)

4. American Heavy Metal

5. American Heavy Metal (Continued)

6. Hair Metal

7. Thrash Metal

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 34 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Roots of Hip-Hop

3. Early Commercial Hip-Hop

4. Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream

5. Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream (Continued)

6. Hip-Hop Takes Over

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 35 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Everyman

3. Blue-Eyed Soul

4. New Wave in the 1980s

5. Prog Rock Adapts

6. Hardcore Punk

7. Hardcore Punk (Continued)

8. Conclusion

9. Lesson 36 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. The Rise of Alternative Rock

3. Grunge Rock

4. Grunge Rock (Continued)

5. Riot Grrrls

6. Jam Bands

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 37 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Listening to Music in the 1990s

3. Britpop

4. Industrial

5. Industrial (Continued)

6. Pop Punk

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 38 Assessment

1. Introduction

2. Rap Meets Rock 1

3. Rap Meets Rock 2

4. Rap Meets Rock 3

5. Everything but the Kitchen Sink

6. Everything but the Kitchen Sink (Continued)

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson 39 Assessment

Written Assignment #4

1. Final Exam