General Music/American Music-- Internet Resources
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American Music Note Template

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/forestoakms/site%20pages/Academics/Bookmarks/ammusic.xls

MCPS Homework Resources
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/students/homework.cfm

The History of Rock and Roll.com
http://www.history-of-rock.com/indx.html

 

 Mozart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
 

Beethoven

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven

 

MSN Encarta: Blues Influence on Jazz

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561248/Blues.html#p29

 

MSN Encarta: Jazz

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=jazz

Louis Armstrong

http://www.redhotjazz.com/louie.html

http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?wosid=NO&id=193

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761551998

http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/jazzED/j4yp_curr/modules/louisArmstrong/module.html

http://www.brain-juice.com/cgi-bin/show_bio.cgi?p_id=112

http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/armstrong.html
 

Johann Sebastian Bach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

http://www.jsbach.org/biography.html
 

Chuck Berry

http://www.chuckberry.com/index.php
http://www.history-of-rock.com/berry.htm

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=67

Big Maybelle

http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Big%20Maybelle.html
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/857/Big_Maybelle_a_tough_act_to_follow

Eric Clapton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton

Ida Cox

http://www.redhotjazz.com/idacox.html

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3175
http://www.pbs.org/theblues/songsartists/songsbioalpha.html#C
 

DukeEllington.com: Duke Ellington

http://www.dukeellington.com/

http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/

http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&ComposerId_2872=2311

http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?wosid=NO&id=535


Ella Fitzgerald Official Web Site: Ella Fitzgerald

http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/

http://www.worldbook.com/features/aamusic/html/fitzgerald.htm

http://www.kidskonnect.com/EllaFitzgerald/EllaFitzgeraldhome.html

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/fitzgera.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/fitzgerald_e.html

 

Aretha Franklin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin

http://www.aretha-franklin.com/bio.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin

http://www.aretha-franklin.com/bio.htm

Benny Goodman

http://www.redhotjazz.com/goodman.html

http://www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?action=new&aid=46&aname=Benny+Goodman

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_goodman_benny.htm

http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/goodman.html

http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9315335

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3732&source_type=A

Barry Gordy

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/motown.html


Bill Haley & the Comets

http://www.billhaley.com/
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/BillHaley.html
http://www.history-of-rock.com/haley.htm
http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=116

W.C. Handy

http://www.jass.com/Others/wchandy.html

http://www.alamhof.org/handywc.htm

http://www2.una.edu/library/handy/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Handy

Janis Joplin

http://www.officialjanis.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=135

 

Scott Joplin/Ragtime

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/joplin.htm
http://www.scottjoplin.org/biography.htm

B.B. King

http://www.bbking.com/default.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_King
http://www.pbs.org/theblues/songsartists/songsbioalpha.html#K

Little Richard

http://www.history-of-rock.com/richard.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard

http://www.rockabilly.net/littlerichard/
http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=179

Nellie Lutcher

http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/Nellie.html

http://www.rootsandrhythm.com/roots/RANDB-DOOWOP/randb_l2.htm#NELLIE%20LUTCHER

Charlie Parker

http://www.cmgworldwide.com/music/parker/
http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/parker.html

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_parker_charlie.htm

Ma Rainey

http://www.redhotjazz.com/rainey.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey
http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=174

Bonnie Raitt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4978863


MSN Encarta.com: R & B

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Rhythm+and+Blues

 

The Supremes

http://www.history-of-rock.com/supremes.htm

T Bone Walker

http://www.pbs.org/theblues/songsartists/songsbioalpha.html#W

Dinah Washington

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington

http://www.alamhof.org/washingd.htm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3872390

 


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