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by Ann Powers

Allison, Jerry, 132

  Aloma of the South Seas (film), 54

  Altamont (festival), 196

  “amalgamation waltz,” 6

  American Bandstand (television show), 140, 145, 150

  American Heartland (1950–1960). see also Little Richard

  events leading to rock and roll, 111–113

  fans as “teenage queens,” 135–148

  gospel “mothers” and “queens,” 85–90, 93

  male gospel quartets as sex symbols, 93–100

  “nonsense” lyrics of doo-wop and, 114–123

  rockabilly popularity and, 123–135

  spirituality and, 75–76 (see also gospel)

  white and black Southern gospel singers, 103–109

  American Horror Story (television show), 19

  Amos, Tori, 296

  “Anaconda” (Minaj), 336, 347

  Anderson, Chester, 177

  Anderson, Queen C., 86, 102

  Andre 3000, 26

  Andrew, Sam, 185

  Andrews, Inez, 85, 89

  androgyny chic, 216–229

  Angel, Lee (Audrey Robinson), 131, 147

  anima, xvi

  “Anticipation” (Simon), 234

  Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, 290

  apache dances, 55–59, 63

  Apollo (New York club), 133, 243

  Arias, Joey, 224

  Arista Records, 267

  Arm, Mark, 294

  Armstrong, Louis, 26–27, 46

  Arnold, Gina, 286

  Arnstein, Jules “Nicky,” 64

  Aronowitz, Al, 193

  Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (television show), 105

  Art of Sensual Massage, The (book), 233

  Asbury, Herbert, 33

  Ashe, Thomas, 5

  Aslakson, Kenneth, 11

  “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (Fitzgerald), 122

  “Atomic Telephone” (Spirit of Memphis), 104

  Auslander, Philip, 217, 219

  Auto-Tune program, 326

  Avalon, Frankie, 143, 146

  Awakening, The (Chopin), 47

  Azerrad, Michael, 288

  B

  “Baby, Get Lost” (Washington), 112

  “Baby, Let’s Play House” (Presley), 126

  “. . .Baby One More Time” (Spears), 302, 303, 306

  Backstreet Boys, 303, 305

  “Bad” (Jackson), 278

  Baez, Joan, 168

  Bag, Alice, 261, 263

  Baker, Josephine, 26, 27, 67–68

  Baker, Susan, 274

  “Bald Headed Daddy” (Darling), 100

  “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” (Cash), 142

  Ballard, Florence, 161

  ballet-pantomime, 33

  balls. see also dance; New Orleans (1800–1900)

  masked balls, 13–15

  overview, 3–10

  “quadroon” balls, 10–13

  Baltimore Sun, 70

  bamboula (drum), 22

  Bangs, Lester, 213

  barnstorming tours, 95

  Bators, Stiv, 257–258

  Battelle, Phyllis, 137–138

  “Battle of the Blues” (Turner, Harris), 112

  Bayou Ballads (Schindler, Monroe), 24

  “Beat It” (Jackson), 278

  Beatles, 130, 136–137, 148, 152–154, 160

  Bechet, Omar, 34–35

  Bechet, Sidney, 25–26, 34–35, 39

  Bee Gees, 242

  “Believe” (Cher), 329

  belly roll (dance), 43–45

  Beloved (film), 93

  Belvin, Jesse, 118

  Bennett, Barbara, 56

  Berlin, Cole, 225

  Berlin, Irving, 42, 53, 63, 68

  Bernstein, Elizabeth, 332

  Berry, Chuck, 132, 142–144, 153

  Berry, James, 55

  Berry, Richard, 118

  Beyoncé (Knowles), 321–326. see also Knowles, Beyoncé

  Biafra, Jello, 286

  “Bibi” (Cable), 32

  Bieber, Justin, xx

  Big Bank Hank, 284

  Big Brother, 183–184, 185, 186

  Big Freedia, 37

  Bikini Kill, 294–295

  “Billie Jean” (Jackson), 278

  Bingenheimer, Rodney, 202, 212

  Birkin, Jane, 241

  Birmingham (Alabama), gospel in, 90, 93–96, 105

  Birmingham Jubilee Singers, 95

  “Birthday Cake” (Rihanna, Brown), 335

  Black, Bill, 126

  Blackbirds of 1926 (play), 68

  Black Bottom (dance), 53–54

  Black Flag, 285, 286

  Black Lives Matter, 344–346, 349

  Black Manhattan (Johnson), 69

  Blackout (Spears), 311

  Black Panthers, 179

  Blackwell, Bumps, 128–129

  Blackwood, Cecil, 104–109

  Blackwood, Doyle, 105

  Blackwood, James, 104–109

  Blackwood, R. W., 104–109

  Blackwood Brothers, 104–109

  Blake, Eubie, 67

  Bland, Bobby “Blue,” 243

  Bledsoe, Jet, 97

  Blond Ambition Tour (Madonna), 272

  Blondie, 261

  Bloom, Sol, 43, 48

  Blow, Kurtis, 285

  blues

  gospel and, 81

  queens (1900–1929), 71–74

  “Blurred Lines” (Williams, Thicke), 337–341

  Bogan, Lucille, 71

  “Boobs a Lot” (Fugs), 170

  Born Digital (Palfrey, Gasser), 316, 332–333

  “Born This Way” (Lady Gaga), 336

  Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, 233

  Boswell Sisters, 114

  bounce (music, dance), 36

  “bounded authenticity,” 332–333, 334–337

  Bowie, Angie, 200, 238–239

  Bowie, David

  “Changes,” 225–226

  disco and, 238–239

  in early 1970s, 199–202

  Lady Gaga compared to, 319

  Prince influenced by, 276

  sexual identity of, 218–219, 222, 224

  Spiders from Mars, 202, 219, 223, 276

  Young Americans, 243–244

  Ziggy Stardust, 200

  “Boy Blue” (Lauper), 252–254

  Boyer, Horace Clarence, 91

  Bradford, Alex, 88, 89

  Bradford, Perry, 48, 71

  Brandt, Jerry, 224–225

  Bras-Coupé (Cable character), 33–35

  Bread, 233–234

  Breakfast Club (Madonna’s Group), 268

  Breedlove, Lynn, 288

  Brewster, W. Herbert, 89, 102

  Brewsteraires, 102

  Brice, Fannie, 62–66, 73

  Broadnax, Willmer “Little Ax,” 97, 100

  Brooks, Louise, 55–56

  Brooks, Shelton, 49–50

  Brown, Chris, 335

  Brown, David, 250

  Brown, Foxy, 291

  Brown, Helen Gurley, 156

  Brown, James, 26, 90, 91, 179

  Brown, Michael, 344

  Brown, Miquel, 255

  Brown, Myra (Lewis Williams), 145–146

  Brown, Norman O., 194

  Brown, Ruth, 112, 136

  Brownlee, Archie, 98, 105

  Bruce, Michael, 205

  Buffalo Springfield, 262

  “buffet flats,” 78

  Burgoyne, Martin, 271, 272

  Buried Alive (Friedman), 183

  Burnett, J. C., 81

  “Burning Up” (Madonna), 269

  Burretti, Freddie, 239

  Burton, Wayne “Buzzin’,” 78

  Bush, George H. W., 278

  Bush, Kate, 267

  Butterbeans and Susie, 60

  Byer, Steve, 237–238

  Byrne, David, 264

  C

  Cable, George Washington, 14, 18–19, 28–29, 32–35

  Caffey, Lillian, 92

  Calinda (dance), 22
r />   call-and-response singing, xvi, 313. see also gospel

  Callen, Michael, 252, 253

  Cammeron, Dwight, 91, 92

  Campbell, Luther “Uncle Luke,” 328

  “Camp Meeting Blues” (Oliver), 26–27

  can-can dancers, 43–44

  candios

  as male rock/soul inspiration, 25–26

  overview, 21–27

  Tucker as, 55

  Cantor, Eddie, 63

  Cantor, Louis, 103

  Captain and Tennille, 234–235, 237

  Caramanica, Jon, 328

  Caravans, 91

  Carpenter, Karen, 234

  Carpenters (band), 234

  Carter, Jimmy, 247

  Carter Family, 113

  Caruso, Nick, 213

  Caserta, Peggy, 191

  Cash, Johnny, 142

  Castile, Philando, 346

  Castle, Irene, 50, 61, 67, 68

  Castle, Vernon, 50, 61

  “Cathy’s Clown” (Everly Brothers), 150, 152

  “Caught with the Meat in Your Mouth” (Dead Boys), 257–258

  Cavett, Dick, 189

  CBGB (club), 257–258

  Century (magazine), 29

  Cervenka, Exene, 261

  Chalmers, Robert, 147

  Chambers, Marilyn, 206

  Chambers Brothers, 169

  Chandler, Chas, 174, 175

  “Changes” (Bowie), 225–226

  Chaplin, Charlie, 55–56, 68

  Chaplin, Julia, 328–329

  Charles, Ray, 92, 95, 101

  Charley’s Aunt (play), 77

  Chasen, Roseann, 122–123

  Chatroulette, 317

  Cheap Thrills (Big Brother), 186

  Cher, 329

  Cherry, Ava, 243

  “Chevy Van” (Johns), 237

  Chicago

  Disco Demolition Night (1979), 242, 245–246

  gospel and, 78, 79, 81, 82, 88, 89, 102

  World’s Fair (1893), 43

  Childers, Leee Black, 199–200

  “Children and Their Secret Closet, The” (Heilbut), 89

  Chopin, Kate, 15–17, 28, 33, 47

  Chords, 119

  Chow, Tina, 251

  Christensen, Axel, 47

  Christian, Charlie, 112

  Chrome, Cheetah, 259

  Chuck D, 293

  Church, Jimmy, 173

  Circus (magazine), 204, 214–215

  City Lights (film), 56

  Clapton, Eric, 176

  Clark, Andy, 308, 316

  Clark, Dick, 139, 150

  Clark, Emily, 11

  Clark, Robin, 243

  Clarke, Grant, 49–50

  Cleftones, 143

  Clement, Frank, 105

  Clement, Jack, 125

  Cleveland, James, 88, 91

  Clinton, Bill, 278

  Clinton, George, 227–228

  Coates, Carl, 92

  Coates, Dorothy, 90–93, 106

  Cobain, Kurt, 294–295, 297–298

  Cochran, Eddie, 139–141

  Cockettes (performance troupe), 191, 218, 226–227

  cocottes (Creole archetype), 21–27

  Code Noir, 31

  code-switching, by Hendrix, 174

  Cole, Richard, 215

  Coleman, Lisa, 276

  Columbia Records, 74, 132

  Combs, Sean “Puffy,” 283

  Comentale, Edward P., 126

  Comfort, Alex, 232–233

  “Coming Across the Future” (Plant), 301

  Congo Square

  Creole musical expression and, 27–32

  illustration of, 1

  legends and written accounts of, 32–37

  modern-day comparison, xxi–xxii

  Shimmy influence by, 54

  Continentals, 173

  Control (Jackson), 307

  Cooke, Sam, 84, 90–91, 94–96, 99, 142

  Coon Alphabet, A (Kemble), 29

  Cooper, Alice, 212, 217–218, 220, 222

  Corigliano, John, 254

  cosmetic surgery, popularity of, 300

  Costello, Elvis, 263

  Cotton Club (New York), 55

  country music

  early popularity of, 112–113

  soft rock and, 231, 235

  Southern gospel and, 104

  County, Jayne (Wayne), 199–200, 288–289

  “coupling,” xxiv–xxv

  Cowley, Patrick, 242–243, 252, 254

  Cox, Alex, 262

  Crawdaddy (magazine), 230

  “Crazy Blues” (Bradford), 58, 71

  Crazy House (short film), 54

  Creem (magazine), 213, 219–220, 223, 227

  Creole Heritage Center, 17

  “Creole Love Call” (Ellington), 26–27, 122

  Creoles

  cocotte and candio archetypes, 21–27

  Congo Square and musical expression of, 27–32 (see also Congo Square)

  Creole song tradition, 15–21

  defined, 4–5

  terminology controversy, 18

  Creolettes, 117

  Crewe, Bob, 229

  Crickets, 132, 135

  crime and violence

  cybercrime threats, 316–318, 348–349

  depiction of, in apache dances, 55–59, 63

  domestic violence, 261–263, 335

  feminist rock (1990s) about, 296

  gangs, 121, 283

  rape, 143–144, 170–171, 212, 215, 288, 292, 296, 347–349

  underage groupies and, 202–206, 211–216

  Crosby, Bing, 96, 112

  Cross, Charles R., 174

  Crows, 113–115, 117, 119

  Crumb, R., 186, 213

  “culture of eroticism,” 43

  Curtis, James M., 106

  cyberglove, 314

  cyberspace, 299–341

  “Blurred Lines” (Williams, Thicke) and, 337–341

  “bounded authenticity” of, 332–333, 334–337

  cybercrime threats, 316–318, 348–349

  Knowles as avatar in, 312–316

  online lifestyles and, 326–328

  overview, 299–301

  peer-to-peer systems and issues of, 326–327, 333–334

  social media compared to pornography, xix–xx

  Spears as cyborg in, 299, 301–312

  strip-club culture and, 328–332

  “Cyborg Manifesto, A” (Haraway), 300–301

  Cyrus, Billy Ray, xxi

  Cyrus, Miley, xx–xxi, 36, 346

  D

  Dahl, Steve, 245–246

  Daly, Carson, 305

  Damaged (Black Flag), 286

  dance. see also New Orleans (1800–1900); New York (1900–1929)

  apache dances, 55–59, 63

  ballroom dancing, 3–15

  disco and, 238–244, 245–246

  early partner dancing, 58–62

  as exercise, 50

  free love and, 163–169

  Hi-NRG (electronic music), 254–255

  Little Egypt (dance character), 44

  music and sexual openness, early twentieth century, 39–42

  quadrille dance, xxii–xxiii, 8, 10, 15

  shimmy, 43–55

  strip-club dancers in music videos, 328–329

  Virginia jig, 12

  “Dance in Place Congo, The” (Cable, Kemble), 1, 28–29

  Dance of the Seven Veils, 49

  “Dance of the Temptress, The” (Eis), 52

  Dance Precisions, 317

  Dardanella (dance), 62

  Darling, Elizabeth, 100

  “Darling Nikki” (Prince), 274, 275

  Dash, Sarah, 227–228

  Dass, Ram, 166

  Davies, Ray, 219, 222

  Davis, Bill, 114

  Davis, Clive, 267

  Day, Bobby, 118

  “Dazed and Confused” (Led Zeppelin), 208, 210

  Dead Boys, 257–258, 259

  Dead Kennedys, 286

  Dean, Hazell, 2
55

  Dean, Terrance, 290

  Dearly, Max, 57, 63

  Deep Throat (film), 202, 206–207, 213

  de la Mahautière, Duvivier, 21–22

  DeLynn, Jane, 232

  de Mendelssohn, Jane, 179

  Des Barres, Pamela, 193, 204–205, 208, 211, 215, 216

  Destiny’s Child, 312

  Dibbell, Carola, 261

  Dickerson, Dez, 276

  Dictators, 260

  Diddley, Bo, 149

  Diefenbach, William “Dirk,” 249–250

  Diggers, 170–171, 177

  “Digital Get Down” (Backstreet Boys), 306

  digital music, file sharing of, 326–327, 333–334

  “digital natives,” 316–317

  Digital Underground, 291

  DiMucci, Dion, 150

  Dirty Mind (Prince), 274

  “Dirty South,” 327

  disco

  Diefenbach and, 249–250

  Disco Demolition Night, 242, 245–246

  electronic music transition from, 254–255

  overview, 238–244

  rap music transition from, 282

  Dixie Hummingbirds, 98

  Djemille, Fatima, 44

  Do Adolescents Need Parents? (Taylor), 151

  Dr. Dre, 283, 290

  Dodson, Betty, 229, 232

  Doggett, Peter, 243

  Dolphin’s (Los Angeles record store), 115, 119

  Domino, Fats, 137

  Dominoes (group), 127

  “domino theory of sex,” 41

  Dunham Jubilee Singers, 81

  “Don’t Ask Me to Forget” (Ford), 40

  Doors, 168, 187, 190, 194–195. see also Morrison, Jim

  doo-wop, 114–123

  Dorsey, Nettie, 79, 82–85

  Dorsey, Thomas A.

  as “Father of Gospel,” 77–85

  as “Georgia Tom,” 79–80

  performance style of, 85–87, 89

  “Precious Lord,” xxii, 84–85, 92, 107, 108

  Douglas, Susan J., 136–137

  “doxxing,” 348

  Dozier, Lamont, 161

  Dragon, Daryl, 237

  Dranes, Arizona, 80–81

  Drifters, 120, 127

  drugs

  AIDS epidemic and intravenous drug use, 275

  for AIDS management, 299

  crack and heroin use in 1980s, 284, 290

  free love and, 162–169

  LSD, 162–169, 172, 239–240

  for male potency, 300

  psychedelic drugs and sensory confusion, 177

  “Drum Is a Woman, A” (Ellington), 34

  “Drunk in Love” (Knowles), 323

  DuBois, John, 23

  Dunaway, Dennis, 218

  Duncan, Gary, 162

  Duritz, Adam, 337

  Dworkin, Richard, 252

  Dylan, Bob, 6, 168, 174, 219

  E

  Early, Gerald, 160

  “Earth Angel” (Hodge), 119

  East Trigg Avenue Baptist Church (Memphis), 102–105

  Easy Rider (film), 194

  Eazy-E (Eric Wright), 290

  Ebenezer Baptist Church, 82

  Ebony (magazine), 159

  Echols, Alice, 164, 191

  Edmond’s Cellar (Harlem, New York), 73

  Edwards, Jodie, 60

  Eggebraaten, Lorri, 139–140

  Ehrenreich, Barbara, 136–137

 

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