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Index
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Aaliyah 588, 626
‘Abacab’ 529
Abba 355, 444, 509, 571, 584
Abbott & Costello 166
ABC of Reading (book) 11
Abdul, Paula 533, 583
Accordion Times (magazine) 148
AC/DC 527
Ace, Johnny 224
Acid house 515–517, 550–552, 575
‘Acid Man’ 551
‘Acid Queen’ 440
‘Acid Trax’ 514
Ackerman, Paul 226
Ackerman, William 535
Ackles, David 407
Acquaye, Speedy 350
Action (newspaper) 154
Action, the 318
Acuff, Roy 4
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Adderley, Cannonball 272, 302, 390
Addinsell, Richard 442
Adele 589, 614
‘Adeste Fidelis’ 90
‘Adolf’ 161
‘Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel’ 545
Aerosmith 526, 528, 547
Afghanistan 606n
‘Afghanistan’ 73
AFM strike 169, 170
Afro-Cuban music 203, 221
Afrobeat 353
‘After the Ball’ 22, 27, 36
After the Goldrush (album) 424
Aftermath (album) 393
‘Agadoo’ 625
‘Against All Odds’ 529
Agnew, Spiro 440
Aguilera, Christina 588, 623
‘Ain’t She Sweet’ 126
‘Ain’t That a Shame’ 245, 330
‘Ain’t That Just Like a Woman’ 223
Aitken, Laurel 351
Alan Freed’s Rock ’n’ Roll Show (radio show) 228
Albarn, Damon 576, 577, 609, 615
Albert, Prince see King George VI
‘The Alcoholic Blues’ 64
Alderman, John 597
‘Alexander Graham Bell’ 428
‘Alexander’s Ragtime Band’ 30, 44, 45, 48, 191
Alexandra, Princess 242n
‘Alexandria’ 73
Alfredo 103
Algeria 270
Alice in Chains 559
‘Alison’ 498
‘Alive’ 556
Alix, May 94n
‘All Alone’ 44, 46
‘All American Boy’ 265
‘All Coons Look Alike to Me’ 34
All Eyez on Me (album) 563
‘All I Have to Do is Dream’ 265
‘All My Loving’ 334
‘All Pimps Look Alike to Me’ 34
All Saints 580
‘All Shook Up’ 265, 413
‘All the Time and Everywhere’ 190
‘All the Young Dudes’ 430
‘All You Need is Love’ 382
Allen, Les & Kitty Masters 149
Allen, Papa Dee 471
Allen, Steve 194
Allen Brothers, the 115
‘Alleys of Your Mind’ 513
Allman Brothers Band, the 574
Almond, Marc 510, 511, 554
Almost Blue (album) 574
‘Alone Again Or’ 574
Alpert, Herb & the Tijuana Brass 388, 391, 392
Alvarez, Luis 174
‘Always’ 104
‘Am I Blue?’ 119
Ambrose & Orchestra 102
Amen Corner 427
‘America, Here’s My Boy’ 49
American Bandstand (TV show) 212
American Graffiti (film) 447
American Idiot (album) 581
American Idol (TV show) 590
American Music Lover (magazine) 105, 170, 189
‘American Patrol’ 57
‘American Pie’ 279
American Quartet, the 48, 49
American Record Guide (magazine) 258, 293, 294, 299, 388
Americana (musical) 120
Anarcho-punk 497, 498
‘Anarchy in the UK’ 58, 491
‘And I Love Her’ 390
… And Justice For All (album) 528, 558
Anderson, Brett 575
Anderson, Ian 430
Anderson, Stig 355
Andrews, Ed 115
Andrews, Julie 291, 389
Andrews, Maxine 147
Andrews Sisters, the 147, 151, 161, 167, 169, 175, 195, 277
Androcles and the Lion (play) 43
The Andy Williams Show (TV show) 306
‘Anfield Rap’ 544
Angel Witch 497
Angelic Upstarts 494
Angélil, René 590
Anglophone 16
Animal Collective 615
‘Animal Nitrate’ 576
Animals, the 314, 346, 356, 361, 369, 407, 415, 447
Anka, Paul 265, 289, 290, 426, 463
Ann-Margret 283
‘Annie’s Aunt Fannie’ 276
‘The Anniversary Song’ 191
Another Bad Creation 563
‘Another One Bites the Dust’ 545
Another Time, Another Place (album) 448
Ant, Adam 544
‘Ant Rap’ 544
Anthology (audio-visual project) 569
Anthony, Marc 617
Anthony, Ray 194
Anthony, Richard 251
Anthrax 558
Antoine 364
‘Any Old Iron’ 256
‘Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better’ 45
AOR (album-oriented rock) 435, 436, 455–459, 498, 524, 530, 570
Apache Indian 617
The Appeal of Jazz (book) 56
‘Apollo Jump’ 178
‘Aquarela do Brasil’ 301
‘Arabian Nights’ 73
Archetti, Enzo 136
Archies, the 427, 428
Arctic Monkeys, the 614
‘Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl’ 429
Are You Experienced (album) 377
‘Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way’ 534
Argentina 142
‘The Argentines, the Portuguese and the Greeks’ 80
Arlen, Harold 131
Armstrong, Louis 7, 81, 84–87, 91, 94n, 115, 116, 119–122, 132, 140–143, 153, 154, 176, 182, 185, 189, 220, 240, 297, 400
Arnold, Eddy 197
‘Arnold Layne’ 380
Ars longa vita brevis (album) 410, 411
Art of Noise, the 551
‘Artistry in Rhythm’ 373
As Nasty as They Wanna Be (album) 549
‘As Tears Go By’ 390
‘As Time Goes By’ 170
Ash, Sam 79
Ashe, Clarence 347n
Asher, Jane 327
Asher, Peter 327, 363
‘Ashes to Ashes’ 508
Asimov, Isaac 507
Askey, Arthur 161
Association, the 382
Assorted Glee Clubs of America, the 90
Astaire, Adele 123, 442
Astaire, Fred 123, 129–132, 141, 442
Astley, Rick 517
Astrakan Sleeve, the 406
‘Astrology Rap’ 545
‘At a Georgia Camp Meeting’ 34
‘At the Hop’ 257, 265
‘At the Jazz Band Ball’ 87
Atkins, Chet 389, 415
Atkins, Juan 513
Atlee, John Yorke 22
Atwell, Winifred 363
Austen, Jane 33
Austin, Gene 93, 141, 146
Austria 24
‘Autobahn’ 507, 508
Auto-Tune 587, 592
Avalon, Frankie 265, 426
‘Ave Maria’ 18
Average White Band, the 465, 472
Avicii 627
Axelrod, David 406
Axis: Bold as Love (album) 377
Azpiazu, Don Justo & Orchestra 142
‘Ba-Baba-Leba’ 223
Baade, Christina 161, 162
Babes in Arms (musical) 130
‘Baby Come Back’ 427
‘Baby Doll’ 264
Baby Gerry 621
‘Baby Please Don’t Go’ 339
‘Baby Seals Blues’ 61
Bacall, Lauren 132
Bach, Johann Sebastian 30, 37, 57
Bacharach, Burt 282, 283, 392, 568, 576
‘Back Stabbers’ 464
Background Music: Bright and Bouncy (album) 211
Background Music: Light and Lively (album) 211
Background Music: Show Tunes (album) 211
Background Music: Songs We Remember (album) 211
Backstreet Boys 579
Bad Company 451, 570
‘Bad Motorcycle’ 265
Baddeley, Gavin 553
Badfinger 446
Baez, Joan 262, 284, 365, 421
Baker, Adrian 573
Baker, Arthur 545
Baker, Danny 492
Balance 458
Ball, Dave 510
Ball, Kenny & Jazzmen 306, 309–311, 465
‘Ball of Confusion’ 463
‘The Ballad of Davy Crockett’ 262
‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’ 421
‘The Ballad of the Green Berets’ 365
‘Ballad of You and Me And Pooneil’ 382n
Ballard, Hank & the Midnighters 276, 280
Balleur, Smith 94
‘Ballin’ the Jack’ 47
Baltimore Afro-American (newspaper) 33
Bambaataa, Afrika 468, 469, 545
Bamboozled (film) 46
‘The Banana Boat Song’ 264
Band, the 1, 132, 416, 424, 448
The Band (album) 416
‘Band of Gold’ 433
The Band Wagon (musical) 123
Bangs, Lester 442, 457, 486
Banks, Clive 594
Banks, Monty 160
Baraka, Amiri 408
Barbados 473
‘Barbados’ 224
Barbarians, the 429
Barber, Chris & Jazz Band 254, 309–311
Barclay, Peter & Orchestra 211
Bardot, Brigitte 387
Barker, Dave 503
Barlow, Gary 579
Barretto, Ray 283
Barrios, Richard 127
Barron, Louis and Bebe 207
Barroso, Ary 301
Barry, Jeff 282
Barry, John 297
Bart, Lionel 247, 327, 408
Basie, Count & Orchestra 143, 177, 220, 222, 441, 568
Basil Brush 442
Bassey, Shirley 260, 297
‘The Battle of New Orleans’ 262
Bauhaus 554
Baxter, Les 299
Bay City Rollers, the 321, 449,489
Bayes, Nora 64
BBC Dance Orchestra, the 104
‘Be My Baby’ 284
‘Be True to Your School’ 284, 613
‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ 243, 277
Beach Boys, the 277, 283, 284, 295, 326, 331, 332, 334, 372, 374, 393, 426, 433, 449, 455, 477, 494, 528, 547, 573, 574, 592n, 613
‘Beach Boys Gold’ 573
Beach Party (album) 332
Beamish, Major Tufton 235
Beastie Boys, the 548, 620
‘Beat Box’ 547
‘Beat It’ 530
‘Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar’ 175
beat music 79, 307, 308, 312, 314, 315, 324–326, 333, 336, 337, 379, 387, 448
Beatles, the 14, 26, 131, 196, 251, 281–284, 305, 307, 308, 312, 317, 321–327, 329, 330, 334–340, 343, 344, 346, 354–356, 360–364, 366–374, 379, 381–383, 385–391, 393–396, 401, 402, 406, 408, 411–413, 415, 419, 420, 425–427, 429, 433–435, 440–442, 445, 446, 449, 451, 455, 457, 472, 475, 476, 483, 484, 488, 498, 517, 520, 522, 523, 530, 531, 546, 549, 568–573, 575–578, 588, 601, 611, 616
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