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Good Booty

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by Ann Powers


  Sasha Fierce alter ego of, 313–314, 321

  “Single Ladies,” 311, 313–318

  “Video Phone,” 319–320

  Knuckles, Frankie, 239–240

  Kofsky, Frank, 194

  “Kool Thing” (Gordon), 284, 293

  Korn, 292

  Kramer, Michael, 163–164, 248

  Krieger, Robby, 187

  Kristofferson, Kris, 231

  Kupferberg, Tuli, 170–171

  L

  Labelle (band), 227–228

  LaBelle, Patti, 227–228

  “La Belle Zoraïde” (Chopin), 15–17, 28, 33

  LaBostrie, Dorothy, 36, 129

  Lady Gaga, 310, 319–320, 336

  “Lady Marmalade” (Labelle), 229

  LaHara, Brianna, 333

  Laing, Dave, 133

  LaLaurie, Madame, 19

  Lamar, Kendrick, 348

  Lambert, Adam, 223

  Lamplighters, 118

  Landau, Deborah, 184

  Landis, John, 277

  Landis, Paul H., 149

  lang, k.d., 253–254

  Lanham, Richard, 118–119

  “Larger Than Life” (Backstreet Boys), 305

  Larson, Lydia, 100

  “Last Song, The” (John), 253

  “latchkey kids,” 262, 263

  Latin Lover characterization, 62

  La Torre, Jorge, 255

  Latrobe, Benjamin, 8–9, 31

  Lauper, Cyndi, 252–254

  Lawrence, Tim, 255

  “Leader of the Pack” (Shangri-Las), 117

  Leary, Timothy, 172

  Led Zeppelin, 148, 203–204, 207–211, 215

  LeGaspi, Larry, 227, 228

  Leggett, Steve, 114

  Leiber, Jerry, 109

  Lemonade (Knowles), 17–18, 343–344, 346, 349

  Lennear, Claudia, 243

  Lennon, John, 152

  lesbian community. see LGBTQ

  Less Than Zero (Ellis), 263

  Let’s Listen to Youth, 134

  “Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide” (Gaye), 160

  Levan, Larry, 247, 255

  Lewis, Jerry Lee, 106, 122, 125, 144–146

  Lewis, Steve, 146

  Lewis, Terry, 307

  Lewis, Theophilus, 70

  LGBTQ

  AIDS epidemic, 225, 242–243, 245, 246–257

  bisexuality and Joplin’s music, 191–192

  bisexuality in 1970s, 220–221

  equality issues, 336

  gospel and, 109

  hip-hop and, 288–291

  lesbian visibility, 253–254

  Morrison and sexual identity, 191–193

  punk music and, 257

  “queercore” scene, 289

  sexual identity and music of 1970s, 221–229, 230–238

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

  Lhamon, W. T., 129

  Liberating Masturbation (Dodson), 229

  Lido (New York), 55–56

  Light, Alan, 145

  Lightning, Lori. see Mattix, Lori

  Like a Prayer (Madonna; album), 271

  “Like a Prayer” (Madonna; song), 272–273

  “Like a Virgin” (Madonna), 272, 274, 279

  Lilith Fair, 296–297

  Lil’ Kim, 291

  Lil Wayne, 330

  Limp Bizkit, 292

  Lincoln, Rixford J., 10–11

  Lincoln Square Variety Theater (New York), 49

  Linda, Solomon, 122

  “Lion Sleeps Tonight, The” (Tokens), 122

  Lipstick Traces (Marcus), 260

  “Lisette Quitté la Plaine” (La Mahautière), 21–22

  Lister, Hovie, 106

  Little Egypt (dance character), 44

  Little Lillian, 44

  “Little Queenie” (Berry), 142

  “Little Red Corvette” (Prince), 275

  Little Richard

  Angel and, 131, 147

  Beatles and, 152–153

  biographical information, 130

  Buddy Holly and, 130–131

  as candio, 26

  gospel influence on, 89, 145

  photo, 111

  Presley and, 127–128

  “Tutti Frutti,” xxiv, 35–36

  Live Through This (Hole), 298

  LL Cool J, 281, 284, 293

  Locke, Dixie, 103, 108

  “Lock Up Your Sons” (magazine article), 182

  Loft (New York disco), 239

  “Lola” (Kinks), 219, 222

  “Lollipop” (Lil Wayne), 330

  Long, Alecia P., 11

  “Long Tall Sally” (Little Richard), 129

  Long Walk Home, The (film), 93

  Lopes, Lisa “Left Eye,” 291

  Lorde, Audre, 76

  Los Angeles Times, 112

  Lost and Found (club), 250

  Lott, Eric, xxiii, 6

  “Louie, Louie” (Berry), 118

  Love, Courtney, 297

  Love, Willie, 92

  “love and theft,” xxiii

  “Love Comes in Spurts” (Hell), 259

  Lovelace, Linda, 206, 208, 225

  “Love Me” (Leiber, Stoller), 109

  “Love Saves the Day” (disco parties), 239–240

  Love’s Body (Brown), 194

  “Love the Way You Lie” (Rihanna, Eminem), 335

  “Love to Love You Baby” (Summer), 241

  LSD

  free-love music and, 162–169

  Leary and, 172

  at “Love Saves the Day” (disco parties), 239–240

  “Lucky Star” (Madonna), 272

  Lydon, Michael, 183

  Lyles, Bill, 104–109

  Lymon, Frankie, 119–120, 122

  Lynn, Loretta, 235

  Lynne, Jeff, 286

  M

  Madonna

  AIDS awareness promoted by, 270–273

  biographical information, 267–268

  characterization of, 265–270, 272–274, 277

  Knowles compared to, 323

  Maggot Brain (Funkadelic), 228

  Magnificents, 102, 117

  Main Ingredient, 243

  Making Love (book), 233

  male performers. see also gender roles of 1970s; individual names of performers and artists

  doo-wop and, 120–121

  early gospel ensembles with men and women, 88

  gospel quartets, 93–100

  rap performers, 282–285

  rock and roll and, 136

  Maltz, Robin, 215

  “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” (Brown), 112

  Mancuso, David, 239–240

  “Manic Depression” (Hendrix), 179

  Manitoba, Dick, 260

  Mann Act, 143–144

  Manna Loulou (Chopin character), 15–17

  Manzarek, Ray, 187

  Marcus, Greil, 190, 260, 264

  Marcuse, Herbert, 156, 176, 179

  Mardi Gras, 14

  Margaret Fleming (Herne), 47

  “market women,” of Congo Square, 31

  Markham, Dewey “Pigmeat,” 45

  marriage, “open,” 220, 224, 233, 243

  Martel, Diane, 329, 338

  Martin, Janis, 125, 136

  Martin, Max, 304, 306

  Martin, Roberta, 85, 88

  Martin, Sallie, 82

  Martin, Trayvon, 344

  Marvelettes, 161

  “Ma Says I Can’t Go for a Ride,” 47

  masked balls, 13–15

  Massa, Pele, 148

  mass media, advent of, 48

  “Master Race Rock” (Dictators), 60

  Masters, William, 156

  Matassa, Cosimo, 128

  Mathis, Joan, 144

  Matrix (films), 309

  Matsoukas, Melina, 36–37

  Mattix, Lori, 148, 202–203

  Maurice’s Art of Dancing (Mouvet), 57

  May, Brother Joe, 91

  Mayweather, Cindi (Monáe), 310
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  Mazhar, Fahreda, 45

  McCartney, Paul, 152

  McCrado, Nancy, 203

  McLaren, Malcolm, 260

  McMillon, Chris, 314–315

  McNally, Dennis, 165

  McNeely, Big Jay, 114

  McPhatter, Clyde, 127, 133

  McQueen, Steve, 9

  “Me and a Gun” (Amos), 296

  “Me and Bobby McGee” (Joplin), 231

  Medallions, 121

  “Me” Decade, 221

  “Meet the G That Killed Me” (Public Enemy), 289

  melisma, 86

  Melnick, Jeffrey, 117

  Melvoin, Wendy, 276

  Memphis, gospel in, 88–89, 95, 97, 100–105, 107

  Memphis Recording Service, 123

  Mendelsohn, John, 211

  Menjo’s (Detroit club), 268

  men’s choruses, 254

  Mercado, Shane, 314–315

  Mercury (record label), 159

  Mercury, Freddie, 226, 253

  Merry Pranksters, 165

  Methodist Error (Watson), xv

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 45

  Metropolitan Opera (New York), 49

  “Michie Preval” (Creole song), 24

  “Michieu Banjo” (Creole song), 25

  Midnight Cowboy (film), 237

  “Midnight Rambles” (Rainey’s live show), 77

  Millennials

  “digital natives,” 316–317

  Madonna shunned by, 279–280

  Millennium (Backstreet Boys), 305

  Mills, Florence, 66–71, 74

  Minaj, Nicki, 336, 346–347

  minstrelsy, 6, 41, 52

  Miracles, 160

  Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, The (Hill), 292

  Mistinguett, 63

  Mitchell, Joni, 201, 234, 267, 274

  Mitchell, Mitch, 175

  “Moan, You Moaners” (Smith), 81, 99

  Mom’s Apple Pie, 199, 213

  Monáe, Janelle, 310

  Money, Constance, 206

  Monkey Grip (Wyman), 213

  Monroe, Mina, 24

  Monterey Pop Festival (1967), 171

  Moonglows, 102

  Moore, Dwight “Gatemouth,” 101

  Moral Majority, 277

  “More Than a Woman” (Sanneh), 307

  Morgan, Joan, 288

  Moroder, Giorgio, 241

  Morrison, Craig, 125

  Morrison, Jim

  abusive behavior by, 193

  biographical information, 188

  characterization of, 187–197

  death of, 188

  free-love music and, 168

  with Joplin, Morrison at the Scene (New York), 169

  mental health of, 190

  notoriety of, 169–172

  sexual identity of, 191–193

  Morton, Jelly Roll, 15, 46–47

  “mothers,” gospel, 85–93

  Mothership Connection (Parliament), 228

  Motown, 169–172

  Moulton, Tom, 246

  Mouvet, Maurice, 56–57, 59, 62

  “Move On Up a Little Higher” (Brewster), 89, 102

  MTV, music videos of, 267, 272–273, 273–274

  Mudhoney, 294

  Mullen, Brendan, 288

  Murray, Charles Shaar, 173

  music-video era

  Madonna, 265–274, 279–280

  Michael Jackson, 277–279

  overview, 273–274

  Prince, 274–277, 279

  “My Guy” (Wells), 160

  “My Man” (Brice), 62–66

  N

  Napster, 333

  National Association of Negro Musicians, 17

  National Baptist Conventions, 78, 82

  Nava, Jake, 313

  Near, Holly, 235

  Nelson, Sean, 294

  New Orleans (1800–1900), 1–37

  cocottes and candios of, 21–27

  Congo Square and influence on modern-day music, 27–37

  Creole song tradition, 15–21

  masked balls, 13–15

  quadroon balls, 10–13

  race relations in, overview, 1–3

  social dancing and balls, overview, 3–10

  New Orleans Item-Tribune, 20–21

  New Wave, 263, 264, 268

  New York (1900-1929), 39–74

  apache dances, 55–59, 63

  blues in, 57–59, 71–74

  Brice’s popularity, 62–66, 73

  Mills’s popularity, 66–71, 74

  music and sexual openness, overview, 39–42

  partner dancing in, 58–62

  ragtime in, 46–47

  shimmy and hootchie-kootchie, 43–47

  shimmy and race “mixing,” 47–55

  New York Dolls, 205, 222–223

  Nicholls, Thomas C., 3–5

  Nickerson, Camille “Louisiana Lady,” 17, 25

  Nig-Heist, 285

  Nightbirds (Labelle), 228

  Nilsson, Harry, 237

  Nine Inch Nails, 298

  “Nipplegate,” xix

  Nirvana, 294–295, 297–298

  Nix, A. W., 78, 80, 81, 84

  Nix, W. M., 78

  Nixon, Richard, 201

  “Nocturnal Dream Show” (Cockettes), 218

  Nolan, Kenny, 229

  Nomi, Klaus, 224

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

  Northup, Solomon, 9, 22–23, 25

  No Strings Attached (*NSync), 305–306

  Notorious B.I.G., 282

  NSync, 303, 304, 305–306

  Nugent, Ted, 148

  Nyong’o, Tavia, 6

  Nyro, Laura, 229

  O

  Obama, Barack, 283, 346

  O’Brien, Lucy, 268

  Okeh Records, 23, 81

  Oldham, Kevin, 254

  Oliver, King, 26–27

  O’Neill, George, 233

  O’Neill, Nena, 233

  “Only Sixteen” (Cooke), 142

  Onri, Adele Purvis, 41

  On the Run World Tour (Knowles, Jay Z), 343

  “On Your Radio” (Tempto-Tones), 118–119

  “Oops! . . . I Did It Again” (Spears), 306, 311

  Open Marriage (O’Neill, O’Neill), 233

  “open marriage,” 220, 224, 233, 243

  Oracle (San Francisco), 177

  orgasm

  soft rock and, 229–238

  as sound in music, 208–211

  Orioles, 121

  Otis, Clyde, 159

  Otis, Johnny, 117

  Our Bodies, Ourselves (Boston Women’s Health Book Collective), 233

  “Over the Moon” (Blackwood Brothers), 104

  Owens, Shirley, 158

  P

  Pacheco, Patrick, 240–241

  Page, Jimmy, 148, 203–204, 208–211

  Page, Patti, 127

  Page, Tim, 254

  Paglia, Camille, 303

  Palfrey, John, 316, 332–333

  Palladino, Grace, 135

  Palmer, Bee, 49–52

  Palmer, Betty, 140

  Palmer, Robert (music critic), 275

  Pansy Division, 288

  Paradise Garage, 247, 250

  Paramount Records, 95

  Pareles, Jon, 307–308

  parenting, changing sex roles of 1950s and, 151

  Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), 274

  Parker, Sean, 333

  Parliament, 227–228

  Parmar, Daniella, 239

  Parnell, Clarence Dennis “Tooter,” 94, 98

  “participatory minstrelsy,” 52

  Parting Glances (film), 253

  “Partition” (Knowles), 322–323

  Parton, Dolly, 235

  Pattersonaires, 102

  “Peace in the Valley” (Presley), 108

  Pearl (Joplin), 185

  Pearl Jam, 294

  Peck, Nathaniel, 102

  peculium, 31

  peer-to-peer systems, 326–327, 333–334

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p; Penniman, Richard Wayne. see Little Richard

  Pennington, Ann, 53–54

  “pep,” Joplin and, 186–187

  Perkins, Carl, 124

  Perry, Imani, 291

  Perry, John, 175, 177

  Perry, Katy, 310, 336

  Petersen, Anne-Helen, 321

  Pet Shop Boys, 253

  Petty, Norman, 132–133

  Phair, Liz, 296

  Phifer, Alexis, 331

  Phillips, Adam, 116

  Phillips, Dewey, 101, 102–103

  Phillips, Sam, 123–125

  “Philosophy of Dancing, The” (Ellis), 47

  pickaninnies (character), 68

  Pickard, Herbert “Pee Wee,” 91

  Pickett, Wilson, 99

  “Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, A” (Charles; concert), 101–102

  Pilgrim Baptist Church, 82

  Pilgrim Travelers, 91, 108

  pimp image, of rap, 285, 292

  pitch-correction programs, 326

  Pittsburgh Courier, 137

  plaçage, 10–13

  Plant, Robert, 208, 215

  Plant, Sadie, 301

  Plantation Revue (play), 74

  Plantation Room (New York), 68

  Playboy (magazine), 190–191, 201

  Playboy Clubs, 156

  “Please Please Me” (Beatles), 152–153

  Pollock, Channing, 63

  “pompatus of love,” origin of term, 121

  Pop, Iggy, 219–221, 222

  Popham, Paul, 250

  pornography

  Beyoncé (Knowles) and, 323–325

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

  file sharing compared to, 333–334

  hard-core, and music of 1970s, 206–211

  Internet and, 305

  music videos compared to, 273

  social media compared, xix–xx

  soft-core, and music of 1970s, 201–202

  strip-club culture of music, 328–332

  “post-human,” 300–301

  post-punk rock, 282

  Powers, Kid Congo, 212

  “Precious Lord” (Dorsey), xxii, 84–85, 92, 107, 108, 415

  Presley, Elvis

  in army, 145

  early popularity of, 124–128

  fans of, 141–142

  gospel and, 103–109

  marriage of, 146–147

  Tucker compared to, 54

  Presley, Gladys, 108

  Presley, Priscilla Beaulieu, 146–147

  Press, Joy, 246, 294

  “Pretty Hurts” (Knowles), 324–325

  Price, Zella Jackson, 86

  Pridgon, Lithofayne, 174

  Prince, 98, 274–277, 279

  Princess Rajah (performer), 44–45

  Propes, Steve, 115

  psychedelic bands, 163

  Public Enemy, 289, 293

  “pumping” technique, 99–100

  punk rock

  characteristics of, 257–261, 263–265

  domestic abuse and, 262–263

  fashion of, 260

  female performers, 257–258, 261–262

  hardcore punk, 285–288

  New York Dolls and, 222–223

  queer punk aesthetic, 257

  Purple Rain (Prince), 274, 276, 277

  “PYD” (Bieber), xx

  Q

  quadrille dance

  overview, xxii–xxiii, 10

 

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