Van Halen 458, 525–527
Van Halen, Eddie 526–528, 530
Van Helden, Armand 626
Van Vechten, Carl 66, 272
Vandré, Geraldo 378
Vanilla Fudge 410, 434
Vanilla Ice 618, 620
Variety (newspaper) 121, 139, 147, 150, 235
Variety Band Box (radio show) 96
Vartan, Sylvie 387
vaudeville 24, 26, 77, 441
Vaughan, Frankie 261
Vaughan, Sarah 302
Vaughan-Henry, Dr Leigh 154
Vee, Bobby 265
Veloso, Caetano 331, 378, 379
Velvet Underground, the 430, 446, 486, 509, 511, 570
Ventures, the 283
‘The Very Thought of You’ 106
‘Vesti la giubba’ 20
Vibe (magazine) 560, 620, 621
Vibrations, the 346
Vicious, Sid 491
Victor Military Band, the 61
Victoria, Vesta 14, 160
video culture 510, 520–525, 531, 533–536, 538
‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ 509
‘Vienna’ 509
‘Vietnam Blues’ 365
Vietnam War 284, 348, 365, 366, 370, 400, 401, 413, 420
Village People 476–478
Vincent, Gene 243, 277, 283, 335
Vinton, Bobby 265
Violator (album) 554
VIPs, the 411
Visage 509
Viscounts, the 283
‘Visions of Johanna’ 413
The Voice (TV show) 590
The Voice of Frank Sinatra (album) 288
The Voice of the Seaman (radio show) 253
‘Volunteers’ 401
‘Wabash Blues’ 283
Wailers, the see Marley, Bob
Wainwright, Rufus 409, 574
‘Waiting at the Church’ 160
Waits, Tom 4
‘Wake Up America!’ 49
‘Wake Up Little Susie’ 265
Wakeman, Rick 453, 485
Wald, Elijah 313
Waldini 103
Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra, the 73
‘A Walk in the Black Forest’ 390
‘Walk On By’ 3, 463, 494
‘Walk Right In’ 330
‘Walk This Way’ 547
Walker, George 40
Walker, Scott 395
Walker, T-Bone 223, 224
‘Walking for Dat Cake’ 32
‘Walking on Thin Ice’ 509
Walkman, the 5, 541
The Wall (album) 453
‘Wall Street Rag’ 39
Waller, Fats 136, 175, 176, 214
Walser, Robert 527
‘Wang Wang Blues’ 75, 276
‘Wannabe’ 580, 612
War 464, 471
Ward, Bill 433
Ward, Billy & the Dominoes 274
Ward, Ed 339
Ward, Helen 137
Warhol, Andy 387, 475
Waring, Fred & Pennsylvanians 78, 80
Warlocks, the 355
Waronker, Lenny 444
Warsaw Concerto (concerto) 442
‘Washboard Blues’ 86, 87
Washington, Dinah 279
Washington, Tim 479
‘Washington Squabble’ 143
‘Watch Your Step’ 283
Waters, Ethel 81, 119, 127
Waters, Muddy 115, 223, 224, 226, 253, 312, 313
Watertown (album) 289
Watters, Lu & Yerba Buena Jazz Band 194
‘We Built This City (on Rock ’n’ Roll)’ 570
‘We Call It Acieed’ 551
‘We Can Work It Out’ 355
We Will Rock You (musical) 584
‘We’ll Meet Again’ 161, 167
‘We’re an American Band’ 458
‘We’re Going to Hang the Kaiser under the Linden Tree’ 47
‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ 527
The Weary Blues (verse collection) 83
Weatherall, Andy 575
Webb, Chick 143, 147
Webb, George & Dixielanders 195, 252, 309
Webb, Jimmy 76, 411, 441, 592n
Weber, Joan 212n
Webster, Martin 465
Wedding Present, the 512
Weedon, Bert 256
Weil, Cynthia 282
Weiland, Scott 559
Weiner, Andrew 450
Welk, Lawrence 195, 213, 331
‘Well, Git It!’ 178
‘A Well Respected Man’ 366
Weller, Paul 551, 570, 574
Welles, Orson 374
Wells, Kitty 198
Wells, Mary 282
Wesker, Arnold 493
Wesley, Fred 548
West, Kanye 592, 626
West, Keith 374
West, Mae 141, 198
West, Speedy 288
‘West End Blues’ 86
West Side Story (musical) 345
West Street Mob 546
Weston, Paul 206n, 210, 215
Westwood, Vivienne 448, 489, 490
‘Wet Dream’ 503
Wet Wet Wet 515
Wetherington, ‘Big Chief’ 241n
Wexler, Jerry 478
Wham! 515, 544
‘Wham! Rap’ 544
‘What Can You Give a Nudist on His Birthday?’ 106
‘(What Have I Done to Be So) Black and Blue’ 120
‘What Have They Done to the Rain?’ 364
‘What is Soul?’ 273
‘What is This Thing Called Love?’ 130
‘What Makes You Beautiful’ 581
‘What’cha Gonna Do’ 232
‘What’d I Say’ 272
‘What’ll I Do?’ 46
‘What’s the Use of Getting Sober When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again’ 176
‘Whatcha See is Whatcha Get’ 463
Wheeler, Frederick J. 49
‘When a Man Loves a Woman’ 347
‘When I Lost You’ 45
‘When I Take My Jazz Band to the Fatherland’ 49
‘When My Baby Smiles at Me’ 74
‘When That Man is Dead and Gone’ 163
‘When the Red Red Robin’ 126
‘When Those Little Yellow Bellies Meet the Cohens and the Kellys’ 166
‘When You Walk in the Room’ 364
‘Where Did Our Love Go’ 346
‘Where or When’ 130
‘Whispering’ 75
Whitall, Susan 222
Whitburn, Joel 229
Whitcomb, Noel 246, 251
White, Barry 471–473, 560
White, Jack 214n
White, Joe 98
White, Ronnie 464
‘White Christmas’ 45, 167, 176
‘The White Cliffs of Dover’ 166
‘White Rabbit’ 382, 440
‘White Riot’ 491, 612
Whitehouse, Mary 447
Whiteman, Paul & Orchestra 74–79, 86, 87, 95, 98, 150, 156n, 176, 187, 232, 299, 441, 455
‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ 382, 440
Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers 137
Whitfield, David 221
Whittaker, Bob 327
Who, the 317, 319, 327, 339, 340, 370, 374, 380, 381, 388, 390, 408, 409, 413, 432, 440, 449, 455, 484, 491, 494, 519, 520, 527, 537
‘Who Are You’ 494
‘Who Is That Man (Who Looks Like Charlie Chaplin)’ 161
‘Who Let the Cows Out’ 36
‘Who Loves You’ 455
Who’s Next (album) 422
‘Who’s Sorry Now’ 287
Who’s That Knocking at My Door (film) 447
‘Whole Lotta Love’ 433, 434, 466, 612
‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On’ 259, 371
‘Why I Didn’t Know’ 228
Whyte, William H. 211
Widowmaker 451
‘Wig-Wam Bam’ 428
Wigan’s Chosen Few 463
Wigan’s Ovation 463
Wild in the Streets (film) 338
Wi
ld Metal Country (game) 610n
The Wild Ones (film) 413
‘The Wild Side of Life’ 198
Wild Style (film) 544n
‘Wild Thing’ 434
Wilde, Marty 249, 260
Wilde, Oscar 23
Wilder, Alec 129, 130, 210, 257
Wiley 624
Wiley, Lee 288
Wilhelm II, Kaiser 42
William Tell (overture) 19
Williams, Alfred 112
Williams, Andy 132, 264, 306, 307, 334, 393, 443, 444, 474
Williams, Bert 40, 41
Williams, Clarence & Blue Five 81, 84, 86
Williams, Hank 197, 534
Williams, Kenneth 442
Williams, Mattie 588
Williams, Mike 348
Williams, Paul (singer) 226
Williams, Paul (critic) 362
Williams, Pharrell 616, 622, 626
Williams, Robbie 579
Williams, Sparkie 588
Williamson, Sonny Boy 223
Willmott, Bertha 160
Wills, Bob & His Texas Playboys 171
Wilson, Brian 284, 295, 326, 331, 372
Wilson, Dooley 170n
Wilson, Frank 462
Wilson, Jackie 276n, 279
Wilson, Teddy 220, 296
‘Winchester Cathedral’ 302, 390
Winehouse, Amy 589
Wings 444, 455
Winley, Paul 479
Winn, Anona 147n
Winston, George 535
Winter, Paul 302
A Winter’s Tale (play) 22
Winwood, Stevie 537
‘Wipe Out’ 547
Wirtz, Mark 374
Wisdom, Norman 337
Wishbone Ash 535
‘Witch Doctor’ 265
‘Witchy Woman’ 458
‘With a Little Help from My Friends’ 440
‘With God on Our Side’ 364
‘With My Little Ukulele in My Hand’ 93
With the Beatles (album) 393
A Wizard A True Star (album) 457
Wodehouse, P. G. 129
Woffinden, Bob 503
Wolfe, Charles 113
Womack, Bobby 347
Woman (magazine) 256
Wonder, Stevie 250n, 274, 348, 444, 445, 457, 471
Wonder Mike 480
‘Wooden Ships’ 401
Woodstock festival (1969) 401, 402, 540
Wooler, Bob 308, 326
‘Work Song’ 391
‘World’ 374
World News (newspaper) 255
World War I 47–49
World War II 96, 159–169
‘Wot U Call It’ 624
Wray, Link 257
Wright, Richard 272
‘Write Me a Letter’ 275
Wu-Tang Clan, the 564
Wurtzel, Elizabeth 558
Wynette, Tammy 414, 534
‘Wynonie’s Blues’ 223
X, Malcolm 348, 353
The X Factor (TV show) 589, 590, 594
X-Ray Spex 495
XTC 494
Xuan, Zhou 184
xx, the
Yaar, Ralph 136
Yankovic, Frankie 195, 196
Yardbirds, the 313, 340, 368, 381, 388, 431
Yarrow, Peter 330, 331
‘Yearning’ 93
yé-yé music 386, 387
‘Yeh Yeh’ 316
‘Yellow Submarine’ 367
Yellow Submarine (film) 572
Yes 453
‘Yes, I’ve Got the “Yes We Have No Bananas” Blues’ 80
‘Yesterday’ 334, 344, 390
‘Yiddle on Your Fiddle’ 44
‘Yodeling Fiddling Blues’ 115
Yo! MTV Raps (TV show) 547
‘You Are My Sunshine’ 171
‘You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry’ 306
‘You Don’t Own Me’ 284
‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’ 434
‘You Really Got Me’ 339, 527
‘You Should Be Dancing’ 474
‘You Suffer’ 557n
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ 131, 326
‘You’re a Sap Mr Jap’ 166
‘You’re Beautiful’ 581
‘You’re So Vain’ 445
‘You’ve Got to Give Me Some’ 117
‘You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away’ 403
‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’’ 344
Young, Lester 183
Young, Neil 284, 407, 420, 424, 445, 448, 451, 539, 541, 574
Young, Paul 515
‘Young Americans’ 472
Young Generation, the 213
‘Young Guns’ 544
‘Young Love’ 265
The Young Ones (TV show) 574
Youngsta, Da 579
Your Dance Date (album) 210
Your Hit Parade (radio show) 150
Youth of Today 499
YouTube 603, 616
YoYo 563
Yuro, Timi 273
Zappa, Frank 410, 415, 457
Zavaroni, Lena 588
Zé, Tom 378, 379
Zec, Donald 315
Zedd 627
Zig & Zog 589
Ziggy Stardust (album) 576
‘Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah’ 284
zoot suits 174, 175
‘Zorba the Greek’ 392
‘Zorba’s Dance’ 390
Zukie, Tapper 503
ZZ Top 522
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