Singer/Songwriters
- Joni Mitchell
- On Let’s Sing Out (1965, 1966)
- “Big Yellow Taxi” (official lyric video)
- BBC In Concert (orig. broadcast October 9, 1970)
- “Coyote” (Last Waltz, 1976)
- “Joni Mitchell: Fear of a Female Genius” (The Ringer, 10/16/2017)
- GregTate
- “Black and Blonde” (Vibe, 12/1998)
- “How Black is Joni Mitchell?” (McGill U., 10/27/2004; 3:10, 9:55)
- Aretha Franklin
- “Won’t Be Long” (1964, tv show)
- “Do Right Woman” (11/1/1967, tv show)
- “Dr. Feelgood” (1968, Amsterdam)
- “Don’t Play the Song for Me” (1970)
- “Share Your Love with Me” (1971)
- “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” (3/5/1971, Fillmore West)
- “Precious Lord” (Mahalia Jackson’s funeral, 1972)
- “You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman)” (Kennedy Center, 12/6/2015); Kennedy Center honorees; “Why We’re Still Watching that Video” (medium.com, 1/4/2016); Aretha Franklin Vogue interview (1/13/2016)
- “Soul Survivor” (New Yorker magazine, 4/4/2016)
- The Last Waltz (1976)
- “Forever Young” (Bob Dylan); with Will.I.Am in Pepsi commercial (2009)
- Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and 70s (Vanity Fair, 3/2015)
Progressive/Art Rock
- Yes, “Roundabout” (live, 1973)
- from This is Spinal Tap, “Stonehenge” (1984)
- “The Persistence of Prog Rock” (Kelefa Sanneh, newyorker.com, 6/19/2017)
Disco
- Billboard, first Disco chart (October 26, 1974, p. 22)
- Stonewall and Beyond: Lesbian and Gay Culture
- Beware Bogus Theories of Sexual Orientation (Scientific American, 2016)
- Nik Cohn’s 1976 NY mag article that inspired Saturday Night Fever; the real story (NY Times article 20 years later)
- 1979 Disco Demolition Night (with Greg Gumbel); Museum of Classic Chicago tv; 50th anniversary (article)
- The Last Days of Gay Disco (Peter Braunstein, Village Voice, 1998)
- Maestro: Larry Levan and early DJ Culture (documenary)
- Weather Girls/Two Tons of Fun, “It’s Raining Men” (1982, written by Paul Jabara and Paul Schaffer); Geri Halliwell’s version (2001); Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus
- Taste of Honey, “Boogie Oogie Oogie,” (1978); 2004
- Saturday Night Fever (1977): “Staying Alive” (opening credits), “You Should be Dancing,” “Night Fever“
- Thank God It’s Friday, “Last Dance” (1978; 1:45, 2:20)
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Pop/Jazz; Cecil Taylor, Long a Rebel, Is Finding Steady Work (Watrous, NYT, 5/10/1991)
- LGBTQ
- Lesbians and Subarus (slate.com, 1/2/2014)
- Gay-Friendly Cars (cbsnews.com, 4/17/2009)
- It Drives Straight Too (latimes, 10/14/2004)
- Do I Sound Gay? (David Thorpe, 2015); “Who Sounds Gay?” (NYT Op-Doc, David Thorpe 2015)
- Some kids called George a Mary (Seinfeld, 1991-92)
- “Queer Classic: Tracy Chapman’s Quiet Revolution” (Out Magazine, 6/5/2018);
- “How Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ Became a Lesbian Anthem” (Into, 4/12/2018)
- Out.com: The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time)
- TimeOut.com: The 10 Best Lesbian Songs of All Time (2016)
Punk
- Punk Magazine
- Richard Hell website (w/link to Blank Generation film)
- 1991: The Year Punk Broke (dvd trailer)
- SNL History of Punk
- Patti Smith
- on SNL 4/17/1976
- The Story Behind Gloria (covermesongs.com, 8/4/2014)
- CBGB Rock Festival: Top 40 New York Unrecorded Rock Talent (7/21/1975)
- Sex Pistols
- Sex Pistols website (history, etc.)
- tv interview (12/1/1976)
- The Story of Feminist Punk in 33 Songs (pitchfork.com, 2016)
- These Photographers Blondie, Joan Jett, and the Women of Punk (artsy.net, 2016)
- Anarchy in the Archives (Cornell University’s punk archives); Punkfest panels
- “Guilty,” punk rocker Danusia Trevino (themoth.org, February 2020)
- Afropunk: The Movie
New Wave
- “The New Wave Coming of Age” (Billboard, Jan. 14, 1978)
- Talking Heads
- Stop Making Sense (1984), “Life During Wartime“
- American Bandstand interview (1979)
- David Byrne talks about being autistic
Hard Rock
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- “Takin’ Care of Business” (1974)
- “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” (1974)
- “Highway to Hell” (AC/DC), sung by 68-year-old
Glam Rock
- David Bowie
- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973, released 1983, DA Pennebaker)
- Ziggy Stardust Companion (timeline)
- “Growing up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack” (NYT, Jim Farber, 11/3/2016)
Soul Train
Stevie Wonder
- on the Cosby Show (February 1986)
- Breakdown of “Superstition” clavinet parts
- Stevie Wonder and Electric Lady Studios (prosoundnetwork.com, 2010)
- ‘I Thought He Was a Messenger’: Making Stevie Wonder’s ‘Talking Book’ (theatlantic.com, 9/2012)
One hit Wonders
Misc.
- “Walk on the Wild Side,” breakdown of the original bass line
- Steely Dan
- “My Old School” (1973)
- “Josie” (1995)
- Kraftwerk, “The Robots” (1977); live medley (1978); “Das Model” (1980); BBC interview (2012)
- Yellow Magic Orchestra, “Tighten Up” on Soul Train (1980)
- The Invention of Ambient Music (New Yorker, 1/20/2016)
- Grateful Dead at Wesleyan (May, 1970)
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Winter in America, “H20Gate Blues” (1974, with Brian Jackson)
- The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron, “We Beg Your Pardon America” (1978)
- Redbone – Come And Get Your Love – LIVE 1974 The Midnight Special
- Springsteen
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix, 78). (1:40-2:45, 3:30, 9:00)
- Tina Turner
- Elaine’s boyfriend, “Desperado” and “Witchy Woman” (The Eagles)