Language of Jive (book) 141
Lanza, Joseph 292
Lanza, Mario 212, 221
Lareau, Alan 155
‘Largo’ 19
Larks, the 275
LaRocca, Nick 56, 57
Last, James & Orchestra 210, 321, 442, 443, 474
‘Last Day on Earth’ 613
‘The Last Round-Up’ 115
‘The Last Supper’ 407
‘Last Train to San Fernando’ 263
Laswell, Bill 546
Latin music 141, 142, 201, 203, 204, 617
Lauder, Harry 25, 26, 105
‘Laugh at Me’ 364
‘Laugh Laugh’ 333
‘Laugh Laugh Laugh’ 166
‘The Laughing Policeman’ 34
‘The Laughing Song’ 34
Launder, Frank 160
Lauper, Cyndi 532
Laurie, Peter 323
Lawman, Charles 94
Lawrence, D. H. 532
Lawrence, Gertrude 392
Lawrence, Katie 14, 15
Le Bon, Simon 524
Lead Belly 252–254, 440
Leaper, Bob 334
Leary, Timothy 382n
Leavenworth Herald (newspaper) 33
Led Zeppelin 64, 431–434, 442, 466, 494, 525, 526, 528, 536, 574, 627
Lee, Benny 190
Lee, Brenda 250n, 282, 389
Lee, Bunny 504
Lee, Byron & Dragonaires 350
Lee, Peggy 167
Lee, Spike 46, 549
Legend, Tobi 463
‘Legs’ 522
Lehár, Franz 24
Leiber, Jerry 277, 278
Leigh, Janet 307
Lennon, John 106, 234, 255, 283, 325–327, 334, 339, 360, 363n, 366, 369–373, 382, 386, 390, 403, 404, 420, 421, 446, 448, 509, 520, 549, 569, 572, 573, 577, 579n, 585, 610
Lennon, Julian 574
Lennox, Annie 524
Leo XIII, Pope 18
Leon, Craig 488
Leplée, Louis 185
Leslie, Peter 255, 310
Lester, Dick 327
‘Let It Be’ 390
Let It Bleed (album) 370
‘Let It Rain, Let It Pour’ 90
‘Let It Rock’ 282
‘Let Me Die in My Footsteps’ 330
‘Let Me Go Lover’ 212n
‘Let Me In’ 472
‘Let Me Play With Your Poodle’ 176
‘Let’s All Be Americans Now!’ 49
‘Let’s All Go Posh’ 106
Let’s Dance (radio show) 139
‘Let’s Face the Music and Dance’ 45
‘Let’s Get Drunk and Truck’ 151
‘Let’s Get It On’ 471
‘Let’s Go Trippin’’ 331
‘Let’s Have a Party’ 282
‘Let’s Have Free Trade Amongst the Girls’ 43
‘Let’s Not Talk About Love’ 130
‘Let’s Remember Pearl Harbor’ 166
‘Let’s Surf Again’ 332
‘Let’s Twist Again’ 280
Letts, Don 352, 493
Levene, Ian 515
Lewis, Jerry 266
Lewis, Jerry Lee 94, 120, 132, 243, 256, 259, 265, 317, 335, 371, 406n, 407, 412, 446, 447, 484
Lewis, Leona 589
Lewis, Smiley 224
Lewis, Ted 74, 121
Lewis, Vic 295
‘Lewis Boogie’ 447
Liberace 171, 194, 213, 443
‘The Liberty Bell’ 38
‘License to Kill’ 597
Licensed to Ill (album) 548
Life (magazine) 214, 306, 420
‘Life in a Trench in Belgium’ 49
Liggins, Joe 222
Light, Enoch 294
light music 149
‘Light My Fire’ 494
‘Like a Rolling Stone’ 1, 244n, 355, 359, 361, 362, 390
‘Like a Virgin’ 612
‘Like, Long Hair’ 283
Lil’ Romeo 579
Lil’ Wayne 592
‘The Lily of Laguna’ 26
‘Limehouse Blues’ 141
Limeliters, the 262
Limp Bizkit 559
Lindy Hop, the 137
‘Ling, Ting, Tong’ 277
The Lion King (musical) 584
‘Lion of Judah’ 235
‘Listen to the Music’ 572
‘Listen to What the Man Said’ 455
Liszt, Franz 33
Little, Little Jack 98
‘Little Brown Jug’ 146, 354
Little Caesar & the Romans 283
Little Eva 447
‘Little Girl Blue’ 130
‘Little Honda’ 331
‘The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane’ 113, 114
‘Little Red Rooster’ 314
Little Richard 242, 245, 256, 258, 259, 335, 412, 447, 548
‘The Little White Cloud That Cried’ 216
‘Little Willy’ 428
Live Aid 536, 582
Live It Up (album) 541
Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour (album) 592n
‘Livery Stable Blues’ 57, 58, 77, 78
‘Living by Numbers’ 509
‘Living for the City’ 471
Living in the Material World (album) 408
Living Strings, the 292
LL Cool J 546, 563
Lloyd, A. L. ‘Bert’ 253
Lloyd, Marie 25
Lloyd-Webber, Andrew 584
Load (album) 558
Lobo, Edu 378
‘Lock Step’ 128
Loder, Kurt 532
Loggins & Messina 485
‘Lola’ 3
‘Lollipop Mama’ 223
Lomax, Alan 252, 254
Lomax, John A. 112, 114, 252–254
Lombardo, Carmen 128
Lombardo, Guy 85n, 151
London Festival Orchestra 410
‘London is the Place For Me’ 263
London Suite (concert suite) 149
‘The Lonely Bull’ 390
‘Long After Tonight is All Over’ 463
‘The Long and Winding Road’ 390
‘Long Tall Sally’ 242, 245
‘Long Train Running’ 458
‘The Longest Time’ 573
Longpigs 577
‘Look Out’ 223n
Lopez, Jennifer 617
Lopez, Vincent 78
Lord Beginner 263
Lord Haw-Haw see Joyce, William
Lord Kitchener 263
‘Lord Kitchener’s Army’ 48
Lord Lebby 352
‘Losing My Religion’ 574
Loss, Joe 189
‘The Lost Chord’ 20, 80
‘Louie Louie’ 282, 332, 434
‘Louisiana Rag’ 36
Love 574
Love Affair 427
‘Love Can’t Turn Around’ 515
‘Love For Sale’ 100, 121
‘Love is the Sweetest Thing’ 106
‘Love Me Do’ 325
Love Me Tender (film) 245
Love Song 408
‘Love to Love You Baby’ 474
‘Love Will Keep Us Together’ 455
‘Lover Man’ 191
lovers rock 505, 506
‘Lovey Dovey’ 276
Lovich, Lene 509
Lovin’ Spoonful, the 334, 355, 362
‘Loving You Madly’ 240
Low (album) 508
Lowe, Nick 490, 493, 498
LPs (long players) 123, 192, 208–211, 288–292, 370, 539
Lubinsky, Herman 275
Lucas, Nick 94
‘Lucky Number’ 509
Lulu 428
Lunceford, Jimmy 177
Lush 576
Lusher, Don 247
Lydon, John 489,491, 496, 504, 572, 574
‘Lyin’ to Myself’ 86
Lynn, Vera 161, 162, 167
Lynskey, Dorian 623
Lynyrd Skynyrd 458, 526, 534, 572
Lyric Quartet, 30
Lyttleton, Humphrey 205, 254, 310
M 509, 523
Mabon, Beatrice 228
Mabon, Willie 228
‘MacArthur Park’ 412
MacColl, Ewan 253, 493
MacEwan, William 105n
Machin, Antonio 142
‘Mack the Knife’ 266
MacKaye, Ian 498, 499
Mackenzie, Compton 90, 100, 136, 137, 160, 353
Mackintosh, Ken 230
Macmillan, Harold 413
Macon, Uncle Dave 114
Mad (magazine) 265
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (film) 536
Madness 502
Madonna 45, 532, 533, 571, 583, 584, 591, 592, 601
Mael, Russell 483
Maggie May (musical) 327
Maggins, Donald 186, 188
Magic Mushrooms, the 382
‘Magnificent Seven’ 544
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 404
Maher, Jack 307
Mail on Sunday (newspaper) 596
Mailer, Norman 175, 495
Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour (radio show) 589
Make Believe Ballroom (radio show) 150, 193
‘Makin’ Whoopee’ 131, 164
‘Malaguena’ 283
Malmkvist, Siw 386
Malmsteen, Yngwie 527
‘Mama’ 392
‘Mama Will Bark’ 193
Mamas & the Papas, the 374, 375
mambo 203, 204
‘Mambo Italiano’ 204
‘Mambo No. 5’ 204
Mame (musical) 345
Mamma Mia! (musical) 584
Mammy (film) 125
‘The Man I Love’ 87
The Man Who Sold the World (album) 429
Mancini, Henry 307, 334
Mancuso, David 472
Mandela, Nelson 363
Manfred Mann 363, 364
Manfred Manne Mike Hug Quartet 311
Mangeshkar, Lata 291
Manilow, Barry 527
Mann, Barry 282
Mann, Herbie 302
Manning, Edgar 182
Manone, Wingy 146, 151
Manson, Charles 553
Manson, Marilyn 555
‘Manteca’ 203
Mantovani, Annunzio 7, 103, 162, 291, 298, 334, 390
The Mantovani Touch (album) 390
‘Maple Leaf Rag’ 37, 38
The March of Time (films) 128, 253
Marconi, Guglielmo 98
Mardin, Arif 475
Margaret, Princess 234, 242n
‘Marina’ 386
Marley, Bob & the Wailers 352, 353, 424, 501, 503, 505, 506
Márquez, Gabriel García 203
Marr, Johnny 512
M/A/R/R/S 516
Marsalis, Wynton 55
Marsden, Gerry 325n
Marsh, Dave 455, 456
Marterie, Ralph 232
Martin, Dean 221, 229, 266, 289, 290
Martin, George 324, 372, 395, 546, 569
Martin, Ricky 617
Martin, Skip 210
Martin, Tony 216
Martindale, Wink 516n
Martinez, Eddie 547
Martino, Al 221, 474
Martz, Marshal 171
Marx Brothers, the 84, 137
Mary, Queen 42
Mary Poppins (musical) 84, 389, 390
Maschler, Tom 327
Mase 621
Masengo, Edouard 350
Mass in F Minor (album) 406
Massiel 428
Matchbox 448
Mathis, Johnny 290, 444
Matthew, Brian 310, 330
Matthews, Randy 408
May, Derrick 513
Mayall, John & Bluesbreakers 313
Mayfield, Curtis 348, 463, 464, 471, 531
Maytals, the 352, 503
MC Ren 562
McCarthy, Albert 153, 164
McCartney, Paul 106, 325–327, 339, 344, 364, 369–373, 386, 390, 392, 430, 444, 446, 455–457, 465, 483, 505, 507, 516n, 523, 530, 569, 572, 579n, 593, 594
McCormack, Ed 487
McCormack, John 31, 80, 161
McCrae, George 473
McDonald, Country Joe 421
McDonough, Harry 30
MC5, the 401, 446
McGhee, Brownie 223
McGuinn, Jim 368
McGuire, Barry 365, 368
McKellar, Kenneth 390
McKenzie, Scott 375, 390
McKinley, Ray 194
McLaren, Malcolm 37, 448, 487–491, 496, 497, 519, 544, 602
McLean, Don 279
McNeill, Phil 492n
McPartland, Jimmy 86
McPhatter, Clyde 217, 273, 276
McPhee, Tony 315
‘Me and Jane in a Plane’ 102
‘Me So Horny’ 549
Mean Streets (film) 447
Meat Loaf 584
Meehan, Tony 493
Meek, Joe 324, 504
‘Mega Armageddon Time’ 557n
Megadeth 558
Mein Kampf (book) 155
Mel, Melle 545
Mel & Kim 517
Melodians, the 352
Melody Maker (magazine) 70, 92n, 140, 153, 157, 181, 190, 208, 231, 258, 280, 296, 308, 309, 311, 312, 315, 329, 338, 339, 361, 395, 441
Melville, Harry 60
‘The Memphis Blues’ 47, 61
Men, the 362
Mendelssohn, Felix 103n
Mendez, Nacho 364
Mendl, R. W. S. 56
Mendonça, Newton 300
Mensah, E. T. 350
Menswear 576
Menudo 617
Mercer, Johnny 131, 132, 177, 206n
Mercury, Freddie 455, 570, 584
Merman, Ethel 474
The Merry Widow (operetta) 24
Merseybeats, the 2
The Merv Griffin Show (TV show) 347
‘The Message’ 545
‘Metal Mickey’ 576
Metallica 7, 528, 558, 599
Metronome (magazine) 136, 144, 181, 185–187, 194, 196, 204n, 215
Metropolis (film) 466
Mexico 170, 355, 364, 617, 618
MFSB 473
Miami Vice (TV show) 535, 617
Michael, George 515, 544, 620
‘Michelle’ 390
Michelle (album) 391
Mickey & Sylvia 480
The Mickey Mouse Club (TV show) 381
Middle of the Road 588
Middles, Mick 496
Mighty Zulu Nation, the 468
Milburn, Amos 214, 228
Miles, Barry 491
Miles, Lizzie 63
Milhaud, Darius 296
Miller, Dave 232
Miller, Glenn & Orchestra 7, 57, 106, 140, 143, 145–147, 167, 190, 194, 232, 433, 441, 449, 528, 595
Miller, James 221, 233
Miller, Mitch (& the Gang) 193, 206, 215, 244, 288, 289, 292
Miller, Steve 276
Milli Vanilli 533
Millinder, Lucky 177
Millions Like Us (film) 160
Mills, Annette 161
Mills, Kerry 34
Mills Brothers, the 141, 161, 275
Milne, A. A. 382n
Milton, Roy 223
Mina 250n, 386
Mineo, Sal 265
‘A Miniature Concert’ 90
Ministry 553, 555
‘Minnie the Moocher’ 141
‘Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day’ 141
Minogue, Kylie 7, 517, 533, 583
minstrel tradition 31–33
‘Miracles’ 455
Miracles, the 282, 345, 353, 355, 464
Miranda, Carmen 264, 301, 302
Les Miserables (musical) 584
Miss Saigon (musical) 584
‘Miss You’ 167
Mission, the 554
Mississippi Sheiks, the 115
Mistinguett 25
Mitchell, Chad & Trio 298
Mitchell, Eddy 251
Mitchell, Guy 264
Mitchell, Joni 39, 198, 422–424, 444, 445, 486, 495
Mitchell Minstrels, George 212
Mobb Deep 561
Modern Ballroom Dancing (book) 163
Model 500 (act) 513
Modelle, Micky 573n
Modern Jazz Quartet, the 296
Mods 309, 315–319
Mojos, the 339
‘Mon Heure de Swing’ 164
Monae, Janelle 615
‘Money’ 282
‘Money for Nothing’ 538
Monkees, the 334, 337, 338, 366, 396, 414, 425, 426, 576, 578
Mono Motor Oil Twins, the 99
Monroe, Bill 240
Monroe, Marilyn 413
Monroe, Vaughn 209, 215
Montague, Dave 568
Monterey Pop Festival (1967) 375, 396
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (TV show) 38
mood music 210, 211, 291, 292
Moods for Candlelight (album) 210
Moods for Starlight (album) 210
Moods in Music: Music for Daydreaming (album) 211
Moods in Music: Music for Dining (album) 211
Moods in Music: Music for Faith and Inner Calm (album) 211
Moods in Music: Music for Relaxation (album) 211
Moody Blues, the 346, 396, 410, 574
Moog, Robert 396
Moon, Keith 520
The Moon Dog House (radio show) 226
Moondog 226
Moondog Matinee (album) 448
Mooney, Art 192, 193
‘Moonlight Serenade’ 146, 354, 449
Moore, Mark
Moore, Robin 365
Moore, Scotty 257
Moore, Vinnie 527
Morales, Robert 617
‘More Than a Feeling’ 457
Morgan, Derrick 352
Morissette, Alanis 588
Morley, Thomas 256n
Moroder, Giorgio 466, 474, 513, 627
Morricone, Ennio 297
Morris, Nathan 577
Morrison, George 65
Morrison, Jim 369, 375, 376, 557, 570
Morrison, Van 400
Morrissey 506, 512
Morton, Jelly Roll 58, 86
Morton, Shadow 403
‘Mosley!’ 154
Mosley, Oswald 154
Mosley, Snub 171
Most, Mickie 336
Mother Love Bone 557
‘Mother’s Little Helper’ 369
Mothers of Invention, the 393, 410
Mötley Crüe 525
Motörhead 496, 497
Mott The Hoople 120, 430
Mottola, Tommy 564
Moulton, Tom 466–468
Mouskouri, Nana 386
Move, the 380, 413
‘Move It’ 261
‘Move On Up’ 463, 464
‘Move On Up a Little Higher’ 271
‘Move Your Hand, Baby’ 228
Movimiento Alterado 617
‘Movin’ & Groovin’’ 257
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 30, 140
MPB (Musica Popula Brasiliera) 378
MP3s 599ff
‘Mr Crump’ 61
‘Mr Lee’ 277
‘Mr Sandman’ 193, 277
‘Mr Tambourine Man’ 362
Mrs Mills 442
MTV 521–525, 528, 530, 533–538, 540, 541, 547, 548, 552, 556, 557, 568, 571, 583
MTV Jams (TV show) 618
Mud 449
Mud Slide Slim & the Blue Horizon (album) 424
‘Muddy Water’ 95
Electric Shock Page 85