Music 104B: History of Rock Music
 

Current Text: Crampton, Luke and Rees, Dafydd. Rock &  Roll year by year. London: DK Publishing, 2005. 

Previous text:
Shirley, David. The History of Rock & Roll. New York: Franklin Watts, 1997. 

Syllabus


Topic Outline

Powerpoint Presentations (based on Shirley, 1997) - HTML versions still under construction

Introduction [.ppt file]
Chapter One - Sam Phillips Finds His Star [.ppt file]
Chapter Two - "Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll" [.ppt file]
Chapter Three - The Day the Music Died [.ppt file]
Chapter Four - The British Invasion [.ppt file]
Chapter Five - Bringing It All Back Home [.ppt file]
Chapter Six - Crossroads [.ppt file]
Chapter Seven - Things Quiet Down [.ppt file]
Chapter Eight - Bring on the Noise [.ppt file]
Chapter Nine - Rock Goes Underground [.ppt file]
Chapter Ten - Rock and Roll's Last Stand [.ppt file]
Chapter Eleven - It's All in the Image [.ppt file]
Epilogue - Beyond Nirvana [.ppt file]

Handouts

PBS Series: Rock&Roll

Documents and Assignments

Sample Class Presentation Outline ("Hound Dog: Origins and Covers")
Text Questions I

Text Questions II
Text Questions III
Text Questions IV
Text Questions V
Text Questions VI
Text Questions VII
Text Questions VIII
Text Questions IX

Links

Rock and Roll Year By Year

The History of Rock & Roll


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