1990s
Footage of live performance of blues standard, first recorded by Charles Segar in 1940, by Jeff Beck and BB King. Interesting to compare with video of Eric Clapton's version.
Official classification: 1990s, Video, Blues, Curriculum support
Footage of live performance blues standard, first recorded by Charles Segar in 1940, by Clapton. Interesting to compare with video of Jeff Beck & BB King version.
Official classification: 1990s, Video, Blues, Curriculum support
Full audio of funk rock song from 1990, features introductory guitar riff.
Official classification: Song, 1990s, Audio, Rock, Curriculum support, Unit 10. Hooks and riffs
from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Aspects of Love.
Official classification: Musical, Song, 1980s, 1990s, Audio, Unit 20 Stars, hide your fires, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song
From Phantom of the Opera. Suggested listening from QCA Unit 20 (KS2) Reinforce the way music creates a mood by
listening to the descending scale and lyrics.
Official classification: Musical, Song, 1980s, 1990s, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Unit 20 Stars, hide your fires, Curriculum support, Naxos
Classic guitar riff led metal track from 1991. Search metallica to find tutorials for drum, bass and electric guitar parts.
Official classification: 1990s, Audio, Rock, Curriculum support, Unit 10. Hooks and riffs, Heavy Metal
1990 hit for US R&B and Dance group that made number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1991.
Official classification: 1990s, Audio, Pop, United States, Curriculum support, Dance
The third and final single from their fifth studio album, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, is heavily jazz influenced, a departure in style from their previous alternative, funk and hard rock material.
Official classification: 1990s, Popular Songs, Audio, Jazz, United States, Curriculum support, Funky
Classic Rock Ballad recorded by McKee for the soundtrack to the movie Days of Thunder in 1990 and became a UK number 1 hit single in the same year.
Official classification: 1990s, Film & Animation, Popular Songs, Audio, Rock, United States, Curriculum support
1996 Dance Remix of 1970 single that makes an environmental statement (from the lyrics "Paved paradise to put up a parking lot" and "don't know what you've got til it's gone").
Good example of a protest song for KS2
Official classification: 1970s, 1990s, Popular Songs, Audio, Pop, United States, Curriculum support, Dance, The Environment
1995 solo single by the American Soul singer who also goes by the name Mardou Fox and has sung lead vocals for bands such as The Brand New Heavies and Incognito along with collaboration projects with artists such as Paul Weller and Jazzamatazz.
Official classification: 1990s, Popular Songs, Audio, Pop, Curriculum support, Funky
1994 solo single by the American Soul singer who also goes by the name Mardou Fox and has sung lead vocals for bands such as The Brand New Heavies and Incognito along with collaboration projects with artists such as Paul Weller and Jazzamatazz.
Official classification: 1990s, Popular Songs, Audio, Pop, Curriculum support, Funky
Released in 1994 and the fifth single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever, this single spent 7 weeks in the UK Top 20, peaking at number 4.
Official classification: 1990s, Popular Songs, Audio, R&B, United Kingdom, Curriculum support
Hard rock original single by the British band, first released as a single in June 1970, reissued in 1980 and again in 1995. To this day it remains Deep Purple's highest charting UK single. Features riff played by electric guitar, bass and keyboard.
Official classification: Riffs, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Popular Songs, Audio, Rock, United Kingdom, Curriculum support, Unit 10. Hooks and riffs, Heavy Metal
1990 cover version of 1960 novelty song telling the story of a shy girl in a revealing bikini bathing suit who stays immersed in the ocean water to hide from view. This version features children's TV presenter of the time Timmy Mallet.
Official classification: 1990s, Popular Songs, Audio, United Kingdom, Curriculum support, Disco
Green Day's most popular single from their early career, When I come around reached number 6 in the US and number 3 in the UK in 1993. A good example of Rock music during the 90s.
Official classification: 1990s, Audio, Rock, United States, Curriculum support
1994 RnB/Pop single featuring all members of the group singing lead vocals, where usually it would only have been lead singer Easther Bennett.
Official classification: 1990s, Audio, Pop, R&B, United Kingdom, Curriculum support
1994 R&B single by Grammy Award-winning American R&B, singer-songwriter, Mary J. Blige and the first song where she has creative control, not only as a singer, but a songwriter as well.
Official classification: 1990s, Audio, R&B, United States, Curriculum support
An example of music Hiphop/folk fusion music influenced by Brazilian Coco traditions.
Recommended listening for Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work.
Official classification: 1990s, World Music Examples, Audio, Folk, Brazil, Fusion, Curriculum support, Hip hop
Classical Guitar piece from Brazil, released in 1996.
Recommended listening to support Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work as example of repeating rhythm pattern that is the same as the Clave pattern in the course.
Official classification: 1990s, World Music Examples, Audio, Classical, Brazil, Curriculum support