Communication through Teams (and email)

From now until further notice. For technical reasons. I will communicate with the class through Teams and with individual students through Teams and/or email.

Listening List for May 05, 2026 (and notes for Gospel)

Okay, first here are the notes for Gospel (Can I get an 'Amen'?!)

Anyway, here is the listening list for class May 05, 2026.

I don't have the time to check if each video is still there. If you find any dead links, please let me know.

Extra credit for anyone who can figure out the theme (yes, there is one).

Ethel Waters (1933)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zywZUhaUqMo

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Lena Horne (1945)

Tired
Pearl Bailey (1945)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz5gV6_MRoQ

Blue moon
Billy Eckstine (1948)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g83L5M_8Nt8

Nature boy
Nat King Cole (1948)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQerH4nRTUA

Banana Boat Song
Harry Belafonte (1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMigXnXMhQ4

Wonderful wonderful
Johnny Mathis (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7wr2FBxcyI

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Leontyne Price (1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXhFiUaNksU

Guess who I saw today
Nancy Wilson (1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFbDj5RBouE

Do you know the way to San Jose?
Dionne Warwick (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnzTgUc5ycc

Kiss an angel good morning
Charley Pride (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-pU-DHEVaU

Wedding bell blues
The 5th Dimension (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhtCGZbxTfc


Some auxiliary videos:

Ethel Waters singing "His Eye is on the Sparrow" in the 1952 movie "Member of the wedding"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gua-NE8y8lE

Pearl Bailey and Nat King Cole (1957 TV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmnx49qMs2U

Harry Belafonte British pop singer Petula Clark in 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQXVjY1oqRo

Ethel Waters singing Suppertime on TV in 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Zvjjbc-Hk

Pearl Bailey doing Hello Dolly! (Tony Awards 1968) Pearl's part begins around 3.45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4eS0x16v1k

Pearl Bailey with Ethel Waters (around 1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpSmPaisB6o

Charley Pride and Johnny Cash (in 1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=276aBrM2-FM

The Pointer Sisters singing Fairytale (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWgKvvbT1g

Leontyne Price at the White House (around 1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGwyXrWuSyw

see y'all in class in May!

Notes on Jazz, Lyrics for Gospel

Here are the notes from jazz.

Here are the lyrics for gospel.

See y'all in class!

Listening (and Watching!) List for class April 21, 2026

This week's list is longer than usual and I split it up between things that should be listening to (that is the sound is more important than the visual) and videos that should be seen.

More than almost any other kind of music in this course, Gospel is about public live performance and many songs are far more expressive and emotional with audience feedback than their studio versions suggest.
As always, if you find dead links, please let me know.

NB. PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE WATCHING SECTION, ESPECIALLY THE LAST THREE VIDEOS IN THE LIST, BY JAMES CLEVELAND, THOMAS DORSEY AND THE CLARK SISTERS!

LISTENING

Arizona Juanita Dranes
I Shall Wear a Crown (1927)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79hhWYVY75s
Proto gospel, has elements of ragtime and honky tonk.

Thomas Dorsey
If You See My Savior (1932)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2-twJpqjFY
Early song by the man known as the father of gospel music. Has a lot in common with white country gospel of the time.

The Heavenly Gospel Singers
Precious Lord, Take My Hand (1937)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTi0KwX5bb0
The first recording of what is generally thought to be the first gospel song, written by Dorsey.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Strange Things Happening Every Day (1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-88l-M0KgkI
A joyful number that revolutionized the genre. It's influence went far beyond the field of gospel and pre-figures many features of rock 'n roll. Tharpe was one of the most influential guitarists of the 20th century.

Mahalia Jackson
Move on up a Little Higher (1947)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtJbvdzXas4
Another record that helped create the genre. Originally a two-sided 78, the second side begins at around 2:39. Jackson went onto become the most iconic gospel performer.

Brother Joe May
Search Me Lord (1950)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ExcTBYpBU
Uptempo and syncopated number by the most famous gospel male soloist. The influence of Bessie Smith is very strong.

Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers
(He's So) Wonderful (1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMVJPsfnXr8
Smooth sound with a lead vocal by Sam Cooke who become something of a gospel teen idol before beginning a career in secular pop music.

Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke
At the Gate (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g50fNe-__d8
At one point one of the most popular gospel performers. She had a modest voice that could not boom out like Mahalia Jackson, and achieved emotional intensity through melisma (moving between notes on a single syllable) and was a key figure in mainstreaming this technique in gospel singing.

Bottle of Tears (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8i0wRtROY4
Cooke was also known for "sermonettes" short spoken and partly sung messages. This is an interesting example of a woman 'sightseeing' in Heaven.

The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Oh Happy Day (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJohGa66FJM
A recording of a hymn from 1755 that unexpectedly became a worldwide hit in 1969.

The Dixie Hummingbirds
I Found a Friend (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvogNMKule4
A catchy number with a non-trivial influence from white country gospel.

Andraé Crouch
Take Me Back (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0I9iEUfRvI
More an arranger than a performer, Crouch freely mixed elements of secular popular music with gospel formulas. He also closely worked with a number of secular artists including Michael Jackson, Madonna and Elton John.

The Winans
It's Time (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7-4BWW6W1M
This number mixes elements of hip hop (including rap).

WATCHING

Ethel Waters
His Eye is on the Sparrow (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo3-p3GDV6w
Her career lasted over 50 years and included both secular and sacred music as well as performances on stage and screen (film and TV) for both black and white audiences. This song, more than any other, was associated with her and was the title of her autobiography. The song begins at 0:54.

Five Blind Boys of Alabama
Too Close (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5OnA6JOacE
Many gospel groups last for decades with regular changes of membership. The very committed lead vocal is by Charles Fountain. The emotional charge seems to invoke not just spiritual but perhaps also erotic ecstacy (there is a long history of one leading to the other).

Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ
A live performance showing off, among other things, her mastery of the electric guitar which was far more advanced than anything happening in secular music at the time.

The Clara Ward Singers
Medley (1963)
(Travellin Shoes; He's got the Whole World in his Hands; When the Saints go Marchin' in)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoWZX3If9gs
Clara Ward was second only to Mahalia Jackson in recognition with the general public. She led the group but only occasionally sang lead. In this clip she plays the piano for the first two numbers before assuming the lead of the third. The massive wig was very on brand for her in the 1960s.

Where is your faith in God?
Rev. James Cleveland (1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wl4ogb0ZbQ
Cleveland was known as the "King of Gospel" and was responsible for mixing elements of popular music or jazz into performances.

Thomas Dorsey
Oh Precious Lord (1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YlkpLGkSg
The song that made gospel music almost 50 years later. Dorsey, himself, was in his 80s. Part of the 1982 documentary "Say Amen, Somebody".

The Clark Sisters
Medley (1983)
(including Name it, Claim it; Is My Living in Vain?; Halleluja)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmA2M6yVa70
The biggest selling female gospel group of all time. This set is the highlight of the 1983 concert movie "Gospel" and one of the finest and most emotional gospel performances caught on film.

BONUS - SERMONS:
Recorded sermon (audio only).
Rev. C.L. Franklin (father of Aretha).
Dry Bones in the Valley (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67nR827F-aw

Recorded sermon (video).
Rev. B.W. Smith
Watch Them Dogs (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hlHPYbTPZI

Enjoy! And see you sinners in class!

Listening List for April 14

UPDATED!!!!

Here are the lyrics for April 14, 2026. A lot of instrumental stuff this week so not so many lyrics.

Time to get back to jazz.

Boogie Woogie

Cleo Brown (1935)
Boogie Woogie

Gene Rodgers (1939)
Jukebox Boogie

Fats Waller (1943)
Ain't Misbehavin' (from the film Stormy Weather)

Evolution from Pop to Jazz singing

Duke Ellington / Adelaide Hall (1927)
Creole Love Call

song: More than you know (1929)
(In class we'll just listen to a short section)

Helen Morgan (1929) Torch (nightclub) singer

Ruth Etting (1929) Pop Singer

Mildred Bailey (1936) Pop (proto-)jazz singer

Billie Holiday (1939) Jazz singer

Big Bands

Chick Webb and his Orchestra (vocal by Ella Fitzgerald)
A-tisket a-tasket

Count Basie and his Orchestra (1940)
Lousiana

Duke Ellington (1952)
Satin Doll

Duke Ellington (from the movie Reveille with Beverly, 1943)
Take the A-Train

Lionel Hampton (1942)
Flying Home

Bebop

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1942)
Salt Peanuts

Charlie Parker (1946)
Confirmation

Big Bands and Dance

Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers (1943)
Jumpin' Jive

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers (1941)
from Hellzapoppin

Bonus: Info on the movie Stormy Weather, from which a number of clips are taken.

And the whole(?) movie itself.

(just for fun)
Chicago Steppin' (2010)

See y'all in class!

Lyrics for March 31, 2026

Here are the lyrics for tomorrow, March 31, 2026.

A few are repeated from last week and others are just added.

See y'all in class!

Notes on the Blues and Lyrics for March 24, 2026

Here are the notes for the Blues.

Here are the lyrics for this week. No, we won't get through all of them (or anywhere near all of them) so it may be revised next week. (nb some of the lyrics are NSFW).

See y'all in class!

Listening List for the Blues (class March 24, 2026)

 Here is the Blues listening list. There is a lot here, and we probably won't finish this week but I might add a few items next week.

While Blues music has only been very popular for short periods of time, it was one of the  most influential types of music from the 20th century and has affected almost every other kind of popular music in America (and beyond). Jazz, rock, country, soul, gospel and other genres all owe their existence at least partly to Blues music, so it needs to be examined in more detail than some other varieties of music.
As always, I haven't checked each link so if you find any dead links please let me know.
Enjoy!

Blues Structure

8 bar blues (Key to the Highway)

12 bar blues (random)

16 bar blues (Watermelon man)

A more formal explanation (don't worry if you don't understand)

Another one (again, don't worry if you don't understand)


Country Blues

Black snake moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)

Devil got my woman
Skip James (1931)

Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson (1936)

Last Kind Words
Geeshie Wiley (1930)

Good mornin' blues
Leadbelly (193?)

Key to the Highway
Big Bill Broonzy (1941)

Trouble in Mind (1924 song)
Lightning Hopkins (1967)


Classic Blues

Crazy blues
Mamie Smith (1920)

Shave 'em dry blues
Ma Rainey (1923)

Send me to the 'lectric chair
Bessie Smith (1927)


Memphis Blues

Dirty Butter
Minnie Wallace (1929)

Cocaine Habit Blues
Memphis Jug Band (1930)


Hokum/Dirty Blues

Tight like that
Clara Smith (1929)

Shave 'em dry
Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) (1935)


Jazz and Blues

Fine and mellow
Billie Holiday (1939)

New blow top blues
Dinah Washington (1951)

Class Materials for March 17, 2026

Kind of a change in plans as I realized I made a mistake in scheduling, namely there will be Early Jazz and maybe scat singing tomorrow and the rest of Jazz will happen later, after we get through the Blues.

Anyway, here are the lyrics for tomorrow.

The notes for Early Jazz will be made available when I finish the Jazz section in a couple of weeks.

See y'all in class!

Listening List for March 17, 2026

We will finish elements from the last class (Coon songs, Minstrels and Ragtime) and begin with some elements of Jazz. As always I haven't check if all the links are good, if you find any dead links then please let me know and I'll try to find replacements.

Boogie Woogie

Cleo Brown (1935)
Boogie Woogie

Gene Rodgers (1939)
Jukebox Boogie

Fats Waller (1943)
Ain't Misbehavin' (from the film Stormy Weather)

Early Jazz / New Orleans (review)

King Oliver
Canal Street Blues (1923)

Jazz Funeral of Juanita Brooks (2009)

History of Scat Singing

Gene Greene
King of the Bungaloos (1911) starting at about 1:44

Cliff Edward (1922)
Homesick

Louis Armstrong (1926)
Heebie Jeebies

Duke Ellington / Adelaide Hall (1927)
Creole Love Call

Ella Fitzgerald (1960)
How High the Moon

Evolution from Pop to Jazz singing

song: More than you know (1929)
(In class we'll just listen to a short section)

Helen Morgan (1929) Torch (nightclub) singer

Ruth Etting (1929) Pop Singer

Mildred Bailey (1936) Pop-jazz singer

Billie Holiday (1939) Jazz singer

Big Bands

Chick Webb and his Orchestra (vocal by Ella Fitzgerald)
A-tisket a-tasket

Count Basie and his Orchestra (1940)
Lousiana

Duke Ellington (1952)
Satin Doll

Duke Ellington (from the movie Reveille with Beverly, 1943)
Take the A-Train

Lionel Hampton (1942)
Flying Home

Bebop

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1942)
Salt Peanuts

Charlie Parker (1946)
Confirmation

Big Bands and Dance

Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers (1943)
Jumpin' Jive

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers (1941)
from Hellzapoppin

(just for fun)
Chicago Steppin' (2010)

See y'all in class!

Class Materials for March 10, 2026

Here are the notes for music from Africa and Early Music in America.

Here are the lyrics for the class (mostly not as important as some coming classes).

Enjoy!

See y'all in class!

Pre-class Listening List - 1

Here is a pre-class listening list. Please note that these are general videos meant to give you an idea about the content to come. Not all videos will necessarily appear in class and some videos not here will be shared in class.

nb. I mostly cut and pasted links, if any are dead please let me know (email/chat on teams) and I'll try to repair.

I should have lyrics for the class videos during the weekend.

 

AFRICAN ROOTS

Rhythmic complexity: Adowa Dance.

Exhuberant dancing.

Similar to Breakdancing (Northern Nigeria, 1959).

Costumed religious dance (Zaouli - Ivory Coast).

Kumpo dance from Senegal.

Sexualized dancing (la ventilateur from Senegal).

Singing while farming (Ghana).

Post office employees from Ghana (starts at around 0.17).

ON TO THE AMERICA:

Field Hollers and Work Songs.

Hoe Emma Hoe

first version

second version

Prison work songs

Early in the morning.

Black Betty

Studio version - Leadbelly

British rock version – Ram Jam

Spirituals

Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Fisk Jubilee Singers) -1909

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Paul Robeson)

Deep River (Marion Anderson)

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Odetta)

Oh Freedom! (Princely Players)

Coon songs

The Whistling Coon

Nigger Loves his Possum

If the Man in the Moon was a Coon

Minstrels and Blackface

General info:

Sand Dance

Comedy (in theory)

Black and White Minstrel Show (late 1970s UK TV)

Cake walk

Historical footage

Stage performance (recreated from a 1936 movie, Cake Walk starts around 0.35)

Stage performance (from 1903)

Ragtime

Dueling Pianos (something like a cutting session).

Maple Leaf Rag

The Entertainer (piano version)

The Entertainer 1973 version (from the Sting)

Solace

Bethena

A Real Slow Drag from Treemonisha

Commercial recorded version.

Live performance.

Enoy! And See y'all in class!

 

AAM: First Notes

This will be the blog for the African American Musical Tradition.

Here are the first notes (some basic information on African Americans).

Enjoy!

Class Stuff for February 03-04, 2026

UPDATE: Here are the most important things to know for the test.

Okay, this week.

Tuesday (which is... Tuesday).

There will be a Class Review (and preparation for the test).

I will also give a preview of my elective class next semester.

Wednesday (which apparently will also be Tuesday).

The test!

The test will be made up of fill-in-the-blank and short answers. 

It is open book (you may have notes from the class, mine or yours) but only in printed paper form, no digital devices will be allowed.

You will have (but probably won't need) 90 minutes for the test. If someone needs more time I'll probably give it to them....

After grading the test I will calculate grades based on the test and attendance and enter them, mostly likely by Friday or Saturday.

If you're satisfied with the grad I enter, then.... course over!

if you want a higher grade (up to 1 1/2 points) I will give you essay assignments followed by an in person meeting with me (more info on this in class)

If someone needs an exam then I can do that but it will be essay assignments (and an in person meeting with me).

See y'all in class! 

More (Last) Notes! UPDATED!

I have put all the notes you'll need for the test in one document (with convenient table of contents!).

Here it is!

Enjoy

More Notes (Country Lyrics and Train Songs)

Here are the notes for Country Lyrics.

Here are the notes for Train Songs.

I may post a few more notes (the last ones) tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Lyrics for January 27, 2026 (and more notes)

Here are the lyrics for train songs.

Here are the notes for Book Musicals.

See y'all in class!

Listening List for Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Here is the listening list for class on January 27, 2026.
Some recurrent themes of train songs are:
building railroad lines,
specific trains,
trains as a symbol of loss and/or alienation
trains as a metaphor for a person's life
There's more that we'll talk about on Tuesday.

Songs here are in (rough) chronological order (when they were written, not necessarily the particular performance).

JOHN HENRY
performed by Sing an American Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF-3t8Id6mA

ROCK ISLAND LINE
performed Kelly Pace and Prisoners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NTa7ps6sNU

FREIGHT TRAIN
performed by Elizabeth Cotten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2DCWfBkMSI

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO
performed by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTwy8ruyY40

TAKE THE A-TRAIN
peformed by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Betty Roche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY

THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE
performed by Judy Garland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRTMnvQYHUI

ROCK ISLAND
perfomed by ensemble (from the Music Man, 1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ9U4Cbb4wg

BLUE TRAIN
perfomed by John D. Loudermilk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_KFjUDLpmA

THE L & N DON'T STOP HERE ANYMORE
performed by Johnny Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj8_ZOqo5Bs

LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE
performed by the Monkees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-nyqMyEjRQ

CANADIAN RAILROAD TRILOGY
performed by Gordon Lightfoot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzauTuRG78

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
performed by Arlo Guthrie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMS_ykiLiQ

MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVAxJB3DkDE

JUST LIKE THIS TRAIN
performed by Joni Mitchell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIArmiG0wY

TULSA QUEEN
performed by Emmylou Harris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjrvXvGM-PI

DRIVER 8
performed by R.E.M.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im8SCqUwIZE

DOWNTOWN TRAIN
performed by Tom Waits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWDJIwqCXi4

RUNAWAY TRAIN
performed by Roseanne Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvcdrXwAxAk

RUNAWAY TRAIN (different song)
peformed by Soul Asylum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzzKBxlIiEQ

BLUE TRAIN (different song)
performed by Linda Ronstadt, with Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CeLJuLp3mQ

See y'all in class!

 

Lyrics for Janaury 20, 2026 (and more notes!)

Here are the lyrics for January 20, 2026.

Here are the notes for Song Structure.

Here is an appendix (for things that didn't fit in the notes).

Enjoy!

Listening List for January 20, 2026

Here is a provisional listening list for class, January 20, 2026. At present this is in alphabetical order (that will probably change for class, and some songs may change as well).

For each song:
TITLE OF THE SONG
(ASPECT OF COUNTRY LYRICS)
performed by (artist name)

18 WHEELS AND A DOZEN ROSES
(TRUCKERS)
perfomed by Kathy Mattea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElCpHuiWkA

A COUNTRY BOY CAN SURVIVE
(COUNTRY FOLKS, SELF-RELIANCE, PATRIOTISM)
performed by Hank Williams Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQNkIrg-Tk

BLOOD RED AND GOIN' DOWN
(STORYTELLING: SOUTHERN GOTHIC)
performed by Tanya Tucker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebgGN9U3sf0

COCA-COLA COWBOY
(HUMOR, FOLK POETRY)
performed by Mel Tillis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyj2MJ8JflI

DEEPER THAN THE HOLLOW
(COUNTRY FOLKS)
perfomed by Randy Travis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCgSbb_hJA0

GOODBYE EARL
(STORYTELLING, SOUTHERN GOTHIC, ANGRY WOMEN)
performed by the Dixie Chicks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs

GRANDPA, TELL ME 'BOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS
(NOSTALGIA)
performed by the Judds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmzd_Xa_2Cc

HE THINKS HE'LL KEEP HER
(LOSS OF LOVE, ANGRY WOMEN)
performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ajB0lkKZM

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, WHEN TIMES WERE BAD
(NOSTALGIA, NOBLE POOR FOLKS)
performed by Dolly Parton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTuv8qxfOCM

KILLING TIME
(DRINKIN' SONG, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR)
performed by Clint Black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAm4nHFOir0

MARIE LAVEAU
(STORYTELLING: SUPERNATURAL, HUMOR)
performed by Bobby Bare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK2pEaep0KQ

SHE'S ACTING SINGLE (I'M DRINKING DOUBLES)
(CHEATIN' SONG, DRINKIN' SONG, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR)
performed by Gary Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh-KEYAN9dg

TWO STOREY HOUSE
(UNHAPPY RICH FOLKS, HUMOR)
performed by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBTpMHCKXRw

WHEN THE TINGLE BECOMES A CHILL
(ADULT PROBLEMS, LOSS OF DESIRE)
performed by Loretta Lynn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMM42ILPkRA

YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME
(META-HUMOR)
performed by David Allen Coe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZbso7sNqv0

Class Notes and Lyrics for January 13, 2026

Here are some bonus lyrics for January 13, 2026!

Here are the lyrics for this week's class.

Here are the class notes (for the test) on:

Early American Music and Stephen Foster

Roots and Routes of Country Music

Broadway (part one)

Enjoy!