Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry
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Byrds
Byrne, David
C., Roy
Café Society
Calder, Clive
Calder, Tony
California. See also specific individuals; specific labels
cocaine culture
hippies
Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter community
migration of record industry to
Monterey International Pop Festival
psychedelia
underground scene
Cameron, Duncan
Capitol
Beach Boys
Beatles
founding of
Holiday, Billie
independent radio promoters
sales figures
sale to EMI
wariness of psychedelia movement
Carey, Mariah
Carl Lindström AG
Carroll, Ted
Carson, Fiddlin’ John
Carter Family
Caruso, Enrico
Casablanca
Angel
Clinton, George
disco
drug culture
founding and deal with Warner
independent radio promoters
influencing of charts
Kiss
sale to PolyGram
Summer, Donna
Village People
Cash, Johnny
Cash Box (Wexler)
CBGB
CBS. See Columbia/CBS
CD. See compact disc
Charisma
Charles, Ray
Cher
Chess, Marshall
Chess Records
Chic
Chicago Daily Tribune
Chicago Defender
Chicago music and dance scene
Child, Calvin
Childs, Harold
Chiswick
Chrysalis
Clancy Brothers
Clapton, Eric
Clark, Alfred
Clark, Tim
Clark, Walter
Clarke, Brent
Clash
classical and operatic music
Cliff, Jimmy
Clinton, George
clubs
Café Society
CBGB
Chicago dance halls
Club 54 restricted area
Danceteria
Greenwich Village folk music clubs
Hacienda
jukeboxes at
Loft
London mod clubs
in New Wave grassroots movement
Night Owl
rave culture
Reno Club
On the Rox
Sanctuary
sound systems
Cohen, Leonard
Cohn, Nik
Cole, Nat King
Coleman, Syd
Collins, Judy
Colony Records
Columbia artists
Basie, Count
Byrds
Cash, Johnny
Cohen, Leonard
Cole, Nat King
Costello, Elvis
Doors
Dylan, Bob
Franklin, Aretha
Goodman, Benny
Hampton, Lionel
Henderson, Fletcher
Holiday, Billie
Jackson, Michael
Johnson, George
Joplin, Janis
Marley, Bob
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Perkins, Carl
Richard, Cliff
Rolling Stones
Seeger, Pete
Simon & Garfunkel
Sinatra, Frank
Smith, Bessie
Springsteen, Bruce
White, Josh
Williams, Andy
Williams, Bert and George Walker
Columbia/CBS. See also Columbia artists
ancillary businesses
ASCAP boycott
bankruptcy of American Columbia
compact disc technology
consumer marketing
cultural legacy and elitist aura
double-sided discs
drug scandal
eight-track recording technology
electrical recording technology
EMI merger
founding of
Geffen Records export rights
Graphophone player technology
independent radio promoters
jazz classics
Jewish comedy
jukebox business
laterally-cut disc technology
layoffs and factory closures
long-playing records
sales figures
sale to Sony
teenage market
theater productions and cast recordings
Comer, Charlie
Commodore Records
compact disc
artist royalties on
cost to consumers
demise of singles format
development of
quality of, compared to vinyl
value to record companies
Considine, Shaun
Consolidated Talking Machine Company
Conway, Lionel
Cooper, Ray
Copeland, Miles
Cordell, Denny
Cornyn, Stan
Costello, Elvis
country and hillbilly music
Coury, Al
Cream
Creation Records
Criss, Peter
Cros, Charles
Crosby, Bing
Crosby, David
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Dahl, Steve
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Dalhart, Vernon
Damned
Danceteria
D’Aquisto, Steve
DaSilva, Jon
Davenport, Jimmy
Davis, Clive. See also Columbia artists; Columbia/CBS
ambition
as Columbia lawyer
Columbia presidency
Crosby, Stills & Nash negotiations
drug scandal
launch of Geffen’s career
at Monterey Pop Festival
sale of Arista
Davis, Danny
Davis, Martin
Davis, Miles
de Buretel, Emmanuel
Decca Records
acquisition of Brunswick properties
artist strike contingency agreement
Basie, Count
Crosby, Bing
founding of
Haley, Bill
Holiday, Billie
jukebox business
Rolling Stones
Steele, Tommy
unethical business practices
deejays
competition and exhibitionist mixing
compilation mixing
discovery and testing of new sounds
individual consumers as
pirate-radio operators
record company promotion to
Def Jam
Denny, Jim
Depeche Mode
Deram
DeSylva, Buddy
Detours
Dewey, Daddy-O
Dexter, Dave
DGC Records
Dibango, Manu
Diehl, Digby
Dileo, Frank
Disc and Music Week
disco
DiSipio, Fred
Domino
Doncaster, Patrick
Donovan
Doors
Dorsey, Tommy
Douglas, Alan
Douglass, Leon
Down Beat
Dozier, Lamont
Drake, Nick
Drake, Robert
Draper, Simon. See also Virgin Records
drug culture. See psychedelia and drug culture
Dury, Ian
Dyer, Frank
Dylan, Bob
albums
allies
Beatles’ acquaintance and introduction to marijuana
Columbia contracts
Geffen’s management of
move to New York and breakup of family
Nashville recordings
Newport Folk Festival electric set
prolific songwriting
retreat from public eye
singles
start of singing career
Eagles
Eastman, Lee
Easton, Edward
Easton, Eric
Edison, Thomas
disdain for radio
Edison Phonograph Company
patents
telegraphy and talking machine experiments
Edwards, Bernard
Eire Apparent
Eisenstein, Sergei
electronica
Elektra
Asylum merger
Butterfield Blues Band
company freaks
Doors and Jim Morrison
Love
marijuana culture
MC5
move to California
record store operations
Stooges
success
Warner Communications merger
Elektra/Asylum
Elliman, Yvonne
Ellington, Duke
Ellis, Terry
EMI Records
acquisitions
Beatles
British pop band sales figures
creation of
diversification into television
division and sale of
Island license deal
mean-spirited culture and staff resignations
Parlophone sublabel
rock ’n’ roll hits
Sex Pistols
Stiff distribution deal
England. See also specific bands; specific individuals; specific labels
BBC
bisexual glam rock
class system
derision of Californian flower power
drug use by pop stars
economic decline
music-oriented television shows
offshore pirate-radio ships
popularity of bands in North
pub rock scene
punk
during Second World War
sixties fashion cult
synth-pop groups
taxation of stars’ revenue
theater tradition
Eno, Brian
Enthoven, David
Epic
Epstein, Brian
Epstein, Clive
Ertegun, Ahmet. See also Atlantic Records
Ertegun, Nesuhi
ethnic records market
Evening Standard
Factory Records
Fairport Convention
Faithfull, Marianne
Fallout Records and Skateboards
Faxon, Robert
Fayant, Frank
Ferdinand, Franz
Fields, Arthur
Fields, Danny
file-sharing and downloading
Fleetwood Mac
folk music
Folsey, George
Fontana
4AD
4th & B’way
Foxx, Inez & Charlie
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Franklin, Aretha
Fraser, Robert
Friesen, Gil
From Spirituals to Swing concert
Fuqua, Harvey
Gabler, Milt
Gage, Kevin
Gaisberg, Fred
Gallagher, Bill
Gallagher, Rory
Garcia, Bob
Gaye, Marvin
Geffen, David
Asylum and Elektra/Asylum
in California drug culture
Crosby, Stills & Nash
DGC Records
Dylan, Bob
Eagles
Ertegun’s patronage
Geffen Records
impact on future of record deals
Lennon, John
management agency startup
Nirvana
Nyro, Laura
personal qualities
retirement and comeback
Roxy theater and On the Rox club
Summer, Donna
Warner Communications deals
Gennett
Giannini, Ferruccio
Gillespie, Dizzy
glam rock
Gleeson, Scoop
Gluck, Alma
Go Discs!
Goldmark, Peter
Gold Star studio
Goodman, Benny
Gordy, Anna and Gwen
Gordy, Berry
background and business plan
Motown
paternalism
songwriting
Gordy, Esther
Gottehrer, Richard
Grafonola
Graham, Bill
Gramophone
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Grant, Peter
Graphophone
Grateful Dead
Gray, Elisha
Grease (movie and soundtrack)
Great Depression
Green, Derek. See also A&M
Green, Peter
Greene, Al
Gretton, Rob
Grigsby-Grunow Company
Grossman, Albert
Grubman, Allen
Guinzberg, Tom
Guthrie, Woody
Hacienda
Hager, Fred
Haley, Bill
Halverson, Bill
Hamilton, Diane
Hammond, John. See also Columbia artists; Columbia/CBS
background
Basie, Count
Cohen, Leonard
Columbia posts
on commercial focus of record business
confidence in own judgment
disillusionment with record industry
Dylan, Bob
erudition and integrity
Franklin, Aretha
Goodman, Benny
Greenwich Village folk scene
Hampton, Lionel
Henderson, Fletcher
Holiday, Billie
jazz journalism
personal struggles
racial integration efforts
Seeger, Pete
Smith, Bessie
social justice ideals
From Spirituals to Swing concert
Springsteen, Bruce
Vanguard jazz recordings
White, Josh
Hampton, Lionel
Handy, W. C.
Hannett, Martin
Haran, Ronnie
Hard Day’s Night, A (movie)
Harris, Bob
Harris, Larry
Harris, Steve
Harris, William
Harrison, Sidney
Harry, Deborah
Harvey, Laurence
Haslam, Dave
Hayes, Tom
Heinemann, Jehuda Otto. See also Okeh
Hell, Richard
Helms, Suzanne
Henderson, Fletcher
Hendrix, Jimi
Henley, Don
Hentoff, Nat
Herald Tribune
Hester, Carolyn
hillbilly and country music
hip-hop
Holiday, Billie
Holland, Brian and Eddie
Holzman, Jac. See also Elektra
decision to produce rock music
on demise of singles format
embrace of marijuana culture
on Iggy Pop
on individual record man
on Jewish influence in record industry
on Mills as record man
on Newport festival audiences
Record Loft and Elektra label
relationship with artists
retirement plans
on Ross as head of Warner
on technology’s impact on record business
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homosexuality
Hood, Sam
Hooper, Stanford
Hoover, Herbert
Hopkins, Ernest J.
Horn, Trevor
Horowitz, David
Hubbard, Gardiner
Hubbard, Mabel
Human League
Humble Pie
Hunting, Russell
Hyman, Eliot
Hynde, Chrissie
Immediate Records
Incredible String Band
In His Own Write (Lennon)
Internet file-sharing and downloading
Isgro, Joe
Island Records
A&M alliance
core market
decline and collapse
Drake, Nick
dysfunction and absentee management
EMI license deal and restructuring
Fairport Convention
Faithfull, Marianne
financial problems
founding of
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Kid Creole & the Coconuts
London studio and office
Marley, Bob
Mott the Hoople
New Wave signatures
Palmer, Robert
reforms under Robinson’s management
Roxy Music
sale to PolyGram
sublabels
successes
Traffic
U2
Virgin distribution deal
iTunes Store
Jackson, Janet
Jackson, Michael
Jaeger, Art
Jagger, Mick. See also Rolling Stones
James, Billy
James, Dick
jazz
bebop
blues
dance craze
in England
evolution from entertainment to art
first record on Victor label
on Gennett label
historical link to folk music
as new urban culture
white audiences for
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Jethro Tull
Jive
Jobs, Steve
Joel, Billy
John, Elton
Johnson, Eldridge Reeves. See also Victor/RCA Victor
Johnson, George
Johnson, Robert
Johnson, Tommy
Johnston, Bob
Jones, Brian
Jones, Grace
Jones, Jo
Jones, John Paul
Jones, Joseph
Jones, Mick
Jones, Peter
Jones, Quincy
Jones, Steve
Joplin, Janis
Joplin, Scott
Josephson, Barney
jukeboxes
Kallman, Craig
Kamins, Mark
Kapp, Jack. See also Decca Records
Kapralik, Dave
Keisker, Marion
Kelly, Dan
Kemp, Lindsay
Kenner, Chris
Keynote
Kid Creole & the Coconuts
King, B. B.
King Crimson
Kirkup, Martin
Kiss
Klein, Allen
Koenig, Rudolph
Kooper, Al
Krasnow, Bob
Krieger, Robby
Kristal, Hilly
Krivit, Danny
Krupa, Gene
Lambert, Kit
Landau, Jon
Landis, John
Larkin, Philip
Lauder, Andrew
Led Zeppelin
Lee, Arthur
Lee, Jeannette
Lennon, John. See also Beatles
Letts, Don
Levy, Alain
Levy, Morris
Lewis, Edward. See also Decca Records
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Meade “Lux”
Liberty Records