Al Davis's Favorite Music

Classical and Opera (a very small sample)

  1. Bach's Brandenburg Concerti
  2. Beethoven's Symphonies #1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
  3. Beethoven's Triple Concerto
  4. Grieg's Piano Concerto
  5. Handel's Messiah
  6. Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major
  7. Lalo's Symphony Espagnole
  8. Orff's Carmina Burana
  9. Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
  10. Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
  11. Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
  12. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1
  13. Verdi's Il Trovatore

Show Music

  1. Annie Get Your Gun
  2. Cabaret
  3. Fiddler on the Roof
  4. Guys and Dolls
  5. Jesus Christ Superstar
  6. Les Miserables
  7. The Sound of Music
  8. South Pacific
  9. Tommy
  10. West Side Story

Oldies (a very small sample)

 

  1. Animals (House of the Rising Sun, We Got to Get Out of This Place)
  2. Aretha Franklin (A Natural Woman, Respect)
  3. Arlo Guthrie (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans)
  4. Barry Mann (Who Put the Bomp)
  5. Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction, You Were on My Mind)
  6. The Beach Boys (everything)
  7. Beatles (everything)
  8. Bee Gees (everything)
  9. The Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace)
  10. Billy Joe Royal (Down in the Boondocks)
  11. Bob Seger (Against the Wind, Like a Rock, Old Time Rock and Roll)
  12. Bobby Darin (Dream Lover)
  13. Bobby Freeman (Do You Want to Dance?)
  14. The Bobby Fuller Four (I Fought the Law)
  15. Bobby Vee (Go Away Little Girl, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Rubber Ball, Take Good Care of My Baby)
  16. Boz Scaggs (Lido Shuffle)
  17. Brewer & Shipley (One Toke Over the Line)
  18. Brook Benton (Rainy Night in Georgia, Your Eyes)
  19. Bruce Springsteen (Born in the USA)
  20. Buddy Holly (That'll Be the Day, Peggy Sue)
  21. The Capris (There's a Moon Out Tonight)
  22. Carole King (I Feel the Earth Move, It's Too Late, You've Got a Friend)
  23. The Carpenters (Deliver the Letter)
  24. The Cavaliers (Last Kiss)
  25. Cher (Gypsies Tramps and Thieves, Half Breed)
  26. Chris Kenner (I Like it Like That)
  27. Chuck Berry (Roll Over Beethoven)
  28. Chubby Checker (Lets Twist Again)
  29. Chuck Berry (Johnny B. Goode, Maybellene, Roll Over Beethoven)
  30. The Coasters (Charlie Brown, Poison Ivy, Yakety Yak)
  31. Connie Francis (Lipstick on Your Collar, Where the Boys Are)
  32. Cream (Sunshine of Your Love)
  33. Credence Clearwater Revival (everything)
  34. The Crickets (Oh Boy)
  35. Crosby, Stills and Nash (Marrakesh Express)
  36. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Our House)
  37. Danny and the Juniors (At the Hop)
  38. Del Shannon (Needles and Pins, Runaway)
  39. The Dells (Oh What a Night)
  40. Diana Ross (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
  41. Dion (Runaround Sue)
  42. Dionne Warwick (Do You Know the Way to San Jose, I Say a Little Prayer for You, Walk on By, What the World Needs Now)
  43. Donovan (Catch the Wind, Mellow Yellow, Universal Soldier)
  44. Doobie Brothers (Black Water, Listen to the Music)
  45. The Doors (Break on Through, Light My Fire, Riders on the Storm)
  46. The Drifters (Under the Boardwalk)
  47. Dusty Springfield (Son of a Preacher Man)
  48. Eagles (Get Over it, Heartache Tonight, Hotel California, Lyin' Eyes, One of These Nights, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Take it Easy, Take it to the Limit)
  49. Edwin Starr (War)
  50. Elton John (Bennie and the Jets, Candle in the Wind, Crocodile Rock, Daniel, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues)
  51. Eric Clapton (After Midnight, I Shot the Sheriff)
  52. Fats Domino (Ain't that a Shame, I'm Ready)
  53. The Fifth Dimension (Aquarius)
  54. Fleetwood Mac (Dreams)
  55. The Four Tops (Reach Out I'll be There)
  56. Frank Sinatra (High Hopes)
  57. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers (The Last Kiss)
  58. Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers (Why Do Fools Fall in Love)
  59. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Big Girls Don't Cry, Oh What a Night)
  60. Freda Payne (Band of Gold)
  61. Gary Puckett (This Girl is a Woman Now)
  62. Gary Lewis (This Diamond Ring)
  63. Gary Wright (Dream Weaver)
  64. Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive, Reach Out I'll Be There)
  65. The Guess Who (American Woman, These Eyes)
  66. The Happenings (Will I See You in September)
  67. Harry Chapin (Cat's in the Cradle)
  68. Herman's Hermits (I'm into Something Good)
  69. The Hollies (He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, On a Carousel)
  70. Hollywood Argyles (Alley-Oop)
  71. Ike and Tina Turner (Proud Mary)
  72. Jackie Wilson (Lonely Teardrops)
  73. James Brown (Papa's Got a Brand New Bag)
  74. Janis Joplin (everything)
  75. Jay and the Americans (She Cried)
  76. Jefferson Airplane (Somebody to Love, White Rabbit)
  77. Jerry Lee Lewis (Whole Lotta Shakin')
  78. Joe Jones (You Talk Too Much)
  79. Joey Dee (Shout)
  80. Johnnie Preston (Help Me Rhonda, Running Bear)
  81. KC and the Sunshines (That's the Way I Like it)
  82. Kenny Rogers (Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town)
  83. The Kinks (All Day and All of the Night, Lola)
  84. Leslie Gore (I'll Cry if I Want to, Its Judy's Turn to Cry, Its My Party, You Don't Own Me)
  85. Little Anthony & the Imperials (Goin' Out of My Head Over You, Hurt So Bad, Tears on My Pillow)
  86. Linda Ronstadt (You're No Good)
  87. Lovin' Spoonfuls (Do You Believe in Magic, Summer in the City)
  88. Mamas and the Papas (everything)
  89. The Marcels (Blue Moon)
  90. Marvin Gaye (Heard it Through the Grapevine)
  91. Mary Hopkin (Those Were the Days)
  92. Melanie (I've Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates)
  93. Men at Work (Land Down Under)
  94. Moody Blues (Nights in White Satin)
  95. Mothers of Invention (everything)
  96. Nancy Sinatra (These Boots are Made for Walking)
  97. Neil Diamond (Girl You'll be a Woman Soon, Holly Holy, I am I Said, Song Sung Blue, Sweet Caroline)
  98. Neil Young (Heart of Gold)
  99. New Seekers (Look What They've Done to My Song Ma)
  100. Ocean (Put Your Hand in the Hand)
  101. Orleans (Still the One)
  102. Petula Clark (Downtown, I Know a Place)
  103. Queen (We Will Rock You)
  104. Rare Earth (I Just Want to Celebrate)
  105. Ray Peterson (Tell Laura I Love Her)
  106. Rick Springfield (Jessie's Girl)
  107. Righteous Brothers (Soul and Inspiration, Unchained Melody, You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin')
  108. Ritchie Valens (Come on Let's Go, Donna, La Bamba)
  109. Roberta Flack (Killing Me Softly with His Song)
  110. Rolling Stones (19th Nervous Breakdown, Brown Sugar, Let's Spend the Night Together, Satisfaction, Time is on My Side, Under My Thumb, Wild Horses, You Can't Always Get What You Want)
  111. Sha Na Na (Baby Love, Come See About Me, Stop in the Name of Love)
  112. The Shirelles (Mama Said, WIll You Still Love Me Tomorrow)
  113. Shocking Blue (Venus)
  114. The Shields (You Cheated)
  115. Simon and Garfunkel (everything)
  116. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (I Second that Emotion, Tears of a Clown)
  117. Sonny James (Young Love)
  118. The Spaniels (Goodnight Sweetheart)
  119. Steely Dan (Reeling in the Years)
  120. Steppenwolf (Born to be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride)
  121. The Supremes (You Keep Me Hanging On)
  122. Three Dog Night (One is the Loneliest Number) 
  123. Thurston Harris (Little Bitty Pretty One)
  124. Todd Rundgren (Hello It's Me)
  125. The Tokens (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
  126. Tommy James and the Shondells (Crimson and Clover, Crystal Blue Persuasion, I Think We're Alone Now)
  127. Tony Orlando and Dawn (Knock Three Times, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree)
  128. The Tymes (So Much in Love)
  129. Vicki Carr (It Must Be Him)
  130. Wild Cherry (Play That Funky Music White Boy)
  131. Zager and Evans (In the Year 2525)

 

Folk

  1. Joan Baez
  2. Judy Collins
  3. John Denver
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. Joni Mitchell
  6. Peter, Paul & Mary
  7. Carly Simon

Other

  1. David Bromberg (blues and bluegrass)
  2. Cher (pop)
  3. Flatt and Scruggs (bluegrass)
  4. Kodo (Japanese percussion)
  5. Old and in the Way (bluegrass)
  6. Pauley Perrette (Beautiful Child)
  7. Helen Reddy (pop)
  8. Haley Richardson (Irish fiddle)
  9. Barbra Streisand
  10. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee (blues)