Listening List
Music is something that we Listen to.
Listening is the most important part of Learning music.
The teacher’s and I compiled this list of music from the past 100 years. It is ordered in groups starting with the highest selling Artist’s ever.
Each of these artists have something to offer.
With the Internet at your fingertips you can access this music and introduce it to the student quicker than you ever could before. Everything is hosted on youtube.
Most of these artists created important historical songs that have become part of our culture. It is too easy for the younger students to miss out on these amazing artists.
Thanks to Wikipedia you can get an immediate history lesson on them as well.
Please take the time to introduce them to your student.
David Hall
The Beatles- *Sold 1 billion albums worldwide
Albums- The White Album, Sgt. Peppers, Abbey Road, Love
Saw her standing there, Love Me Do, Do you want to know a secret?, PS I Love You, Hold Your Hand, All My Loving, All I’ve Got to Do, And I Love Her, I Feel Fine, Help, Yesterday, Norwegian Wood, Eleanor Rigby, Sgt. Pepper, Help From My Friends, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, When I’m 64, USSR, Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, BlackBird, Honey Pie, Rocky Racoon, Mother Nature Son, Helter Skelter, Revolution, Come Together, Something, Oh Darlin’, Here Comes The Sun, Don’t Let Me Down, Let it Be, Hey Jude, From Me To You, We Can Work it out, Imagine, Live and Let Die, Across The Universe, Because
Elvis Presley- *Sold 1 billion albums worldwide
Albums- Number 1’s
Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, I want you I need you, Don’t be Cruel, Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, All Shook Up, Can’t Help Falling in Love, Return to Sender, Viva Las Vegas, Little Less Conversation, In the Ghetto, Suspicious Minds, Burning Love, Always on My Mind
Michael Jackson- *Sold 750 Million Albums Worldwide
*Thriller higest selling album ever ~120 million
Albums- Off the Wall, Jackson 5 Greatest Hits, Thriller, Bad, Number 1’s
Don’t Stop til you get Enough, Rock With You, Workin Day and Night, Off the Wall, Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Human Nature, Bad, Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal, Remember the Time, Earth Song, Butterflies, ABC, I’ll Be There
ABBA- The Gold Experience
Madonna- Highest Selling Female Artist
Holiday, Material Girl, Papa Don’t Preach, La Isla Bonita, Who’s that Girl, Like a Prayer, Cherish, Vogue, Ray of Light, Beautiful Stranger, Music, Don’t Tell Me, Hung Up
Led Zepplin- Dazed & Confused, Heartbreaker, Immigrant Song, Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks, D’yer Maker, Kashmir
Queen- Killer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We are the Champions, Another one Bites the Dust, Crazy Thing Called Love, Under Pressure, Radio Gaga, Bicycle, Fat Bottomed Girls
AC/DC- TNT, Dirty Deeds, Back in Black, Thunderstruck, Highway to Hell, For those about to rock
Bee-Gee’s- Greatest Hits
Elton John- Greatest Hits, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Wish You Were Here
Rolling Stones- Time is on my Side, Satisfaction, Off my Cloud, Paint it Black, Honky Tonk Woman, Brown Sugar
Aerosmith- Dream On, Same Old Song and Dance, Sweet Emotion, Walk this Way, Dude looks like a lady, Rag Doll, Love in an Elevator, Jenies got a gun, Cryin, Crazy, I Don’t Want to miss a thing, Back in the Saddle
Backstreet Boys- Best Of
Barry White- Best Of
Billy Joel- Best Of
Bon Jovi- You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin on a Prayer, Dead or Alive, I’ll Be There For You, Bed of Roses
Britney Spears- Hits, Toxic
Bruce Springsteen- Hits
Cher- Hits
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust, Best of
Deep Purple- Smoke on the Water
Depeche Mode- People are People, Blasphemous Rumours, Personal Jesus, Policy of Truth, World in My Eyes, Route 66
Dire Straits- Hits
Dolly Parton- Hits
The Eagles- Greatest Hits
Take It Easy, Witchy Woman, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Tequila Sunrise, Desperado, Lyin Eyes, Hotel California
Fleetwood Mac- Best Of
Frank Sinatra- Sinatra at the Sands, Wee Small hours, Duets 1&2, Come Fly With Me
Garth Brooks- Best Of
Genesis- Best Of
Guns N Roses- Welcome To The Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child, Patience, Don’t Cry, November Rain, Knockin on Heavens Door
Luciano Pavarotti- O Sole Mio
Metallica- Seek & Destroy, One, Enter Sandman, Sad but true, Unforgiven, Wherever I May m, Nothing else Matters, Master of Puppets, Fade to Black, For Whom The Bells Toll
Neil Diamond- Greatest Hits
Stevie Wonder- Songs in the key of Life, Talking Book, Innervisions
For Once In My Life, Sunny, My Cherie Amour, Shadow of Your Smile, Sunshine of My Life, You & I, Superstition, Higher Ground, Boogie on Reggae Woman, Sir Duke, I Wish, Pastime Paradise, Isn’t She Lovely, As, Master Blaster, Over Joyed
Tina Turner- Greatest Hits
U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Years Day, 40, Pride, Streets Have No Name, Still haven’t found, With or Without you, Better than the real thing, One, Mysterious Ways, Beautiful Day, Vertigo
Carlos Santana– Supernatural, Live
Evil Ways, Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va, Europa, Smooth, Maria Maria, Thee Game of Love
Eminem- Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, Recovery
Iron Maiden- Piece of Mind, Powerslave
The Trooper, Number of the Beast, Wasted Years, Run to the Hills, Can I Play with Madness, The Clairvoyant, Fear of the dark, Hallowed be thy name
Journey- Any Way you Want it, Don’t Stop Believing, Faithfully, Open Arms, Wheel in the Sky, Who’s Crying Now
Prince- When Dove’s Cry, Wanna Be your Lover, Feel for you, 1999, Little Red Corvette, Rasberry Beret, Adore, Kiss, 7, Thieves in the Temple, Purple Rain
Tupac Shakur- Greatest Hits
Van Halen- You Really Got Me, Runnin with the Devil, Jump, Panama, Hot for Teacher
Andrea Bocelli- Bocelli, Sogno
Beyonce’- Dangerously in Love, I am Sasha Fierce, B’day
Black Eyed Peas- Elephunk, Monkey Business, The E.N.D, The Beginning
Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train, Iron Man, Time After Time, No More Tears, Mama I’m Coming Home, War Pigs, Bark at the Moon, I don’t know, NIB
Bob Dylan- Blowin in the wind, like a Rolling Stone, Lay Lady Lay, Rainy Day Woman, Don’t Think Twice, Knockin on Heavens Door, It Ain’t me Babe
Coldplay– Yellow, Scientist, Clocks, Viva la Vida
Duran Duran- Hungry Like the Wolf, Rio, Oridnary World, Come Undone
George Strait- Greatest Hits
Green Day- Dookie, American Idiot
Longview, Basketcase, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around, American Idiot, Holiday, Boulevad of Broken Dreams, When September Ends, Brainstew
Jay-Z– Hardknock Life, The Blueprint
Johnny Cash- Folsom Prison Blues, Walk the Line, Get Rhythm, In the Jailhouse Now, Ring of Fire, Streets of Laredo, Jackson, Boy Named Sue, Daddy Sang Bass, Riders in the Sky, Rusty Cage, I’ve been everywhere, Hurt, Gods Gonna Cut you down
Lady Gaga- The Fame
Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory, Meteora
Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil, Smokin in the Boys Room, Girls Girls Girls, Dr. Feelgood, Kickstart My Heart
Nat King Cole- Best Of
Nirvana- Nevermind, Unplugged, In Utero
Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are, Polly, Heart Shaped Box, Man who sold the World, Pennroyal Tea, All Apologies
Pearl Jam- Ten
Even Flow, Alive, Black, Jeremy, Daughter, Dissident, Better Man, Oceans
The Police/Sting- Nothing Like The Sun, 10 Summoners Tale, Brand New Day
Roxanne, Message in A Bottle, Walk on the moon, Don’t Stand so close to me, Every Breath You Take
Reba McEntire- Greatest Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Behind The Sun, Breaking The Girl, Give it Away, Under the Bridge, Aeroplane, Scar Tissue, Californication, Can’t Stop, Zephyr Song, Snow, Dani California, Suck My Kiss
REM- Greatest Hits
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad
Shakira- Best Of
Shania Twain- Woman in Me, Come on Over, Up!
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Breakdown, Refugee, Won’t Back Down, Free Fallin’, Mary Janes Last Dance, You Wreck Me, You Don’t Know How It Feels
Tony Bennett- Best Of
The Village People- Best Of
Willie Nelson- Blue Eyes Cryin In The Rain, Fire & Rain, On The Road Again, Crazy, To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before, Red Headed Stranger
Fleetwood Mac- Best Of
Dido- No Angel
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Legend
Buffalo Soldier, Burnin & Lootin, Could You Be Loved, Exodus, Get Up Stand Up, I Shot the Sheriff, Is this Love, Jammin’, Lively Up Yourself, No Woman No Cry, One Love, Redemption Song, Stir it up, 3 birds, Waiting in Vain
Norah Jones- Come Away With Me
Usher- Confessions
James Brown- I Feel Good, It’s A Mans World, Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Cold Sweat, Payback, I Got the Feelin’, Mother Popcorn, Get Up Offa That Thing
Eric Clapton/Cream- Unplugged
Sunshine of Your Love, White Room, Crossroads, Layla, Wonderful Tonight, Tears In Heaven
Ray Charles- I Got A Woman, Hallelujah I Love Her So, Dron in my own Tears, Night Time is the right time, What’d I Say?, Hit The Road Jack, Unchain My Heart, I Can’t Stop Loving You, America The Beautiful
Joan Jett- I Love Rock N Roll, Bad Reputation, Do you wanna touch Me
Jimi Hendrix- Albums- Band of Gypsies, Are you Experienced?
Hey Joe, Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, All Along the Watchtower, Fire, Voodoo Child Red House, Wind Cries Mary, Little Wing
Stevie Ray Vaughn- Love Struck, Pride & joy, Texas Flood, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Lenny, Scuttle Buttin, Cold Shot, Things I Used to Do, Look at Lil Sister, House is a rockin, Crossfire, Tightrope
Weezer- Buddy Holly, Say it Ain’t So, Sweater Song, My Name is Jonas, Beverly Hills
Buddy Holly- That’ll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, Everyday(little closer)
Rage Against The Machine- Killing in the name of, Take The Power Back, Bulls on Parade, Bullet in the Head, Freedom
Lynard Skynard- Sweethome Alabama, Free Bird, Simple Man, 3 steps
Allman Brothes- Melissa, Ramblin Man, Jessica, Midnight Rider, Memory of Elizabeth Hand
ZZ Top- La Grange, Tush, I Thank You, Cheap Sunglasses, Gimme All Your Lovin, Sharp Dressed Man
John Mayer- Your Body is a Wonderland, Why Georgia, Daughters, World to change, Gravity, Dreaming with a Broken Heart, Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
The White Stripes- 7 nation Army
Stone Temple Pilots- Plush, Vasoline, Interstate Love Song
Soundgarden- Outshined, Rusty Cage, Blackhole Sunday
Otis Redding- Stand By Me, My Girl, Try a little Tenderness, Dock of the Bay, Hard to Handle, Higher and Higher
Lenny Kravitz- It Ain’t over til its over, Go My Way, I Belong to you, Fly Away, Lady
Aretha Franklin- I Never Loved, Do Right Woman, Respect, Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Think, Say A Little Prayer, Son of A Preacher Man
Sam Cooke- Summertime, Wonderful World, Chain Gang, Cupid, Bring it on Home, another Saturday Night, A Change is Gonna Come
Radiohead- Creep, Paranoid Android, Karma Police, No Surprises, Anyone can play the guitar, High and Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, The Bends, Just
Hank Williams Sr.- Mansion on the Hill, I’m so lonesome I Could Cry, Cold Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin, Half as Much, Jambalaya, You Win Again, Out of this World Alive, your Cheatin Heart, I saw the light, you got the money
The Doors- Break on Through, Light My Fire, People are Strange, Love me 2 times, Hello I Love you, Roadhouse Blues, Riders of the Storm, Love her Madly
The Ramones- Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, Rockaway Beach, I Wanna Be Sedated, Teenage Lobotomy, Pet Cemetary
Kool & The Gang- Jungle Boogie, Hollywood Swinging, Ladies Night, Celebration, Funky Stuff
Count Basie- April in Paris
Frank Sinatra- Sinatra at the Sands, Wee Small Hours, Duets 1&2, Come Fly with Me
Violent Femmes- Blister in the Sun, Gone Daddy Gone
Black Crowes- Jealous Again, Talks to Angels, Thorn in My Pride, Remedy
Miles Davis- Kind Of Blue, Round About Midnight
Chuck Berry- Maybellene, Roll Over Beethoven, Johnny B Goode, No Particular Place to Go, You Never Can Tell, Dingaling
Little Richard- Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Lucille, Good Golly Miss Molly, Whole Lotta Shakin Going On
BB King- Live at the Regal, Why I Sing The Blues
Wes Montgomery- Incredible Jazz Guitar, Smokin at the Half Note
Charlie Christian- Genius of the Jazz Guitar
Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
Wouldn’t it be nice, I get around, California Girls, Help Me Rhonda, Good Vibrations, California Dreamin’
Jack Johnson- In Between Dreams, Curious George
Marvin Gaye- How Sweet it is, Grapevine, Nothing like the real thing, Whats going on, Mercy Mercy, Trouble Man, Get it On
Al Green- Tired of Being Alone, Lets Stay Together, Still in Love With you, Here I Am, Love and Happiness
Primus- Southpark Theme, Frizzle Fry, Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Pork Soda
Tears For Fears- Everybody Wants to Rule The World, Shout, Head over heels
Alice In Chains- Man in the Box, Would, Them Bones, Angry Chair, Rooster, Down in a Hole
No Doubt- Just A Girl, Don’t Speak, Hey Baby, Underneath it All, Rich Girl, Hollaback Girl, Cool, Sweet Escape
Styx- Come Sail Away, Mr. Roboto
The Cure- Mixed up
Close to Me, Just Like Heaven, Lullaby, Love Song, Never Enough, Friday I’m in Love
Charlie Parker- Verve Years
Taylor Swift- Taylor Swift, Fearless
Van Morrison- Best Of
Brown Eyed Girl, Crazy Love, Domino, Wild Night, Warm Love, Gloria, Moondance, Have I Told you Lately
Twisted Sister- I Wanna Rock, We’re not gonna take it
Scorpions- Hurricane, Winds of Change
Robert Johnson- Best Of
Roy Orbison- Only the Lonely, Cryin, Pretty Woman
Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine, Downward Spiral