Listening is an integral part of musical understanding. A sample of works from various eras is available through the Maag Library home page for your enjoyment and study.
Students should set aside separate times for listening. This process is called active listening, and should be taken seriously. The attentive aural study of this music will assure you great success on the listening section of each exam.
To get to the online listening material through the Maag Library website:
Here is a direct link:
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Singer / Band | Song Title |
Louis Jordan | Caldonia |
T-Bone Walker | Stormy Monday |
Roy Brown | Roy Brown’s Boogie |
Fats Domino | The Fat Man |
Fats Domino | I’m Walkin’ |
Fats Domino | Ain’t That a Shame |
Jackie Brenston | Rocket 88 |
Big Mama Thornton | Hound Dog |
Muddy Waters | I’m Your Hoochie Coochie |
Bill Haley | Rock Around the Clock |
Bill Haley | Shake Rattle and Roll |
The Penguins | Earth Angel |
The Crew Cuts | Sh’Boom |
The Platters | Only You |
Little Richard | Tutti Frutti |
Little Richard | Long Tall Sally |
Little Richard | Good Golly Miss Molly |
Chuck Berry | Maybelline |
Chuck Berry | Roll Over Beethoven |
Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode |
Chuck Berry | Rock and Roll Music |
The Tokens | Lion Sleeps Tonight |
Jerry Lee Lewis | Great Balls of Fire |
Jerry Lee Lewis | Whole Lotta Shakin’ |
Buddy Holly | That’ll Be the Day |
Buddy Holly | Peggy Sue |
Sam Cooke | Another Saturday Night |
Carl Pickens | Blue Suede Shoes |
Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel |
Elvis Presley | Blue Suede Shoes |
Elvis Presley | Hound Dog |
Elvis Presley | Love Me Tender |
Elvis Presley | Jail House Rock |
The Coasters | Searchin’ |
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers | Why Do Fools Fall in Love |
Danny and the Juniors | At the Hop |
Link Wray | Rumble |
Chubby Checker | The Twist |
Singer / Band | Song Title |
The Beach Boys | Surfin |
The Beach Boys | Surfin Safari |
The Beach Boys | Surfin USA |
The Beach Boys | Fun Fun Fun |
The Beach Boys | Barbara Ann |
The Beach Boys | California Girls |
The Beatles | Please. Please Me |
The Beatles | She Loves You |
The Beatles | Girl |
The Beatles | A Day in the Life |
The Beatles | Strawberry Fields Forever |
The Beatles | Here Comes the Sun |
Rolling Stones | Walkin the Dog |
Rolling Stones | Heart of Stone |
Rolling Stones | (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction |
Rolling Stones | Sympathy for the Devil |
Bob Dylan | The Times They Are a Changin’ |
Bob Dylan | Masters of War |
Aretha Franklin | Respect |
James Brown | I Got You (I Feel Good) |
The Supremes | Stop, In the Name of Love |
Marvin Gaye | What’s Goin On |
Jefferson Airplane | White Rabbit |
The Doors | Light My Fire |
Jimi Hendrix | Purple Haze |
The Grateful Dead | Touch of Grey |
Frank Zappa | Concentration Moon |
Chicago | 25 or 6 to 4 |
Blood Sweat and Tears | Symphony for the Devil/ Sympathy for the Devil |
Emerson, Lake and Palmer | Karn Evil 9 |
Deep Purple | Smoke On the Water |
Pink Floyd | Us and Them |
Led Zeppelin | Stairway to Heaven |
Van Halen | Eruption |
Metallica | One |
Michael Jackson | Billie Jean |
Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run |
Earth Wind and Fire | In the Stone |
Run-D.M.C. | Raising Hell |
Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit |