All You Need Is Love

1. Introduction

This introductory episodes previews the performers and topics that the series...

2. God's Children: The Beginnings

It is generally assumed that American popular music comes from the coastal re...

3. I Can Hypnotise 'Dis Nation: Ragtime

Thanks to the hit movie, “The Sting”, everyone reckons they know about Ragtim...

4. Jungle Music: Jazz

This episode takes a look at the origins of jazz and challenges the theories ...

5. Who's That Comin'?: Blues

Exploring the origins of the blues, with contributions and performance record...

6. Rude Songs: Vaudeville & Music Hall

The history of suggestive songs and their vaudeville and music hall beginning...

7. Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley

The story of Tin Pan Alley, where hit records were made to order and the firs...

8. Diamonds as Big as the Ritz: The Musical

The story of the musical, an art form that emerged from vaudeville, operetta,...

9. Swing That Music!: Swing

This episode tells the story of swing. Featuring archive footage and contribu...

10. Good Times: Rhythm and Blues

In the late forties, white record companies labelled commercial black music “...

11. Making Moonshine: Country Music

Country music was, originally, home-made music. It described the births, mar...

12. Go Down, Moses!: Songs of War and Protest

Youth and rebellion are inextricably linked to rock music of the 1960s. Much ...

13. Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll!: Rock and Roll

The story of rock n roll begins and ends in Memphis, Tennessee, in the tiny s...

14. Mighty Good: The Beatles

No musical group has had as profound an impact on pop music as The Beatles. T...

15. All Along the Watchtower: Sour Rock

The sixties began, according to Eric Burdon as “a party”. “The aim of all of...

16. Whatever Gets You Through the Night: Glitter Rock

David Bowie, Kiss, Elton John - with these musical giants came a transformati...

17. Imagine: New Directions

Creem magazine editor Lester Bangs discusses the future of rock and roll, and...