Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).
For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.
| Composer | Performer | Title | Genre | Label | Notes |
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Jefferson Airplane |
Plastic Fantastic Lover |
Rock, 60s, Psychedelia |
RCA, 1967 |
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Volunteers |
RCA, 1969 |
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Won't You Try Saturday Afternoon |
RCA, 1967 |
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We Can Be Together |
RCA, 1969 |
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Coming Back To Me |
RCA, 1967 |
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The Ramones |
Commando |
Rock, Punk, '70s |
Sire, 1977 |
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Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World |
Sire, 1976 |
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I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You |
Sire, 1976 |
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Beat On The Brat |
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Blitzkrieg Bop |
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Chris Montez |
The Ramones |
Lets Dance |
Sire, 1976 |
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The Beach Boys |
Surfin' USA |
Rock, Surf, '60 |
Capitol, 1963 |
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Do You Wanna Dance |
Capitol, 1965 |
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The Drifters |
There Goes My Baby |
Rock, Do-Wop, '50s |
Atlantic, 1959 |
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The Coasters |
Charlie Brown |
Atlantic, 1959 |
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Frankie Ford |
Sea Cruise |
Rock, '50s |
Ace, 1959 |
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Richie Valens |
Donna |
Del-Fi, 1959 |
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Wilbert Harrison |
Kansas City |
Pop/R&B, 50s |
Fury, 1959 |
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Bobby Darin |
Dream Lover |
Pop, '50s |
Atco, 1959 |
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Ratt |
Back For More |
Heavy Metal, "Hair" |
Atlantic, 1984 |
I always thought that their songwriting was a bit better than most of the "hair metal" bands of the era. | |
Round and Round |
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Van Halen |
Ain't Talking About Love |
Hard Rock, '70s |
Warner Bros, 1978 |
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The Scorpions |
Rock You Like A Hurricane |
Heavy Metal, German |
Mercury, 1984 |
One might lump them in with the mid-80s "hair metal" phase, but really they were more from the "kraut rock" end, the harder edge of that minor movement, and easily the most well known. | |
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Guns 'n Roses |
Sweet Child of Mine |
Heavy Metal, "Hair" |
Geffen, 1987 |
This is possibly one of the best written songs of that decade, in terms of the arrangement of the parts and the different instruments. A true classic. | |
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Metallica |
Master of Puppets |
Heavy Metal |
Elektra, 1986 |
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| Sigur Rós |
Milanó |
Post-Rock, Experimental, Ambient |
Geffen, 2005 |
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Portishead |
Glory Box |
Post-Rock, Experiental, Ambient, "Trip-hop" |
Go!/London, 1994 |
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Humming |
Go!/London, 1998 |
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