Syllabus and Listening list - Music 106 The History of Rock

Summer I, 2016
I recommend reading each weeks assignments and listening to each weeks list a week in
advance.

You are responsible for material only on this syllabus for the listening quizzes.
There are additional songs at the streaming site.
Listening site - https://ucdavis.app.box.com/v/music106
Week 1: June 20-24 Overview & roots, blues: birth of R&R, Elvis, and demise of R&R
Whats That Sound? John Covach-3rd edition pp.3-153
Overview of the class; How to listen critically; R&B, jazz, folk & bluegrass roots of rock;
country blues; Fats Domino, rockabilly, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Radio and recording, record
companies, Brill building, girl groups, folk traditions, Phil Spector, Beach Boys
Summer I Week 1 Listening Songs
1. Robert Johnson: Crossroad Blues
2. Muddy Waters: Rollin Stone
3. Howlin Wolf: Moanin At Midnight
4. Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley
5. Etta James: Good Rockin Daddy
6. Big Mama Thornton: Hound Dog
7. Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues
8. Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes
9. Bill Haley and the Comets: Rock Around the Clock
10. Little Richard:Tutti Frutti
11. Fats Domino: Aint That a Shame
12. Elvis Presley: Thats Alright Mama, Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog
13. Sam Cooke: Wonderful World
14. Chuck Berry: Maybelline, Roll Over Beethoven
15. Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue
16. Everly Brothers: Cathys Clown
17. Roy Orbison: Crying
18. The Weavers (Pete Seeger): If I Had a Hammer
19. The Kingston Trio: Tom Dooley
20. The Ronettes: Be My Baby
21. The Beach Boys: Surfin USA, California Girls
22. The Kingsmen: Louie, Louie
23. The Shirelles: Will You Love Me Tomorrow
24. The Crystals: Hes a Rebel
25. The Righteous Brothers: Youve Lost That Lovin Feeling
26. The Chiffons: Hes So Fine
27. The Dixie Cups: Chapel of Love

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Week 2: June 27 - July 1- The Beatles and the British invasion: The American response
pp. 154-221 Early Beatles, Rolling Stones - British Blues: Beck, Page, Clapton, John Mayall and
the Bluesbreakers: Beach Boys part II, New York bands, Folk rock, Bob Dylan, The Monkees
Summer I Week 2 Listening Songs
1. Lonnie Donegan: Rock Island Line
2. The Rolling Stones: Get Off of My Cloud, Satisfaction, Sympathy for the
Devil
3. The Beatles: Love Me Do, Help, Roll Over Beethoven, Rock and Roll
Music, I Saw Her Standing There
4. Donovan: Catch the Wind
5. Marianne Faithful: As Tears Go By
6. The Animals: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
7. The Yardbirds: For Your Love, Shape of Things
8. The Who: My Generation
9. The Kinks: A Well Respected Man, All Day and All of the Night
10. The Hollies: Bus Stop
11. Spencer Davis Group: Gimme Some Lovin
12. John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers: Hideaway
13. The Troggs: Wild Thing
14. The Beach Boys: God Only Knows, Fun, Fun, Fun
15. The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man
16. Bob Dylan: Blowin In the Wind, Mr. Tambourine Man, Like a Rolling
Stone, The Times They Are A-Changin,Positively 4th Street
17. Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi, Woodstock
18. The Monkees: The Last Train to Clarksville
19. The Young Rascals: People Got to be Free
20. The Lovin Spoonful: Do You Believe in Magic
21. The Four Seasons: Lets Hang On
22. Tommy James and the Shondells: Mony, Mony
23. Credence Clearwater Revival: Green River/ Susie Q (live)
24. Simon and Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence
25. The Band: Stagefright

Please note that there are no classes on Monday, July 4

July 5 - Listening Quiz #1 on weeks 1 and 2 of the syllabus
Week 3: July 5-8 Psychedelia and Pre Metal:
Pp. 254-295 drugs, sex and rock and rollSan Francisco, NY and London, Jimi Hendrix,
Vanilla Fudge, Woodstock, The Fillmores
Summer I Week 3 Listening Songs
1. The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
2. The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever, A Day in the Life, Lucy In the Sky
With Diamonds, Within You, Without You, Eleanor Rigby
3. The Jefferson Airplane: Somebody to Love
4. The Doors: Break on Through, The End
5. Cream: Crossroads, Sunshine of Your Love
6. The Grateful Dead: Casey Jones, Truckin,
7. Jimi Hendrix: Manic Depression All Along the Watchtower,
Purple Haze
8. Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
9. The Vanilla Fudge: You Keep Me Hangin On
10. Donovan: Mellow Yellow
11. Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild
12. Humble Pie: I Dont Need No Doctor
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July 6- Midterm exam review
July 7 and July 8 - Mid-term exam
N. B. The mid-term exam is given in your section during this week. The exam is different in
each section.

Week 4: July 11-15 Motown and Soul: The Fusions, Early Metal and the Ever Blurring Line
pp. 222-253, 296-341,
Summer I Week 4 Listening Songs
Berry Gordy, The Funk Bros. Supremes, The Temptations, Stax, James Brown,
Black
Pride, Aretha:
Singersongwriters, Southern and country rock, Glam rock- New York Dolls, jazz and
progressive rock, early metal
1. Mary Wells: My Guy
2. Smokey Robinson: The Tears of a Clown
3. Martha and the Vandellas: Dancin in the Street
4. The Supremes: You Cant Hurry Love
5. The Temptations: My Girl, Aint Too Proud to Beg
6. Wilson Pickett: In the Midnight Hour
7. Aretha Franklin: Respect, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
8. James Brown: Papas Got a Brand New Bag, I Got You (I Feel Good),
9. Otis Redding: Try a Little Tenderness, (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay
10. Stevie Wonder: Signed, Sealed, Delivered Im Yours
11. King Crimson: 21st Century Schizoid Man
12. Yes: Yours Is No Disgrace
13. Jethro Tull: Bouree
14. The Eagles: Take It Easy
15. Steely Dan: Kid Charlemagne, The Caves of Alta Mira
16. Deep Purple: Highway Star, Smoke on the Water
17. Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused, Whole Lotta Love
18. Black Sabbath: Paranoid, Iron Man
19. Paul Simon: American Tune
20. Ozzy Osbourne: Rock n Roll Rebel
21. The Allman Brothers: Whipping Post
22. Kiss: Rock and Roll All Nite
23. Frank Zappa: Little House I Used To Live In
24. Santana: Oye, Como Va?

July 18 - Listening Quiz #2 on weeks 3 and 4

Week 5: July 18-22- Mainstream Rock, Punk and New Wave: Black Pop, the rise of Disco,
early rap - pp. 342-409
Summer I Week 5 Listening Songs
Mainstream, Frampton, Queen, Punk in NY and London, New Wave:
Reggae and crossover music, Black pop, disco, the beginnings of rap
1. The Ramones: Blitzkrieg Bop, Gimme Schock Treatment
2. The Clash: Police On My Back
3. The Sex Pistols: Anarchy in The UK,God Save the Queen
4. Devo: Jocko Homo
5. Talking Heads: Psycho Killer
6. The MC5: Kick out the Jams
7. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Fleetwood Mac: Rhiannon
9. Peter Frampton: Baby, I Love Your Way
10. The Police: Roxanne
11. Springsteen: Born To Run
12. Sly and the Family Stone: Everyday People
13. Earth, Wind and Fire: Shining Star
14. Stevie Wonder: Livin For the City
15. Michael Jackson: Beat It
16. Donna Summer: Bad Girls
17. Chic: Good Times, Dance, Dance, Dance
18. Parliament: Give Up the Funk" (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
19. Bob Marley: Get Up, Stand Up, No Woman No Cry
20. Marvin Gaye: Whats Going On
21. The O Jays: Love Train
22. The Sugar Hill Gang: Rappers Delight
23. Run-DMC: Rock Box
24. Sister Sledge: We Are Family

July 25 - Listening Quiz #3 on weeks 5 and 6

July 26 - final exam review
Week 6: July 25-27 - The early 80s - pp.410-487
Summer I Week 6 Listening Songs
1. Prince: Kiss
2. Madonna: Like a Virgin, Angel
3. David Bowie: Modern Love
4. U2: Sunday, Bloody Sunday
5. R.E.M.: Radio Free Europe
6. The Eurhythmics: Sweet Dreams
7. Duran, Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf
8. Michael Jackson: Thriller
MTV, Madonna, Rock marches on, more globalization
Final exam Wednesday, July 27 There are no sections this week after the final