Rock, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country, & Swing Music

Updated July 26, 2003

ROCK 'N ROLL
*** It's cool! At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame find out about the history of Rock 'n Roll. 
  Rock & Roll Library 
The Rock 'n' Roll Vault
This Day in Rock & Roll History
The Rock 'n' Roll Vault - This Week in Rock 'n' Roll
The Rock 'n' Roll Vault - Timeline
TIMELINE: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum : Hall of Fame
History of Rock Music @ UT
Rock Emerges -- Little Richard and Chuck Berry
The Rise of Independent Labels -- Elvis Presley, Sun and Rockabilly
MOTOWN HOME PAGE
The Classic Rock Page and Bookstore - Links to bands from the 50's to the 80's
LIFE Rock & Roll Gallery
LIFE The Best Rock Recordings
VH1.com
MTV.com
Oldies Music -- history, trivia and charts of 50s, 60s, and 70s music
Oldies Music - Number One Songs
The Octopus's Garden - The Beatles, American Pie, Elvis, Swing and more
The Archive of Misheard Lyrics
Misinterpreted Music Lyrics
Understanding the lyrics of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Alan Freed and the Payola Scandal
1969 Woodstock Festival & Concert
SUMMER OF LOVE-TM
The Rise of the Electric Guitar
Music 101: Electric Guitar Anatomy
Baby Boomer Headquarters: Music Room
Britannica.com: Head Sounds: Psychedelic Rock
Stuck in the '70s -- Music of the '70s
80's Lyrics and 80's Lyrics #2
History Of Disco - Pt 1
History of Heavy Metal Music and the Metal Subculture
Punk Rock
Backward Masking and Coincidence in Music Played Backwards
Bob Dylan
Peter Paul & Mary Website
Elvis Presley, The King of Rock n' Roll
When Elvis Meet Nixon
Oldies Music -- history, trivia and charts of Fifties, Sixties and Seventies music
SIXTIES RADIO DOT COM
The Official Jethro Tull Website
FRANK ZAPPA: The REAL Frank Zappa Home Page
iMusic
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Lesson Plans
Robert Moog - The Moog Synthesizer
A Brief History of Banned Music in the United States
Live Radio on the Internet: Thousands of live radio stations
  Bands and Artists Top Links
Lyrics Connection - for more lyrics sites, check out my Main Music page.
For more on Rock music, drop by my RETRO-The 50s, 60s, 70s, & 80s page!

THE BRITISH INVASION
Did you know? The Beatles song 'A day in the life' ends with a note sustained for 40 seconds.
The Fab Four Forever Club
  Beatles Timeline 
  The Beatles Studio - thebeatles.com.hk 
  The Beatles - From Abbey Road To Cyberspace: Writer's ArchiveThe Beatles 
  The Influence of the Beatles on Charles Manson 
  FBI - Freedom of Information Act - John Lennon
  British Invasion 
British Invasion - Related Sites 
Beatle news briefs
Beatlefest Home Page
   The Garden's Beatles Pages: McCartney, Lennon, Starr, & Harrison 
  Beatles Lyrics & Album Covers 
  The Beatles Online Library 
  Beatles Trivia 
  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Ok, the page is in Spanish, BUT you can click on each figure on the album cover and find out who it is!!!
   The Rock 'n' Roll Vault - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 
  Rubber Souled 
  Enter the Pepperland... 

Did you know? John Lennon's middle name was Winston.

RAGTIME & JAZZ!
Dates in the Development of Ragtime
DECOY's Scott Joplin Page
Ragtime Home Page
Ragtime alphabetic index
Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation
great day in harlem
A "Dixieland" and "Jazz" Overview
A Passion for Jazz! Music commentary, history and education
History of Jazz
Jazz Magazine and Resource | ALL ABOUT JAZZ
Jazz and other kinds of popular music
Jazz Glossary Plus Index
Jazz Age Biographies
The Jazz Age Page
Jazz Age Links
Schomburg Center-Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project Clips
Swinging Through Time: the story of Detroit jazz
Jazz Clubs Worldwide
All-Jazz Online Bookstore
Styles of Jazz - a map
JAZCLASS : Jazz Lessons, Blues Lessons, Saxophone Lessons
Ellington Tour Preview
Jazz Age Chicago -- Main Menu
All Things Diminished
Past Perfect - Jazz, Big Band, Swing digitally remastered

THE BLUES
The Mudcat Cafe - a magazine dedicated to Blues and Folk music
The Blue Highway
The Blue Flame Cafe--Encyclopedia of the Blues
The King of the Blues Home Page
B.B. King's Worldblues Web Site!
River of Song: Music along the Mississippi River
Southwest Blues: The number one blues magazine in the Southwest
Trail of the Hellhound: Delta Blues in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Rhythm and Blues

SWING MUSIC & DANCING IS BIG AGAIN!!!!
History of Swing Dancing
Swing, Swing, Swing
Jump Site
THE ORIGINAL BIGBANDS DATABASE
Past Perfect - Jazz, Big Band, Swing digitally remastered
For more info on Big Bands, visit my WWII Homefront page.

FOLK MUSIC
The Mudcat Cafe - a magazine dedicated to Blues and Folk music
Joan Baez, Buffy St. Marie, Dylan are all at the Folk Music Home Page
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
The Digital Traditions Folksong Database
California Folk Music Home Page
A Folksongs 6000 Volkslieder
Folksong Index
American Folksongs
"Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti" (FOLKWAYS) (1947)
Ballads from Deep Gap, NC, and Okemah, OK: Doc & Merle Watson, Woody Guthrie
The Songs of Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie and the American Spirit 
  WOODY GUTHRIE FOUNDATION AND ARCHIVES 
Peter Paul & Mary Website

YEEHAW!! COUNTRY MUSIC
Roughstock's History of Country Music
  PBS - Welcome to Austin City Limits 
  A Patchwork Quilt: Dolly Parton and the Roots of Country Music (The Library of Congress)

TEJANO MUSIC
Your Source of Hispanic Music Information: La Onda Network

AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC IN HISTORY
Official U.S. State Songs: Laura's MIDI Heaven!
  American Popular Music Before 1900 - 1900 to 1950 - 1950 - 2000
  Songs in American History 
  Rise of the Popular Song 
Popular Songs in American History 
  Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing and Mirror Site 
  Patriotic Melodies, Selections from I Hear America Singing (Library of Congress)
  HISTORY in Song (Table of Contents)
American History in Song
Music of the American Revolution
  Colonial Music Institute 
  About Early American Music
About Colonial Music 
  Patriotic Music In America 
  Popular Songs of the Early 20th Century to World War I Collection 
  MUSIC: America Goes to War (WWI) Part 1 - Page 2 
  Belfer World War II Songs || Syracuse University Library - WORLD WAR II SONGS BY TITLE 
   Soldiers' Songs 
  American Experience | Stephen Foster 
    Stephen Foster Collection
American Civil War Songs
Ashokan Farewell FAQ
    20s Music 
  Music of the 20s and 30s 
  The Library's Gershwin Collection
  Fred Waring's America: the "Man Who Taught America How To Sing" 
  WOODY GUTHRIE FOUNDATION AND ARCHIVES 
  The Bing Crosby Information File 
  The Songs of WWII 
  1960s Music 
    SONGS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Songs of Texas
    Old Time Victrola Music on Cassette
Historic American Sheet Music 
Dreams of the Past: 19th Century Color Lithographic Sheet Music Covers
Red, Hot & Blue: A Salute to American Musicals from the National Portrait Gallery 
  A list of songs popular during World War 1 
  A List of Songs Popular During World War II 
  American Popular Music During World War II 
  Protest Songs of 2003 
  Heart and Souls: Celebration of African American Music - More info available on my African Americans page. 
The Digital Traditions Folksong Database
Folk Music of America
California Folk Music Home Page 
Campfire Sing-Along Index
Folksong Index
American Folksongs   
For more on American music, please check out specific time periods on my Table of Contents page.