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Mandatory Music Selection
To explore the music selections included in the course listening guides and thoroughly prepare for the graded listening tests that are assignments in this online music course, students MUST have a subscription to Spotify, Amazon Music, Napster, Apple Music, or another subscription music service. All of the recordings that accompany the listening guides can be located on these various subscription music services.
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The following music selections are used in this course:
Identification Test #1: Forerunners of Rock
Early Rock
| Selection | Artist |
|---|---|
| Hellhound on My Trail | Robert Johnson |
| Lost Your Head Blues | Bessie Smith |
| Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams |
| His Eye Is on the Sparrow | Mahalia Jackson |
| I’ve Got My Mojo Working | B.B. King |
| Tutti Frutti | Little Richard |
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Blue Velvet | Bobby Vinton |
| Good Vibrations | The Beach Boys |
Identification Test #2: The Sixties
Motown / Soul
| Selection | Artist |
|---|---|
| Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam) | Pete Seeger |
| A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall | Bob Dylan |
| Eight Miles High | The Byrds |
| Carrie Anne | The Hollies |
| Dance to the Music | Sly and the Family Stone |
| Stop! in the Name of Love | The Supremes |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown |
| Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) | The Temptations |
Identification Test #3: Rock through the Present
| Selection | Artist |
|---|---|
| Rock and Roll (Live) | Velvet Underground |
| Search and Destroy | Iggy and the Stooges |
| Shining Star | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| Equal Rights | Peter Tosh |
| You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ | Judas Priest |
| Nearly Lost You | Screaming Trees |
| King of Rock | Run-D.M.C. |
| Killing Me Softly with His Song | Fugees |
| Somewhere on the Way | Chris Roman Herrera |
| Condition Loyalty | Chris Roman Herrera |
| Brilliance Unbridled | Chris Roman Herrera |