Listening Notes

17E

Duke Ellington – Caravan

➢ Dates: 1899 – 1974. Born in Corona, Queens, New York City.

➢ Composer and musician – he was one of the leading Jazz musicians in the 20th century:

➢ Song played with Charlie Mingus and Max Roach .

Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven

➢ British rock band that was extremely popular in the 1970’s.

➢ Members were: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham.

➢ The most famous Rock song of all time (open for debate, still up there).

➢ In One Sentence, what do you think this song is about? (answer the questions, don’t copy the question).

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

➢ Elton John: March 25, 1947 – British Singer Songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer.

➢ Kiki Dee: March 6, 1947 – English Singer.

➢ Released in 1976 was a No. 1 single on both UK and US charts for 6 weeks .

➢ Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, and has many awards (too many to write down for notes).

KC & The Sunshine Band – Boogie Shoes

➢ Formed in 1973 by Harry Wayne Casey

➢ Group was very popular until the late 70’s when Disco died and New Wave Music (punk) started to become popular .

➢ Just a silly fun song.

Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 2 in G Minor

➢ Dates: 1678-1741 . Italian Baroque composer, Violinist, teacher and cleric.

➢ The Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s best-known work. With each movement resembling a season.

➢ What season do you think this movement it? (answer the questions, don’t copy the question).

Elvis Costello – Radio, Radio

➢ Dates: August 25, 1954 – Present

➢ British singer-songwriter who extended the musical and lyrical range of the punk and new-wave movements.

➢ Has been nominated 3 times for a Grammy and once for an Oscar,. never won.