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AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC

BIG BAND JAZZ

A

B

Big Bands & Swing Music

Excerpts from the oddly titled "Dance of the Gremlins" by COUNT BASSIE and his orchestra

C

D

Take the A Train by DUKE ELLINGTON

Boogie Woogie by COUNT BASSIE

E

F

Satin Doll by DUKE ELLINGTON

Sweet Georgia Brown by COUNT BASSIE

G

A Kiss to Build a Dream On by BERT KALMAR, HARRY RUBY and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN (1935)

performed by LOUIS ARMSTRONG on vocals and trumpet

H

Things To Come by DIZZY GILLESPIE

The Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band - Jazzwoche Burghausen 2007

What is the BLUES?

ROCK N' ROLL

A

History

B

Johnny B Good by CHUCK BERRY

C

Hound Dog by ELVIS PRESLEY

D

Great Balls of Fire by JERRY LEE LEWIS

E

Let's Twist Again by CHUBBY CHECKER

F

I saw Her Standing There by THE BEATLES

G

Immigrant Song by LED ZEPPELLIN

H

Bleeding Heart by JIMI HENDRIX

I

Sweet Child of Mine by GUNS N' ROSES

J

In The End by LINKIN PARK

K

Heartache by ONE OK ROCK

L

Smells Like Teen Spirit by NIRVANA

M

The Beginning by ONE OK ROCK

N

Sink Hole by GUCKKASTEN

When I was King by ONE OK ROCK

Lost by GUCKKASTEN

STANDARDS

A

You Make Me Feel So Young 

sung by FRANK SINATRA  

B

The Way You Look Tonight by DOROTHY FIELDS and JEROME KERN sung by ROD STEWARD

C

D

When I Fall in Love by VICTOR YOUNG and EDWARD HEYMAN,  sung by NAT KING COLE

Chances Are by ROBERT ALLEN and AL STILLMAN

sung by JOHNNY MATHIS

E

F

Moonlight Serenade by GLEN MILLER 
sung by LAURA FYGI  

Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered 
by RICHARD RODGERS and LORENZ HART 
sung by ELLA FITZGERALD  

G

Can't Help Falling in Love by HUGO PERETTI 
sung by KINA GRANNIS

H

The Nearness of You by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Ned Washington
sung by ELLA FITZGERALD , trumpet by LOUIS ARMSTRONG

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