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by Ann Powers


  “quadrille wars,” 8

  as sexual dance, 15

  “Quadroon Ballroom, The” (Lincoln), 10–11

  “quadroon” balls, 10–13

  Queen (1970s), 226

  Queen (2010s), 223

  “queen of the blues,” 73

  Queen of the Moulin Rouge, The (play), 57

  “queens,” gospel, 85–93

  queer community. see LGBTQ

  Queer Nation, 257

  Quinn, Eithne, 292

  Quinn, R. J., 250

  Quiverfull, 336

  R

  race issues. see also race “mixing”

  African American soft rock recordings, 235–236

  black and white Southern gospel, 104–109

  Black Lives Matter, 344–346, 349

  doo-wop and, 117, 121–122

  free-love music and, 164

  Great Migration, xxiii–xxiv, 72, 96–97

  Hendrix and racial identity issues, 172, 174, 177–180, 186

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

  minstrelsy, 6, 41, 52

  musical traditions as anima, xvi

  “race records,” 72, 103, 112

  rap and African American male performers, 282

  slavery, xviii–xix, 3–5, 12–13, 15, 23

  “somebodiness,” defined, xviii–xix

  Young Americans (Bowie) and, 243–244

  race “mixing,” 1–37

  in Congo Square, 27–36

  Creole culture and, 15–27

  at early New Orleans balls, 3–15

  gospel and, 103–109

  as inspiration for popular music, 36–37

  intermarriage in nineteenth century, 2

  partner dancing in early twentieth century, 60–61

  race relations, overview, 1–3

  shimmy and, 47–55

  as taboo, 37 (see also New Orleans (1800–1900))

  Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers (Wolfe), 180

  radio, gospel and, 101–103, 105

  ragtime, 46–47

  Ragtime Review, 47

  Rainey, Ma, 58, 64, 72, 77–81, 86, 101

  Ramone, Joey, 260

  Ramone, Marky, 259–260

  Ramones, 259–260, 264

  R&B (rhythm and blues). see also American Heartland (1950–1960)

  criticism of, 327

  early recordings, 109

  gospel and, 104

  nonsense lyrics and, 117

  rape. see also crime and violence

  of groupies, 143–144, 212, 215

  in Haight-Ashbury, 170–171

  hip-hop and sexual violence, 288, 292

  Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 296

  victims speaking out against, 347–349

  rap music

  gangsta rap, 292

  homophobia and, 288–291

  rise of, 280–285, 293

  women’s roles and, 288

  “Rapper’s Delight” (Sugarhill Gang), 284

  Ravan, Genya, 257–258

  Ravizee Family Singers, 82

  Ray, Johnnie, 127, 138

  RCA-Victor Records, 105, 128

  Reagan, Ronald, 202, 247–249, 251, 270, 278, 290

  “realm of public privacy,” 60

  Reasonable Doubt (Jay Z), 283

  Rebel Heart Tour (Madonna), 279–280

  recording industry. see also individual names of recording studios

  advent of recording studios, 71

  early use of recording studios, 123–125

  45 RPM singles, 124, 136

  music file sharing, 326–327, 333–334

  ribbon microphones, 112

  Recording Industry of America, 333

  Redding, Noel, 175

  “Red House” (Hendrix), 176

  Redstockings, 186

  Reed, Lou, 192, 200, 218

  Reed, Rex, 218

  Reed, Robert, 97–98

  Reems, Harry, 206

  religious right

  AIDS epidemic and, 247–249, 251

  on Lilith Fair, 296

  Quiverfull, 336

  rise of, 270, 277

  Rent (play), 254

  Replacements, 293

  Repo Man (film), 262

  Reuben, David M., 233

  Revolution, 276

  Reynolds, Diamond, 345–346

  Reynolds, Simon, 246, 294

  Reznor, Trent, 298

  Rhodes, Lisa, 183, 204

  ribbon microphones, 112

  Rice, Tamir, 345

  Rice, Thomas, 7

  Rich, Charlie, 235

  Richards, Keith, 168, 174

  Ridley, Ethel, 53

  Rihanna, 310, 319, 335

  Riley, Billy Lee, 124

  ring shout, xvi, xx, xxi

  riot grrrl, 295–296, 298

  Ritchie Family, 248, 249

  River Rovers, 100

  Roach, Joseph, xxv, 9

  Robb, John, 258

  Robbins, Tom, 163

  Robertson, Pat, 270

  Robinson, Danielle, 52

  Robinson, Lisa, 202, 205–206, 223

  Robinson, Smokey, 160

  roboglove, 314

  Robyn, 310

  rockabilly, 123–136

  “Rock-a My Soul” (Blackwood Brothers), 104

  rock and roll, 111–154

  birth of, xv

  changing roles in youth and, 148–154

  fans as “teenage queens” of, 135–148

  gospel’s influence on, 95–96

  musical styles leading to, 111–113

  rockabilly, 123–136

  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 139

  “Rocket” (Knowles), 324

  “Rocket 88” (Turner), 114

  “Rocket Man” (John), 230

  Rockwell, John, 228

  Roc Nation, 283

  Rodgers, Jimmie, 113

  Rodney’s English Disco, 202, 212

  Rolling Stone (magazine), on AIDS, 252

  Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, The, 182

  Rolling Stones (band), 166, 168, 196, 214

  Rollins, Henry, 288

  Ronson, Mick, 203, 215–216, 223, 276

  Rose, Billy, 64

  “Rose of Washington Square” (Brice), 73

  Rosin, Hanna, 337

  Ross, Diana, 161–162, 234

  Roszak, Theodore, 156

  Rothchild, Paul, 184–185

  Runaways, 212

  Rupe, Art, 91, 92

  Rush, Merrilee, 234

  Rushen, Patrice, 269

  Russell, Leon, 234

  “Russian Roulette” (Rihanna), 335

  S

  “Sadie Salome (Go Home)” (Berlin), 63

  Saint (club), 255

  Salle de Conde (ballroom), 4

  Salome (Strauss), 49

  Salt-N-Pepa, 291

  Samberg, Adam, 315

  Samuels, Gertrude, 122–123

  Sandstone (California retreat), 240

  Sanneh, Kelefa, 307–308

  Santiago, Maria Elena, 134

  Sasha Fierce (Knowles), 313–314, 321

  Saturday Night Fever (film), 242

  “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud” (Brown), 179

  Scandals (White; theater performance), 54

  Scene (New York club), 169

  Schechner, Richard, 217

  Schiff, Matthew, 120

  Schindler, Kurt, 24

  Schwarz, Lorraine, 314

  Scott-Heron, Gil, 201

  Screw (magazine), 225

  “Searching (I Gotta Find a Man)” (Dean), 255

  Sebert, Kesha Rose, 347

  Sebring, Jay, 192

  Second Self, The (Turkle), 315–316

  Seeger, Pete, 25

  Seeley, David, 286–287

  Segal, David, 307

  Sehdev, Jeetendr, 279–280

  Seidman, Steven, 41, 43

  Seldes, Gilbert, 69

  Se
lf, Ronnie, 125

  Sensational Nightingales, 92

  “sensitive male” role, 231–232

  Seroff, Doug, 97, 98

  7 Lively Arts, The (Seldes), 69

  Sex (London shop), 260

  Sex (Madonna; book), 272, 273

  Sex and the Single Girl (Brown), 156

  sexology, as scientific discipline, 42, 46–47

  Sex Pistols, 258, 260, 264

  Sex Revolts, The (Reynolds, Press), 246

  sexting, 337

  “Sexual Eruption” (Snoop Dogg), 331

  sexuality in music. see eroticism in music

  sexual revolution, 155–197

  counter culture of 1960s, 156–157

  free-love music of, 162–169

  Gathering of the Tribes for a Human Be-In, 155, 167

  girl groups of 1960s, 157–162

  Hendrix and, 168–181

  Joplin and, 168–172, 181–187

  Morrison and, 168–172, 187–197

  overview, 155–156

  Shaft (film), 236

  Shaggy, 286–287

  “Shake That Thing” (Waters), 53

  “Shaking the Blues Away” (Berlin), 53

  Shakur, Tupac, 282–283

  Shampoo (film), 237

  Shangri-Las, 117

  Shapiro, Nat, 73

  Shaw, Bill, 104–109

  Shaw, Marian, 44

  “Sh-Boom” (Chords), 119

  Sheeley, Sharon, 140

  shimmy

  Castles and, 61

  Congo Square influence on, 54

  hootchie-kootchie and, 43–47

  interracial mingling and, 47–55

  spiritual erotic and, 76

  Shinsecki, Susie, 140–141

  Shire, Warsan, 344

  Shirelles, 154, 158

  “Showers” (AIDS benefit), 248, 250

  Shrine Auditorium (California), 91

  Shuffle Along (play), 67, 69

  Siano, Nicky, 240

  Sides, Josh, 167

  Simon, Carly, 234

  Simone, Nina, 267

  Sinatra, Frank, 136, 138

  “Single Girl, Married Girl” (Carter Family), 113

  “Single Ladies” (Knowles), 311, 313–318

  Sissle, Noble, 48, 66, 71

  “Sister Flute,” 98–99

  Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham), 90

  “Skokiaan,” 122

  slavery

  candios and, 23

  dance and, 12–13

  masking and costumes, 15

  in New Orleans, 3–5

  “somebodiness” and dignity, xviii–xix

  “Slip It In” (Black Flag), 285

  Smalls, Biggie (Notorious B.I.G.), 282

  “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana), 298

  Smith, Bessie

  dancing by, 48

  as “Empress of the Blues,” 70–74

  gospel and, 76, 78, 79, 81, 99

  as Mahalia Jackson’s inspiration, 88–89

  “Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do,” 58

  Smith, Howard, 190

  Smith, Joseph C., 57

  Smith, Mamie, 57–58, 71, 72

  Smith, Will, 289

  Smith, Willie Mae Ford “Mother,” 86

  Snoop Dogg, 330

  social media

  Beyoncé (Knowles), 321–326

  early use for music, 273–274

  file sharing and, 333–334

  pornography comparison to, xix–xx

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

  soft rock, 229–238

  “soft self,” 308, 316

  “So Many Men, So Little Time” (Brown), 255

  Sombrero (disco), 238–239

  “somebodiness,” defined, xviii–xix

  Songbirds of the South, 100

  Songfellows, 104

  Sonic Youth, 280–281, 284

  soul, gospel’s influence on, 95–96

  Soul Stirrers, 91, 94, 95–96, 103, 108

  sound, in pornography, 206–211

  Southern Folklore Collection, University of North Carolina, 141–142

  Southern gospel. see also gospel

  by black and white performers, 104–109

  quartets of, 96–100

  Sparks, Hal, 298

  Spears, Britney

  biographical information, 302

  characterization of, xix, 302–312

  mental health of, 310–311, 312

  Specialty Records, 91, 92

  Spelvin, Georgina, 206

  Spice Girls, 303

  Spiders from Mars, 202–206, 219, 223, 276

  Spin, on LL Cool J, 281

  Spinderella, 291

  Spirit of Memphis, 75, 95, 97, 100–102, 104

  spirituality in gospel music, overview, 75–76. see also gospel

  “Spiritual Midnight Rambles” (Moore’s gospel concerts), 101

  Spivey, Victoria, 71

  Springsteen, Bruce, 90

  Spungen, Nancy, 261

  Squier (slave), 33

  Stanton, Harry Dean, 268

  Star (magazine), 215

  Starr, Sable, 202–203, 211, 215–216

  Statesmen, 106–109

  Stearns, Marshall, 9, 54–55

  Steele, Silas, 94–100, 101, 105, 118

  Stevenson, Nils, 258

  Stock, Mike, 327

  Stoller, Mike, 109

  Stonewall (New York bar), 191, 222

  Stooges, 220–221, 222

  Storyville, 30, 46

  “Strange Fruit” (Holiday), 346

  Strauss, Neil, 303

  Strauss, Richard, 49

  “Streets of Cairo” (Bloom), 48

  Streisand, Barbra, 64

  strip-club culture, cyberspace and, 328–332

  striptease, belly dancing and, 45

  Stud (San Francisco club), 256

  “Such a Night” (Drifters), 120

  Summer, Donna, xxii, 241

  “Summertime Blues” (Cochran), 139

  Sun Records, 106

  Sunset Strip (Hollywood), groupies and, 202–206

  “Superstar” (Carpenters), 234, 235

  Supremes, 159–162

  Swan Silvertones, 98

  Sweet Air (Comentale), 126

  Sweet Connie (groupie), 205

  “Sweet Rough Man” (Rainey), 58

  Swift, Taylor, 319, 336

  Sylvester (Sylvester James; Dooni), 218–219, 226–227, 242–243, 252

  “Symphony in Black” (Ellington), 54

  T

  “Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do” (Smith), 58

  Talese, Gay, 240

  Talking Heads, 261, 264

  “Talking Nonsense and Knowing When to Stop” (Phillips), 116

  Tan (magazine), 119–120

  tango, 61–62

  Tan Town Jamboree (Williams), 101

  Tapestry (King), 234

  Taupin, Bernie, 230

  Taylor, James, 234, 267

  Taylor, Katharine Whiteside, 151

  Taylor, Zola, 118

  “Teenage Dream” (Perry), 336

  Teenage Rock ’n Roll Review (magazine), 126–127

  teenagers, 111–154. see also American Heartland (1950–1960); fans

  advice books and magazines for/about, 134–135 131, 149, 151

  changing roles in youth and, 148–154

  sexual desire of, 123–135

  sexual fears, problems, and exploitation of, 135–148

  title of, 113

  Teenagers (singing group), 119–120

  “Telephone” (Lady Gaga), 319

  Tempo-Tones, 118–119

  Temptations, 98, 160, 329

  Tennessee Ten, 68

  Thal, Terri, 174

  Tharpe, Rosetta, 85, 90

  “That Da Da Strain” (Waters), 53

  “That’ll Be the Day” (Holly), 133

  “That’s What Friends Are For” (Warwick), 252

  “Then I’
ll Be Happy” (Baker), 27

  Thicke, Robin, 337–341

  Third Wave feminism, 295–296

  Thompson, Ulysses “Slow Kid,” 68

  “Thriller” (Jackson), 278

  Till, Emmett, 117

  Timberlake, Justin, xix, 304, 315

  Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 7

  Tinder, 325, 336–337

  Tokens, 122

  Tolinski, Brad, 208

  Tomb Raider (film), 305

  To Pimp a Butterfly (Lamar), 348

  Townshend, Pete, 176, 178, 188

  T-Pain, 329–330

  travesty plays, 40–41

  Traynor, Chuck, 206

  Treat It Gentle (Bechet), 34–35

  Tribe 8, 288

  True, Andrea, 241–242

  Trust (Costello), 263

  Trynka, Paul, 203

  Tryst, The (Ford), 40–41

  Tucker, Earl “Snake Hips,” 54

  Tucker, Ira, 98

  Tucker, Moe, 218

  Tumblr, 321–326

  Turkle, Sherry, 315–316

  Turner, Ike, 114, 166

  Turner, Joe, 112

  Turner, Tina, 166, 185, 209

  “Tutti Frutti” (Little Richard), xxiv, 35–36, 129

  Twain, Mark, 19

  12 Years a Slave (film), 9, 22, 25

  twentieth-century music. see AIDS backlash and music industry (1977–1997); American Heartland (1950–1960); gender roles of 1970s; gospel; New York (1900–1929); rock and roll

  twerking, xxi, 36

  Twitty, Conway, 235

  2 Live Crew, 328

  U

  Understanding Teenagers (Landis), 149

  Underwood, (Mrs.) V., 83–84

  University of Alabama, 225

  University of North Carolina, 141–142

  “Uptown” (Prince), 275

  Uriah Heep, 214

  “Uses of the Erotic” (Lorde), 76

  V

  Vail, Tobi, 294–295

  Valentino, Rudolph, 62

  “Vampire Dance, The” (Eis), 52

  Vandross, Luther, 243

  Vanilla, Cherry, 199–200

  Van Rees, Nyla, 114–115

  van Wey, Adelaide, 17

  vaudeville, 40–42, 59

  Veeck, Mike, 245–246

  Velvet Underground, 192, 200, 218

  Vicious, Sid, 258, 261

  Video Music Awards (MTV), 272

  “Video Phone” (Knowles), 320

  Vincent, Gene, 140

  violence. see crime and violence

  Virginia jig (dance), 12

  virtual reality, Knowles and, 315

  voudou, 22, 31–32

  W

  Wabe, Ashea, 44

  Wade, Theo, 101

  Wagner, Bryan, 33

  “Wait (The Whisper Song)” (Ying Yang Twins), xix–xx

  “Wake Up Little Susie” (Everly Brothers), 151–152

  Waksman, Steve, 221

  Waldo, Terry, 46

  Walker, Ada Overton, 49

  Walker, Albertina, 91

  Walters, Ronald G., 6

  Walton, Florence, 62

  Ward, Brian, 121

  Ward, Clara, 85, 88, 89, 90, 103

  Ward, Gertrude, 88

  Warhol, Andy, 200

  Warwick, Dionne, 252

  Warwick, Jacqueline, 158

  Washington, Dinah, 112

  Waters, Ethel, 48, 53, 61, 67, 73, 121

 

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