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1. Who Can It Be Now?

   Match the names with the photos of music stars from the '80s.

   http://www.80s.com/who_normal.html

   
   

2. 120 Years of Electronic Music

   Trace the history of electronic music all the way back to the 1870s. Includes info on instruments and their inventors up to the 1980s.

   http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/

   
   

3. African-American Sheet Music

   Look through Brown University's collection of sheet music from 1850-1920. The pictures show the covers and the music inside.

   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/rpbhtml/aasmhome.html

   
   

4. America's Greatest 20th Century Music

   Explore the stories behind 100 American songs voted the most important of the century. Listen to National Public Radio features about many of them using RealAudio.

   http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/vote/list100.html

   
   

5. American Experience: Stephen Foster

   Meet this American songwriter and learn about the history behind his music. This PBS site also offers sheet music, a photo gallery, and a timeline.

   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/

   
   

6. American Roots Music

   Let PBS take you on a tour of America's musical roots. Tap and dance your way through Bluegrass, Zydeco, Tejano, and Native American musical history.

   http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/

   
   

7. Antique Phonograph Gallery

   Take a tour of record players and the inventors who made them.

   http://www.inkyfingers.com/Record.html

   
   

8. Black History Month: Music

   Read about the different types of music that have been influenced by African-American history, including jazz, blues, gospel and soul, R&B and pop, and rap and hip-hop.

   http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,194525,00.html

   
   

9. Buddy Holly Center

   Learn about the musical and artistic history of Texas and western Texas and about the life of Buddy Holly. The center is located in Lubbock, Texas.

   http://www.buddyhollycenter.org/

   
   

10. Early Recorded Sounds and Wax Cylinders

    Learn about early sound recording methods, such as the phonograph, and listen to sounds taken directly from the original wax cylinders. Includes pictures as well.

    http://www.tinfoil.com/earlywax.htm

    
    

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