2. S TRAND S IX M USIC THROUGH THE YEARS

3. 1900 - 1910 1904 - London Symphony Orchestra established http://www.musiciansgallery.com/start/orchestras/london/symphony_orchestra.htm 1904 – Frankie and Johnny http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=36824&rss=mrqe 1905 - Julliard established http://www.musiciansgallery.com/start/youth/schools/juilliard/school.htm 1904 – George Cohans - Yankee Doodle Dandy, Give my Regards to Broadway – pop http://www.musicals101.com/cohan.htmhttp://www.musicals101.com/cohan.htm 1906 - The first radio transmission of voice and music Fessenden, Massachusetts – http://www.wfn.org/story.htmlhttp://www.wfn.org/story.html http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/Cmas1906.htm

4. 1910 - 1920 1911- Al Jolson first recording http://www.jolson.org/ 1910 – Blues - fairly common in America as musical form crystallizes http://www.history-of-rock.com/blues.htm 1911 - Irving Berlin composes Alexander’s Ragtime Band, his first great success, prospers until the rise of rock in the Fifties http://parlorsongs.com/thismonth/feature.php 1913 - First musical instruction street urchin, Louis Armstrong, 11 –arrested- shooting blanks on New Year’s Eve -sent to the Colored Waif’s Home -two years http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/armstrong_l.html 1913 - Billboard publishes first list of the top ten songs- #l Malinda’s Wedding Day http://www.brainyhistory.com/topics/b/billboard.html

5. 1920 - 1930 1924 - George Gershwin- Rhapsody in Blue premieres, New York http://www.fanfaire.com/gershwin/timelinez.html 1923 – Besse Smith – “empress of the blues” http://www.tqnyc.org/2006/NYC063369//music.htm 1921 – Louis Armstrong – “king of jazz” http://www.redhotjazz.com/louie.html 1924- Duke Ellington – “king of the big jazz band” http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/music.html

6. 1930 - 1940 1932- Duke Ellington- Jazz “It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing,” a song that presaged the swing era. 1933- Paul Tutmarc invents first electric guitar http://tutmarc.tripod.com/paultutmarc.html 1932- Radio City Music Hall opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=7124

7. 1940 - 1950 1942- Irving Berlin writes,"White Christmas," Bing Crosby http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/bing-crosbys-white-christmas http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001078/ 1948- Columbia Records introduces 33 1/3 LP record, New York Waldorf-Astoria Hotel http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2008/06/the-longest-day.html http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=978-1-59376-237-7 Frank Sinatra joins Tommy Dorsey Band http://www.last.fm/listen/artist/Frank%2BSinatra%2B%2526%2BTommy%2BDorsey/simila rartists

8. 1950-1960 1956- Elvis Presley -many hit singles –King of Rock and Roll http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/elvis_presley_1956.html 1958- Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/elvis_presley_army_1958_1960.html 1957 - Leonard Bernstein completes West Side Story. http://ezinearticles.com/?Leonard-Bernstein-and-the-Story-of-the-West-Side- Story&id=1792761 1959- Grammy Award ceremony, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences sponsors, music,1958 Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question16860.html

9. 1960 - 1970 1960 - John Coltrane forms his own quartet, voice of jazz's New Wave http://www.johncoltrane.com/ 1 961- Patsy Cline releases “I Fall to Pieces” and “Crazy.” http://www.patsified.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzq5X-p2C0Y 1963- Beatlemania, A wave hits U.S. http://classicrock.about.com/od/beatles/a/beatles_history_3.htm http://www.ask.com/questions-about/Beatlemania 1964- Bob Dylan increasingly popular, social protest expressing objection to condition of American society. http://protest-roots-music.suite101.com/article.cfm/bob_dylans_1964_tv_quest 1969- Woodstock music festival in Bethel, N.Y. http://www.woodstock.com/1969-festival/

10. 1970 - 1980 1970-Beatles break up -end of the year, each member released solo album. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/29723450/why_the_beatles_broke_upbr_the_story_b ehind_our_cover 1973-Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican film The Harder They Come,, launches reggae http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1474004 http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue10/reviews/hardertheycome/text.htm 1974 -Patti Smith first punk rock single, “Hey Joe.” http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/patti-smith/ 1977- Disco inferno -Saturday Night Fever,. http://www.oocl.com/eng/aboutoocl/ooclandcommunity/saturdaynightfever.html 1977 - Elvis Presley dies at Graceland, 42http://www.oocl.com/eng/aboutoocl/ooclandcommunity/saturdaynightfever.html http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?id=6991&action=tdihArticleCategory 1978- Walkman, Sony introduces first portable stereo. http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/Walkman.htm 1979- Sugar Hill Gang releases first commercial rap hit, “Rapper's Delight,”

11. 1980 - 1990 1980- John Lennon shot dead in New York City. http://www.john-lennon.com/whokilledjohnlennon.htm 1981- MTV, running around the clock music videos debuting Video Killed the Radio Star.” Http://www.eightyeightynine.com/musicvideo/mtvfirstsong.html 1982- Michael Jackson - Thriller, sells more than 25 million biggest-selling album http://www.allmichaeljackson.com/biography.html 1 King of Pophttp://www.allmichaeljackson.com/biography.html 1 1983- compact discs introduced vinyl record declines http://cedmagic.com/history/sony-cdp-101.html 1985- Madonna first road show, Virgin Tour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIVU2snA-yU&feature=fvw 1985 - Live Aid concerts, vincent scarza Dozens top-name musicians and bands perform, Philadelphia,, London- benefit African famine victims http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/live_aid.htmll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stNGHiscETo

12. 1990-2000 1991- Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” national success-grunge movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit 1992- Compact discs surpass cassette tapes as the preferred medium for recorded music. 1996- Janet Jackson, highest-paid musician in history $ 80-million- Virgin Records. http://www.8notes.com/biographies/janet_jackson.asp Frank Sinatra dies, heart attack 82 http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9805/15/sinatra.obit/ 1998-First MP3 player introduced- Saehan/Eiger Labs F10/F20. http://news.cnet.com/Bragging-rights-to-the-worlds-first-MP3-player/2010-1041_3- 5548180.html http://www.mahalo.com/saehan-information-systems

13. 2000-2010 2001- Apple - iPod, revolutionizes music industry and way music sold. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0SVBCJqLs http://lowendmac.com/orchard/05/origin-of-the-ipod.html 2002- Bruce Springsteen, The Rising tour, visiting 46 arenas in 46 cities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN_cDlAddbM http://www.brucespringsteen.net/live/index_risingtour.html 2006- James Brown, Godfather of Soul” dies heart failure 73 2007-Universal, Sony BMG, EMI, and Warner, after years of consolidation, 70% of the world’s music is sold by one of four companies http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2007/02/26/afx3462520.html http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2007/02/26/afx3462520.html http://www.oligopolywatch.com/2003/06/28.html