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What they're saying about Jivin' Johnny's CLASSROOM JUKEBOX 2...for elementary and high schools:

"Imagine Shirley Ellis singing 'The Name Game' in your classroom to introduce phonetic awareness. Or how about Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young harmonizing on 'Teach Your Children' in the middle of your health unit on growing up. Arranging for these musicians to visit your room is possible when you have Jivin' Johnny's Classroom Jukebox activity books 1 and 2. Classroom Jukebox activity books are full of relevant questions and projects based on well-known songs. Take your pick from oldies to contemporary songs in folk, rock, pop, rap, soul, country and rhythm/blues."
- School Zone (February 2002), Long Beach Unified School District

"TURNED ON TO MUSIC: Veteran Canadian classroom teacher and author John Philips uses music of all types to reach students. In Classroom Jukebox 2, Philips (also called Jivin' Johnny) mixes more than 200 songs into his lessons, set around various topics. Some of the recording artists and their songs include Joni Mitchell ('Big Yellow Taxi'), Don Henley ('Dirty Laundry'), Arlo Guthrie ('The City of New Orleans') and Garth Brooks ('The River'). Lyrics to these songs help kids understand concepts such as character, conflict, symbolism and satire."
- NEA Today (January 2002)


***Social content approved by the California Department of Education. "These guidelines ensure that materials portray democratic values, cultural pluralism, and the diversity of our population by emphasizing people in a variety of positive roles."

Check out Jivin' Johnny's CLASSROOM JUKEBOX 2: Questions and projects on over 200 more songs, including setting, character, conflict, metaphor, symbol, satire, social issues, the media and a rollicking Party section.

 

ARTIST INDEX: Who Sings What in CLASSROOM JUKEBOX & CLASSROOM JUKEBOX 2

Aaliyah -- see Missy 'Misdeameanor' Elliott with Aaliyah
Bryan Adams 'Remembrance Day'
Susan Aglukark 'Slippin' Through the Cracks'
Jewel Akens ‘The Birds & the Bees’
Alabama 'Forty Hour Week for a Livin'
Tori Amos 'Happy Phantom'; 'Winter'
John Anderson 'Countrified'
The Animals 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'
see also Eric Burdon & the Animals
Louis Armstrong 'What a Wonderful World'
Joan Baez 'And the Band Played "Waltzing Matilda"'
The Band ‘Acadian Driftwood’; 'When I Paint My Masterpiece'
see also Robbie Robertson
Bobby Bare 'Detroit City' ; 'Numbers'
Toni Basil 'Shopping from A to Z'
Beach Boys 'A Day in the Life of a Tree' ; 'Fun, Fun, Fun' ; 'Help Me, Rhonda'
Beastie Boys 'Fight for Your Right to Party'
The Beatles 'Eleanor Rigby' ; 'Good Morning, Good Morning'; 'Here Comes the Sun';
'I Saw Her Standing There' ; 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' ;
'Nowhere Man'; 'Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da'; 'Paperback Writer'; 'Penny Lane';
'She Said She Said'; 'She's Leaving Home'; 'Within You Without You';
'Yellow Submarine'
see also John Lennon
see also the Traveling Wilburys
Beck 'Mexico'
Beefheart -- see Captain Beefheart
The BeeGees 'New York Mining Disaster'
Harry Belafonte ‘Abraham, Martin & John’
William Bell 'You Don't Miss Your Water'
Willie P. Bennett ‘Breaking the Silence’
Chuck Berry 'The Promised Land'; 'Reelin' and Rockin'';
'School Day -- Ring Ring Goes the Bell'; 'Sweet Little Sixteen'
The Big Bopper 'Chantilly Lace'
Marcie Blaine ‘Bobby’s Girl’
Blue Rodeo 'Blew It Again'
Suzy Bogguss 'She Said, He Heard'
Eric Bogle 'And the Band Played "Waltzing Matilda"'
Bon Jovi 'Livin' on a Prayer'
Boney M. 'Rivers of Babylon'
David Bowie 'Space Oddity'
Boyz II Men 'Dear God'
David Bromberg 'Watch Baby Fall'
Brooks & Dunn 'A Few Good Rides Away'; 'Folsom Prison Blues' (with Johnny Cash)
Garth Brooks 'The River'; 'We Shall Be Free'
James Brown 'Don't Be a Dropout'; 'I'm Black & I'm Proud'
Jackson Browne 'For a Dancer'
Eric Burdon & the Animals 'When I Was Young'
see also The Animals
Kate Bush 'Wuthering Heights'
The Byrds 'Turn! Turn! Turn!'
Canned Heat 'Let's Work Together'
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 'The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Bust Blows Back'
Mary Chapin Carpenter 'I Am a Town'; 'I Feel Lucky'; 'The Last Word';
'Why Walk When You Can Fly'
Johnny Cash 'Folsom Prison Blues'; 'John Henry'
see also Brooks & Dunn with Johnny Cash
Rosanne Cash 'Tennessee Flat Top Box'
Harry Chapin 'Cat's in the Cradle'
Tracy Chapman 'Fast Car'
Ray Charles 'Eleanor Rigby'; 'Georgia on My Mind'
Guy Clark 'The Carpenter'; 'The Randall Knife'
Rosemary Clooney 'This Ole House'
The Clovers 'Love Potion No. 9'
The Coasters 'Yakety Yak'
Tom Cochrane & Red Rider 'Big League'
Bruce Cockburn 'Silver Wheels'
Commander Cody 'Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that Cigarette'
Leonard Cohen 'Bird on the Wire'; 'The Partisan'; 'Story of Isaac'; 'Suzanne'
Nat King Cole 'Mona Lisa'; 'Route 66'
Phil Collins 'Another Day in Paradise'
Stompin' Tom Connors 'Big Joe Mufferaw'; 'I've Been Everywhere'
Sam Cooke 'Cupid'
Coolio 'Gangsta's Paradise'
Cornershop '6 A.M. Jullandar Shere'
The Cranberries 'War Child'
Crash Test Dummies 'Superman's Song'
Creedence Clearwater Revival 'Down on the Corner'; 'It Came Out of the Sky'
see also John Fogerty
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 'Find the Cost of Freedom'; 'Teach Your Children'
see also Neil Young
see also The Byrds
Rodney Crowell 'The Last Waltz'
Reverend Gary Davis 'Death Don't Have No Mercy'
Mac Davis 'It's Hard to Be Humble'
Doris Day 'A Guy Is a Guy'
Billy Dean 'You Don't Count the Cost'
Jimmy Dean ‘Big Bad John’
Chris DeBurgh 'Don't Pay the Ferryman'
Desmond Dekker 'You Can Get It If You Really Want'
Iris DeMent 'Quality Time'
John Denver ‘Back Home Again’
Devo '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'
Devon 'X Marks the Spot'
Little Jimmy Dickens 'May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose’; 'Out Behind the Barn'
Joe Diffie '3rd Rock from the Sun'
Digital Underground 'Heartbeat Props'
Dion ‘Abraham, Martin and John’; 'Runaround Sue'; 'The Wanderer'
Donovan 'Atlantis'
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 'The Cover of the Rolling Stone' The Drifters 'Up on the Roof'
see also Ben E. King
Dumbo 'When I See an Elephant Fly'
Bob Dylan 'Dignity' ; 'Forever Young' ; 'Gotta Serve Somebody';
'It's Alright, Ma...I'm Only Bleeding'; 'Rank Stranger' ; 'Subterranean Homesick Blues';
'When I Paint My Masterpiece'; 'With God on Our Side'
see also the Traveling Wilburys
TheEagles 'Desperado'; 'Hotel California'
see also Glenn Frey
see also Don Henley
see also Joe Walsh
Fred Eaglesmith 'Wilder than Her'
Electric Light Orchestra 'Roll Over, Beethoven'
see also the Traveling Wilburys
Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott with Aaliyah 'Best Friends'
Shirley Ellis 'The Clapping Song'; 'The Name Game'
Everly Brothers 'Barbara Allen'; 'Bird Dog'; 'Roving Gambler'
Melissa Ehteridge 'I Could Have Been You'
Flatt & Scruggs 'Ballad of Jed Clampett’
John Fogerty 'Centerfield'
see also Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tennessee Ernie Ford 'Sixteen Tons'
Connie Francis 'Vacation'
Aretha Franklin ‘Call Me'; 'Respect'
Glenn Frey 'Soul Searchin''
see also The Eagles
Bobby Fuller Four 'I Fought the Law'
Marvin Gaye 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine'
Bobbie Gentry 'Ode to Billie Joe'
Allen Ginsberg 'The Sick Rose'
Tompall Glaser 'Put Another Log on the Fire'
Steve Goodman ‘The City of New Orleans’; 'Go, Cubs, Go'; 'My Old Man'
Lesley Gore 'It's My Party'; 'Judy's Turn to Cry'; 'You Don't Own Me'
Vern Gosdin -- see Randy Travis with Vern Gosdin
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 'The Message'
Grateful Dead ‘Death Don’t Have No Mercy’; 'Ripple'; 'U.S. Blues'
Great Big Sea 'Mari-Mac'
Arlo Guthrie 'Alice's Restaurant Massacree'; 'The City of New Orleans'
Woody Guthrie 'I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore'; 'Pretty Boy Floyd'
Merle Haggard 'The Farmer's Daughter'; 'The Fightin' Side of Me';
'I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am'; 'I'm a Lonesome Fugitive'
Hair 'Easy to Be Hard'; 'Frank Mills'
Hall & Oates 'Rich Girl'
Tom T. Hall 'I Love'
Slim Harpo 'I'm a King Bee'
Emmylou Harris 'Hobo's Lullaby'
see also Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton
Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton ‘After the Gold Rush’
see also Emmylou Harris
see also Dolly Parton
see also Linda Ronstadt
Richie Havens 'Here Comes the Sun'
Ronnie Hawkins 'Home from the Forest'
Jimi Hendrix Experience 'The Wind Cries Mary'
Don Henley 'Dirty Laundry'
see also The Eagles
John Hiatt 'Tennessee Plates'
The Highwaymen 'Michael'
Faith Hill 'Go the Distance'
Lauryn Hill 'Every Ghetto, Every City'
Billie Holiday 'Strange Fruit'
John Lee Hooker 'Tupelo'
Johnny Horton ‘The Battle of New Orleans’; 'North to Alaska'
David Houston 'Almost Persuaded'; 'My Elusive Dreams' (with Tammy Wynette)
Ferlin Husky with Jean Shepard 'Dear John Letter'
Ron Hynes 'Sonny's Dream'
Ice-T 'I'm Your Pusher'; 'Radio Suckers'
Alan Jackson 'Here in the Real World'
Michael Jackson 'Man in the Mirror'
Waylon Jennings 'Good Hearted Woman'; 'I've Always Been Crazy'
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 'Good Music'
Billy Joel 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
Elton John 'Candle in the Wind'
Little Willie John 'Fever'
Robert Johnson 'Rambling on My Mind'
George Jones 'I Always Get Lucky with You'
Janis Joplin 'Me and Bobby McGee'
The Jungle Brothers ‘Acknowledge Your Own History’
Junkhouse with Sarah McLachlan ‘Burned Out Car’
Kansas 'Dust in the Wind'
The Kendalls 'I Had a Lovely Time'; 'Pittsburgh Stealers'
Ben E. King 'Spanish Harlem'; 'Stand By Me'
see also The Drifters
Kingston Trio 'Desert Pete'
Kraftwerk 'The Robots'
Kris Krisofferson 'Me and Bobby McGee'
Cyndi Lauper 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun'
Brenda Lee 'Emotions'
Peggy Lee 'Fever'
John Lennon 'Imagine'
see also The Beatles
Jerry Lee Lewis 'Me and Bobby McGee'; '39 and Holding';
'What Made Milwaukee Famous'
Gordon Lightfoot 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy'; 'Early Morning Rain';
'Home from the Forest'; 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'
Little Richard 'The Girl Can't Help It'
Little Texas 'Loud and Proud'
Hank Locklin 'Send Me the Pillow that You Dream On'
Los Lobos 'Will the Wolf Survive?'
Lyle Lovett 'If I Had a Boat'; 'Nobody Knows Me'; 'Pontiac'; 'Waltzing Fool'
Lovin' Spoonful 'Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind'
Loretta Lynn 'The Pill'
Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Simple Man'
Rita MacNeil ‘Black Rock’
Madonna 'Express Yourself'; 'Papa Don't Preach'
Taj Mahal 'You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond'
Mainline -- see Mendelson Joe with Mainline
Man of La Mancha 'The Impossible Dream: The Quest'
The Marathons 'Peanut Butter'
Bob Marley & the Wailers 'Small Axe'
Martina McBride 'Independence Day'
Neal McCoy 'Small Up and Simple Down'
Reba McEntire 'What You Gonna Do About Me'
Kate & Anna McGarrigle 'Heartbeats Accelerating'
Sarah McLachlan — see Junkhouse with Sarah McLachlan
Murray McLauchlan 'Child's Song'; 'Farmer's Song'
Don McLean 'Vincent: Starry, Starry Night'
The Melodians 'Rivers of Babylon'
Mendelson Joe 'Dishwashing Man'; 'Get Down To’ (with Mainline)
Metallica 'Eye of the Beholder'; 'The Four Horsemen'
Mickey & Sylvia 'Love Is Strange'
Bette Midler 'Wind Beneath My Wings'
Midnight Oil ‘Beds Are Burning’
The Mikado 'The Punishment Fit the Crime'
Roger Miller 'You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd'
Joni Mitchell 'Big Yellow Taxi'; 'Come In from the Cold'; 'For Free'
Kim Mitchell 'Go for Soda'; 'That's a Man'
John Michael Montgomery 'Life's a Dance'
Christy Moore 'The Voyage'
Alanis Morissette 'Hand in My Pocket'
Van Morrison 'Avalon of the Heart'; ‘Brown-Eyed Girl’; 'Into the Mystic'; 'T.B. Sheets'
Mothers of Invention 'You Didn't Try to Call Me'
My Fair Lady 'Why Can't the English Learn to Speak?'
Nazareth 'Love Hurts'
Willie Nelson 'Living in the Promiseland'
Neville Brothers 'Sister Rosa'; 'With God on Our Side'
Randy Newman 'It's Money that Matters'; 'Political Science'
No Doubt 'Just a Girl'
Roy Orbison 'Oh, Pretty Woman'
see also the Traveling Wilburys
Joan Osborne 'One of Us'
Fess Parker ‘Ballad of Davy Crockett’
Dolly Parton 'Coat of Many Colors'; '9 to 5'
see also Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton
see also Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
Tom Paxton 'Ramblin' Boy'
Johnny Paycheck 'Take This Job & Shove It'
Carl Perkins ‘Blue Suede Shoes’
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 'I Won't Back Down'
see also the Traveling Wilburys
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & the Cryptkickers 'Monster Mash'
Wilson Pickett 'Ninety-Nine & a Half Won't Do'; '634-5789'
Pink Floyd 'Learning to Fly'; 'On the Turning Away'
The Platters 'Only You'
The Pogues 'And the Band Played "Waltzing Matilda"'
The Police 'Message in a Bottle'
see also Sting
Prairie Oyster 'Different Kind of Fire'
Elvis Presley 'Heartbreak Hotel'; ‘Old Shep'
Prince '1999'
John Prine 'Dear Abby'; 'Grandpa Was a Carpenter'; 'You Got Gold'
The Pursuit of Happiness 'I'm an Adult Now'
The Ramones 'I Don't Care'; 'We're a Happy Family'
Eddy Raven 'We Robbed Trains'
Collin Raye 'I Think About You'
Chris Rea 'The Road to Hell - Part 2'
Red Rider -- see Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
Red Road Ensemble -- see Robbie Robertson
Otis Redding '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay'; 'Respect';
'(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'; 'You Don't Miss Your Water'
Jerry Reed 'Lord, Mr. Ford'
Lou Reed 'Dirty Blvd.'; 'I Love You, Suzanne'
The Rembrandts 'I'll Be There for You'
Jody Reynolds 'Endless Sleep'
Jeannie C. Riley 'Harper Valley P.T.A.'
Robbie Robertson 'Fallen Angel'; 'Ghost Dance' (with the Red Road Ensemble)
see also The Band
Kenny Rogers 'Coward of the County'
Stan Rogers 'The Mary Ellen Carter'
Rolling Stones 'I'm a King Bee'; 'Route 66'; '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction';
'You Can Make It If You Try'
Rush 'The Spirit of Radio'; 'Tom Sawyer'
Leon Russell 'She Smiles Like a River'
Linda Ronstadt 'Silver Threads & Golden Needles'
see also Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton
Sam & Dave 'When Something Is Wrong with My Baby'
Leo Sayer 'Long Tall Glasses'
Jack Scott ‘Burning Bridges’
Gil Scott-Heron 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'
Pete Seeger 'Little Boxes'; 'We Shall Overcome'
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 'Feel Like a Number'; 'Like a Rock'
Sex Pistols 'God Save the Queen'
Jean Shepard -- see Ferlin Husky with Jean Shepard
Allen Sherman 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!'
Jumpin' Gene Simmons 'Haunted House'
Simon & Garfunkel 'I Am a Rock'; 'Richard Cory'
see also Paul Simon
Paul Simon '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover'
see also Simon & Garfunkel
Red Simpson 'I'm a Truck'
Percy Sledge 'When a Man Loves a Woman'
Hank Snow 'I've Been Everywhere'
Sonny & Cher ‘The Beat Goes On’
The Specials 'Enjoy Yourself'
Spin Doctors 'Little Miss Can't Be Wrong'
Bruce Springsteen '57 Channels...and Nothin' On'; 'Growin' Up';
'I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore'; 'My Hometown'; 'No Surrender'
Stanley Brothers 'Rank Stranger'
Steppenwolf 'Magic Carpet Ride'
Cat Stevens 'Father and Son'; 'Where Do the Children Play?'
Shakin' Stevens & the Sunsets 'This Ole House'
John Stewart 'An Account of Halley's Comet'
Rod Stewart 'Forever Young'; 'The Wild Horse'
Sting 'Englishman in New York'
see also The Police
Talking Heads 'City of Dreams'; '(Nothing But) Flowers'
Johnnie Taylor 'Who's Making Love'
Thor-El 'I'll Be There for You'
Pam Tillis 'In Between Dances'
Johnny Tillotson 'Send Me the Pillow that You Dream On'
Timbuk 3 'National Holiday'
Aaron Tippin 'You've Got to Stand for Something'
The Tokens 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'
Tower of Power 'Credit'
Traveling Wilburys 'Handle with Care'
see also The Beatles
see also Roy Orbison
see also Bob Dylan
see also Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
see also Electric Light Orchestra
Randy Travis 'He Walked on Water' ; 'The Human Race' (with Vern Gosdin)
Travis Tritt 'Foolish Pride'; 'I'm Gonna Be Somebody'; 'Only You'
Ike & Tina Turner 'River Deep, Mountain High'
Midge Ure 'Dear God'
U2 'Desire'; 'Numb'
Suzanne Vega 'Luka'; 'Tom's Diner'
Porter Wagoner 'A Satisfied Mind'
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton 'Just Someone I Used to Know'
The Wailers -- see Bob Marley & the Wailers
Loudon Wainwright III ‘Be Careful, There’s a Baby in the House’; 'Dead Skunk'
Joe Walsh 'Life's Been Good'
see also The Eagles
Steve Wariner 'What I Didn't Do'
Muddy Waters 'Hoochie Coochie Man'
West Side Story 'America'; 'Gee, Officer Krupke'
The Whites 'Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling’
Keith Whitley 'Lady's Choice'
Wet Willie 'Everything That 'Cha Do Will Come Back to You'; 'Keep on Smilin'
Hank Williams 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'; 'May You Never Be Alone Like Me';
'Mind Your Own Business'
Lucinda Williams 'Changed the Locks'
Mason Williams 'The Last Great Waltz'
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 'Deep in the Heart of Texas'
Jesse Winchester 'Defying Gravity'; 'Humour Me'
The Wizard of Oz 'If I Only Had a Brain'
Sheb Wooley 'The Purple People Eater'
Gary Wright 'Who I Am'
Tammy Wynette -- see David Houston with Tammy Wynette
Xscape 'Is My Living in Vain'
XTC 'Dear God'
'Weird' Al Yankovic 'Eat It'
Dwight Yoakam 'Floyd County'
Neil Young ‘After the Gold Rush’; 'Heart of Gold'; 'Rockin' in the Free World';
'Sugar Mountain'; 'This Note's for You'
see also Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Warren Zevon 'The Factory'; 'Werewolves of London'


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