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	*Doo Wop Music - Part Three* Doo-wop is a type of vocal group harmony with the musical qualities of many vocal parts, nonsense syllables, a simple beat, little instrumentation, and simple music and lyrics. It is ensemble singing, often with a single artist appearing with a backup group. Teardrops - by Lee Andrews and The Hearts This I Swear is True- by The Skyliners There Goes My Baby - by The Drifters 16 Candles - by The Crests Baby It's You- by The Shirelles Come Go With Me - by The Del Vikings Daddy's Home - by Shep And The Limelites Florence - by The Paragons Memories of El Monte - by The Penguins One Summer Night - by The Danleers You Cheated You Lied- by The Shields I'm So Young- by The Students
	*Doo Wop Music - Part Two* Doo-wop is a type of vocal group harmony with the musical qualities of many vocal parts, nonsense syllables, a simple beat, little instrumentation, and simple music and lyrics. It is ensemble singing, often with a single artist appearing with a backup group. Sea Of Love - by Phil Phillips and The Twighlights Long Lonely Nights - by Lee Andrews and The Hearts You're So Fine - by The Falcons Tonigh Tonight - by The Mello-Kings There's A Moon Out Tonight - by The Capris Tears On My Pillow - by Little Anthony and The Imperials Once In A While - by The Chimes Oh What A Night - by The Dells I Only Have Eyes For You - by The Flamingos Deserie - by The Charts A Thousand Miles Away- by The Heartbeats Little Star- by The Elegants
	*Doo Wop Music - Part One* Doo-wop is a type of vocal group harmony with the musical qualities of many vocal parts, nonsense syllables, a simple beat, little instrumentation, and simple music and lyrics. It is ensemble singing with single artists appearing with a backing group. It achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. For Your Precious Love - by Jerry Butler and The Impressions In The Still of The Night - by The Five Satins Happy Happy Birthday Baby - by The Tune Weavers Since I Don't Have You - by The Skyliners Little Darlin' - by The Diamonds Earth Angel - by The Penguins Maybe - by The Chantels Lovers Never Say Goodbye - by The Flamingos Angel Baby - by Rosie and The Originals So Fine - by The Fiestas A Thousand Stars - by Kathy Young and The Innocents The Way You Look Tonight - by The Jaguars
	*Folk Rock : Cat Stevens* (now sings under the name Yusuf) Cat Stevens is a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, and philanthropist. His early 1970s record albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified triple platinum in the United States. The songs below are extraordinary! Tea For The Tillerman How Can I Tell You Trouble Wild World Where Do The Children Play Rubylove Longer Boats Lady D'Arbanville Father and Son Hard-Headed Woman
	*Classic Rock : The Grateful Dead - 'American Beauty' (1970)* Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1960's in California. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock. "Their music touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists." Box of Rain Candyman Friend of The Devil Brokedown Palace Attics of My Life Operator Ripple Sugar Magnolia 'Til the Morning Comes Truckin'
	*Delta Blues*: Mississippi John Hurt My Creole Belle C.C. Rider Louis Collins Coffee Blues Monday Morning Blues Staggerlee *Texas Blues: Mance Lipscomb* Ella Speed Ain't It Hard One Thin Dime Baby, Please Don't Go Cocaine Sugar Babe
	*Americana V : John Prine* John Prine was given a Lifetime Achievement Award for songwriting by the UK's BBC Radio and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Prine has taken his place as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation. Bob Dylan said that Prine was one of his favorite writers, stating "Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. And he writes beautiful songs." Killing The Blues Unwed Fathers Hello In There The Hobo Song Angel From Montgomery One Red Rose Sam Stone Jesus... The Missing Years Donald & Lydia Christmas In Prison
	*Americana IV : Kate Wolf* Kate Wolf was an American folk singer and songwriter. Though her career was relatively short, she had a significant impact on the folk music scene. She died at age 44, after a long battle with leukemia. Kate Wolf's music is celebrated each year toward the end of June at the Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival. Lines On The Paper Everybody's Looking For The Same Thing Amazed To Find You're Still On My Mind Back Roads I Never Knew My Father It Ain't In The Wine Riding In The Country Telluride Sitting On The Porch You're Not Standing Like You Used To Midnight On The Water Tequila & Me
	*Americana III : Emmylou Harris* In addition to her work as a solo singer-songwriter, Emmylou Harris is sought after as a backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists. She has been nominated as the best Americana artist for the Grammy awards. Here she sings with with other musical artists. Angel Eyes (with Willie Nelson) Goodbye (with Steve Earle) Magnolia Wind (with John Prine) Anyhow I Love You (with Guy Clark) Greenville (with Lucinda Williams) Juanita (with Sheryl Crow) Romance in Durango (with Bob Dylan) Sin City (with Jeff Beck) Sonny (with Mary Black and Dolores Keane) Mexican Wind (with Jann Browne)
	*Americana II : The Be Good Tanyas* The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian group formed in 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The style of music they performed can be referred to as alt-country or Americana. Momsong Don't You Fall Birds Junkie Song Broken Telephone Dogsong 2 I Wish My Baby Were Born In Spite of All The Damage It's Not Happening Sleep Dog Lullaby
	*Americana I : The Everbodyfields* An alternative folk/country band from Johnson City, Tennessee, fronted by Sam Quinn and Jill Andrews. By Your Side Out On The Highway The Only King The Red Rose Everything Is Okay Savior Lonely Anywhere Wasted Time
	*The Bee Gees* Bee Gees were comprised of three brothers. The group sang three-part harmonies that were instantly recognisable. The Bee Gees' music sales rank them among the best-selling artists of all time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Stayin' Alive If I Can't Have You How Deep Is Your Love? Lonely Days Love So Right How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? More Than a Woman To Love Somebody Tragedy You Should Be Dancing
	*Songs for Summer* California Girls - by The Beach Boys Dancing in The Streets - by Martha and The Vandellas In The Summertime- by Mungo Jerry All Summer Long - by The Beach Boys Margaritaville - by Jimmy Buffett Do It Again - by The Beach Boys Lonely Summer Nights - by The Stray Cats One Summer Night - by The Danleers School Is Out - by Gary U.S. Bonds Sugar Magnolia - by The Grateful Dead Summer Breeze - by Seals & Croft Summer in The City - by The Lovin' Sooonful Summer of '69- by Bryan Adams Summertime - by Janis Joplin Summertime Blues - by Eddie Cochran Summertime Summertime - by The Jamies Surfer Girl - by The Beach Boys Surfin' Safari - by The Beach Boys Under The Boardwalk- by Drifters Warmth of The Sun- by The Beach Boys
	*Songs for Spring* Here Comes the Sun - sung by The Beatles Perfect Day - sung by Lou Reed, David Bowie, Emmylou Harris, Luciano Pavoroti, Elton John, plus others Riding in the Country- sung by Kate Wolf Sitting on the Porch - sung by Kate Wolf Good Day Sunshine - sung by the Beatles 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - sung by Simon and Garfunkel Saturday in the Park - sung by Chicago Spring Fever - sung by Elvis Presley Spring Affair - sung by Donna Summer Springtime in The Rockies - sung by Michael Martin Murphey April in Paris - sung by Frank Sinatra Somewhere Over the Rainbow / It's a Wonderful World - sung by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Daydream - sung by The Lovin' Spoonful It's a Beautiful Day - sung by U2 The First Day of Spring - sung by Noah and The Whale Spring Can Really Hang You Up - sung by Bette Midler Another Spring - sung by Nina Simone The Boys Are Back in Town - sung by Thin Lizzy Suddenly It's Spring- sung by June Christy Zip-a-Dee Doo-Dah - sung by James Baskett Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- sung by Curly McLain Spring Again - sung by Lou Rawls Won't You Be My Neighbor? - sung by Fred Rogers
	*Songs for Winter* I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - sung by Billie Holiday Winter Wonderland - sung by Louis Armstrong Baby. It's Cold Outside - sung by Ray Charles and Betty Carter A Hazy Shade of Winter - sung by Simon and Garfunkel I Am a Rock - sung by Simon and Garfunkel Long December - sung by Counting Crows Sometimes in Winter - sung by Blood, Sweat, and Tears If We Make It Through December - sung by Merle Haggard Winter- sung by The Rolling Stones Winter Rose - sung by Paul McCartney and Wings Winter Time - sung by The Steve Miller Band Winter's Day - sung by Tommy Roe Winterlong - sung by Neil Young Winter's Tale - sung by The Moody Blues
	*Songs for Autumn* Autumn in New York - sung by Billie Holiday Autumn in New York - sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Autumn Leaves - sung by Doris Day Autumn Leaves - sung by Edith Piaf Fall in Philadelphia - sung by Hall & Oates Forever Autumn - sung by The Moody Blues Harvest Moon - sung by Neil Young September in the Rain - sung by Dinah Washington September of My Years- sung by Frank Sinatra September Song- sung by Willie Nelson Try to Remember - sung by The Brothers Four California Dreamin'- sung by The Mamas & The Papas
	*Cities and Towns* San Francisco - sung by Scott McKenzieS I Left My Heart In San Francisco - sung by Tony Bennett New Orleans - sung by Gary U.S. Bonds Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - sung by Freddy Cannon Philadelphia - sung by Bruce Springsteen L.A. Freeway - sung by Jerry Jeff Walker I've Been Everywhere - sung by Johnny Cash Streets of Bakersfield - sung by Dwight Yoakam My Hometown- sung by Bruce Springsteen Dirty Little Town - sung by Kieran Kane Our Town - sung by Iris Dement Kansas City - sung Wilbert Harrison Okie From Muskogee - sung by Merle Haggard New York, New York- sung by Frank Sinatra Do You Know The Way To San Jose - sung by Dionne Warwick Chicago - sung by Frank Sinatra Wichita Lineman - sung by Glen Campbell Detroit City - sung by Bobby Bare Lodi - sung by Creedence Clearwater
	*Cars* 455 Rocket - sung by Kathy Mattea Automobile - sung by John Prine Fast Car - sung by Tracy Chapman Fun, Fun, Fun - sung by The Beach Boys Heart of Saturday Night - sung by Tom Waits Hot Rod Lincoln - sung by Commander Cody Little Deuce Coupe- sung by The Beach Boys Mercedes Benz - sung by Janis Joplin Mercury Blues - sung K.C. Douglas No Particular Place To Go - sung by Chuck Berry Ol' '55 - sung by Tom Waits One Piece at a Time - sung by Johnny Cash Pink Cadillac - sung by Aretha Franklin
	*Songs of Protest, Revolt, and Revolution* The Times They Are A-Changin' - sung by Bob Dylan Talkin' About a Revolution - sung by Tracy Chapman Won't Get Fooled Again - sung by The Who Sunday, Bloody Sunday - sung by U2l People Have the Power - sung by Patti Smith People Got To Be Free - sung by The Young Rascals Power to the People- sung by John Lennon For What It's Worth - sung by Buffalo Springfield Blowin' In the Wind - sung by Peter, Paul & Mary Revolution - sung by Bob Marley Solidarity - sung by Angelic Upstarts
	*Songs of Friendship* You've Got a Friend - sung by Carole King With a Little Help from My Friends - sung by The Beatles That's What Friends Are For - sung by Dionne Warwick and Friends Old Friends - sung by Simon and Garfunkel My Best Friend - sung byJefferson Airplane Lean on Me (I) - sung by Bill Withers Lean on Me (II)- sung by theTV cast of Glee I'll Be There for You - sung by The Rembrandts for the TV program Friends He Was a Friend of Mine - sung by Bob Dylan Friends (I) - sung by Elton John Friends (II) - sung by The Beach Boys You've Got a Friend in Me - sung by Randy Newman for the movie Toy Story 3 Stand By Me - sung by Ben E. King
	*Bluegrass Ballads* Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - sung by J.D. Crowe and The New South Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die - sung by Ricky Skaggs Don't Throw Your Life Away - sung by The Johnson Mountain Boys Home Sweet Home Revisited - sung by J.D. Crowe and The New South I only Wish You Knew - sung by J.D. Crowe and The New South I Still Miss Someone - sung by The Earl Scruggs Review In My Next Life- sung by J.D. Crowe and The New South Look On and Cry - sung by Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Moutain Boys Man of Constant Sorrow - sung by Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Moutain Boys She Knows When You're on My Mind - sung by J.D. Crowe and The New South Sittin' on Top of the World - sung by Earl Scruggs and Friends Summer Wages - sung by J.D. Crowe and The New South You Ain't Going Nowhere - sung by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
	*A Blues Sampler* Wasted Years - sung by John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - sung by Bessie Smith I Cried for You - sung by Billie Holiday At Last - sung by Etta James Ball and Chain - sung by Janis Joplin My Carolina Sunshine Girl - sung by Jimmie Rodgers Honest I Do- sung by Jimmy Reed The Thrill is Gone - sung by BB King and Tracy Chapman Anymore - sung by Johnny Ace Where is My Good Man? - sung by Memphis Minnie Dock of The Bay- sung by Otis Redding The Night Time is The Right Time - sung by Ray Charles Trouble in Mind - sung by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Down So Low - sung by Tracy Nelson
	Meet Six People Vincent - sung by Don McLean Eleanor Rigby - sung by The Beatles Mr. Bojangles - sung by The Dirt Band Pretty Boy Floyd - sung by The Byrds Emma Rose - sung by Kate Wolf Job - sung by Seatrain
	Drugs and Alcohol Carmelita - sung by Dwight Yoakam There Stands the Glass - sung by Jerry Lee Lewis Sam Stone - sung by John Prine Tequila Sunrise - sung by The Eagles Margaritaville - sung by Jimmy Buffet Cocaine Blues - sung by Jackson Browne Snowblind Friend- sung by Hoyt Axton The Needle and The Damage Done - sung by Neil Young Sunday Morning Coming Down - sung by Kris Kristofferson Mother's Little Helper - sung by The Rolling Stones
	Cowboys El Paso - sung by Marty Robbins Pancho and Lefty - sung by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - sung by Willie Nelson
	"Talking" Songs Alice's Restaurant - written and sung by Arlo Guthrie Let Him Roll - written and sung by Guy Clark
	America (Nationalistic) God Bless the U.S.A. - sung by Lee Greenwood (Critical) Wasteland of the Free - sung by Iris Dement
	*Hope and Happiness* Here Comes the Sun - sung by The Beatles I Can See Clearly Now - sung by Jonny Nash Don't Worry, Be Happy - sung by Bobby McFerrin If You Wanna Be Happy - sung by Jimmy Soul If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - sung by Cat Stevens
	Young Love At 16 She Was Only Sixteen - sung by Sam Cooke Sixteen Candles - sung by The Crests Sweet Little Sixteen - sung by Chuck Berry At 17 I Saw Her Standing There - sung by The Beatles Dancing Queen - sung by ABBA At Seventeen - sung by Janis Ian
	Canadian Folk Singers Lakes of Canada - sung by The Innocence Mission Matapedia - sung by Kate & Anna McGarrigle Suzanne - sung by Leonard Cohen If You Could Read My Mind - sung by Gordon Lightfoot Momsong - sung by The Be Good Tanyas Four Strong Winds - sung by Neil Young
	Love Lost Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - sung by Willie Nelson Days Go By - sung by Dirty Vegas If That's the Way You Feel - sung by Ricky Skaggs Are You Lonseome Tonight - sung by Elvis Presley Martha - sung by Tom Waits On Second Avenue - sung by Art Garfunkel So Sad - sung by The Everly Brothers Time On My Hands - sung by Chaim Tannenbaum Warmth of the Sun - sung by The Beach Boys What'll I Do - sung by Rufus Wainwright

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