“Heritage.” Written by Maurice White, Lestley Pierce, and Frankie Blue. Copyright © 1980 Maurice White Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Pony Boy Music, Lorna Lee Music, and co-publishers. All rights for Maurice White Music administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. All rights for Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Pony Boy Music and Lorna Lee Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“That’s the Way of the World.” Written by Maurice White, Charles Stepney, and Verdine White. Words and music by Maurice White, Charles Stepney, and Verdine White. Copyright © 1975 (renewed 2003) EMI April Music Inc. and Eibur Music. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Getaway.” Written by Beloyd Taylor and Peter Cor. Copyright © 1976 (renewed 2004) Mburu Music. All rights controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Spirit.” Written by Maurice White and Larry Dunn. Copyright © 1976 (renewed 2004) EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“On Your Face.” Written by Maurice White, Charles Stepney, and Philip Bailey. Copyright © 1976 EMI April Music Inc. and Embassy Music Corp. Copyright renewed. All rights on behalf of EMI April Music Inc. administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Don’t Ask My Neighbors.” Written by Skip Scarborough. Copyright © 1977 (renewed) Relana Denette Flores pub designee, Candace Elizabeth Scarborough pub designee, Plaid Flowers Music, and Sweet Cookie Music. All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corporation. Used by permission of Alfred Music. All rights reserved.
“Fantasy.” Written by Maurice White, Eddie del Barrio, and Verdine White. Copyright © 1977 (renewed 2005) EMI April Music Inc. and Criga Music. All rights controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Back on the Road.” Written by Maurice White and Al McKay. Copyright © 1980 EMI April Music Inc. and Steel Chest Music All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“After the Love Is Gone.” Written by David Foster, Jay Graydon, and Bill Champlin © 1978 EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Irving Music, Inc., Foster Frees Music, Inc., Garden Rake Music, Noted for the Record and Music Sales Corp. All rights for Foster Frees Music, Inc. in the USA and Canada Administered by Irving Music, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Boogie Wonderland.” Written by Jon Lind and Allee Willis. Copyright © 1979 EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Irving Music, Inc., and Big Mystique Music. All rights for Big Mystique Music administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Let Me Talk.” Written by Maurice White, Al McKay, Larry Dunn, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, and Philip Bailey. Copyright © 1980 EMI April Music Inc. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“In Time.” Written by Maurice White, Arlene Matza, and Howard McCrary. Copyright © 1980 Universal–Songs of Polygram International, Inc., Saggifire Music, Ninth Music, Charleville Music, Deertrack Music, Emi Blackwood Music Inc., Emi April Music Inc., Island Music Inc. and co-publishers. All rights for Saggifire Music, Ninth Music, Charleville Music and Deertrack Music administered by Universal–Songs of Polygram International, Inc. All rights for EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI April Music Inc. and Island Music Inc. administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
“The Changing Times.” Written by Beloyd Taylor. Copyright © 1981 EMI April Music Inc. and Modern American Music Co. All rights on behalf of EMI April Music Inc. administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Evolution Orange.” Written by Maurice White, David Foster and Nan O’Byrne Copyright © 1981 Irving Music, Inc., Foster Frees Music, Inc., Neches River Publications, EMI April Music Inc. and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. All rights for Foster Frees Music, Inc. administered by Irving Music, Inc. All rights for Neches River Publications administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. All rights for EMI April Music Inc. and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Time Machine.” Written by Maurice White, Martin Page, and Brian Fairweather. Copyright © 1984 EMI April Music Inc., Imagem London Ltd., and Saggifire Music. All rights on behalf of EMI April Music Inc. Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights on behalf of Imagem London Ltd. in United States and Canada administered by Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Touch The World.” Written by Rev. Oliver Wells. Copyright © 1988 Sir and Trini Music. All rights administered by by Kohaw Music, c/o the Bicycle Music Company. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“I’ll Write a Song for You.” Written by Al McKay, Philip Bailey, and Steve Beckmeier. Words and music by Philip Bailey, Steve Beckmeier, and Al McKay. Copyright © 1977 EMI April Music Inc., Sir and Trini Music, and Steelchest Music. Copyright renewed. All rights on behalf of EMI April Music Inc. administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights on behalf of Sir and Trini Music administered by Kohaw Music, c/o the Bicycle Music Company. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“Turn It into Something Good.” Written by Maurice White, James Newton Howard, and Valerie Carter. Copyright © 1980 EMI April Music Inc., River Honey Music, and Newton House Music All rights on behalf of EMI April Music Inc. and River Honey Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. All rights on behalf of Newton House Music administered by Universal Music–Careers. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
“See the Light.” Written by Larry Dunn, Philip Bailey, and Louise Hardy. Copyright © 1974 EMI April Music Inc. and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. Copyright renewed. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
Index
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Aaron, Hank, 190
ABBA, 228, 261
ABC (TV network), 154, 278
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 93, 110
Abraxas, 117
Adams, Edna Parker “Mother Dear” (mother), 5–7, 15, 26–28, 30–32, 44, 56–57, 61–62, 72–73, 82–83, 150, 157–58, 175–76,
178, 262, 269–71, 275–76, 354
Adams, Karen (sister), 158, 271
Adams, Margie (sister), 158, 271
Adams, Patt (sister), 15, 158, 243, 269, 271, 326, 352
Adams, Ronald (brother), 31
Adams, Dr. Verdine “Dad” (stepfather), 15, 31–35, 62, 72–73, 150–51, 158, 175, 179, 270, 351
Aerosmith, 275
“Africa,” 225
African music, 66–68, 130, 228, 248
“Africano,” 173
“Africano Power,” 191
Afro-Arts Theater, 66, 182
Afrocentrism, 66, 182, 210
Afro-Cuban music, 125, 191, 211, 222, 249, 260, 359
Afterbach, 300
“After the Love Is Gone,” xi, 242, 250–52, 257, 262, 273, 287, 332–33, 338, 340
Albam, Manny, 38
Ali, Muhammad, 70, 93, 128, 190, 325
“All About Love,” 173, 349
Allen, Steve, 38
All ʼN All, 193, 224–37, 241, 252, 260, 265, 276, 284, 336
“All ’N All,” 260
All This Love, 302
“Almost Like Being in Love,” 55
America, 139, 236
American Music Awards, 248, 260
20th Anniversary Special (TV show), 338
American Recording Company (ARC), 245–48, 257–59, 261, 274–76, 282, 285, 298–302, 305, 308, 321
Amos, Tori, 327
Andersen, Hans Christian, 352
“And Love Goes On,” 279
Andrews, Reggie, 129
Angelou, Maya, 128
“Anything You Want,” 333
Appetite for Destruction, 327
“Are You Living,” 302
Argent, 118
Arkansas, 10–12
Armed and Dangerous (sound track), 320
Arsenio Hall Show, The (TV show), 338
Artistics, 53
Asher, Dick, 273–75
Ashford, Nick, 237
Ashford & Simpson, 197
Associated Press, 348
Atlantic Starr, 331
Audio Finishers Studios, 78
Austin, Mo, 219
Autobiography of Malcolm X, The, 64–65
Azteca, 118–19
“Back on the Road,” 230
Back to Eden (Kloss), 65, 90
Bad Company, 236
“Bad Tune,” 94
Bailey, Janet, 105
Bailey, Philip, x, 99, 105–7, 119–20, 129, 132, 138–41, 150, 152, 160–61, 166–68, 172, 176, 189, 191, 193, 232, 238, 241, 252, 256, 259, 290, 297, 310–11, 317–23, 330, 340–42, 348, 355
Bailey, Sir, 105
Bailey, Victor, 331
Baker, Anita, 277
Baldwin, James, 128
Barge, Gene, 46
Basie, Count, 38, 157
Bass, Fontella, 54
Bautista, Roland, 105, 107, 121, 283, 285
BBC (Brown, Bloch and Covey), 93
Beach Boys, 311
Beal, Michael, 92, 102, 104
Beatles, 46–47, 138, 237, 239, 327
“Beauty,” 99
Bee Gees, 237, 261, 262
“Be Ever Wonderful,” ix
Bell, Archie, 88
Bell, Thom, 204
Ben Israel, Yackov, 87, 90
Bennett, LeRoy, 323
Benson, George, 302
Berkowitz, Harold, 224
Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. I, 247–48, 273, 300
“Best of My Love, The,” 218–19, 223, 246
BET (cable network), 292
Big Beat, The, 26
“Big Fun,” 302
Billboard, 42, 182–83, 194, 219
“Billie Jean,” 293
Bitches Brew, 90, 117
“Biyo,” 210
Black, Mr., 76–77
Black and Tan Club, 122
Blackmon, Larry, 304
Black Oak Arkansas, 154
blacks
activism and, 71–72
audiences and, 109–10, 134, 153, 180, 182, 190–91, 214–15
authenticity and, 327–30
masculinity and, 87, 93, 99, 128–29, 210, 328–30
MTV and, 292–94
music industry and, 50, 89–90, 248, 274–75, 292–98, 311, 319, 327–30
new consciousness and, 99, 110, 153
promoters and, 95, 180, 295
self-empowerment and, 76, 89, 93–94, 130, 147–48
tensions in EW&F and, 254–55, 288–89, 296
Black Sabbath, 154
Blakey, Art, 25–26, 36, 70
Bloch, Paul, 93
Blondie, 293
Blood, Sweat & Tears, 139
blues, 11, 23–24, 45–46, 48, 56, 94, 110, 124, 174, 209, 228, 248
Bonanza (TV show), 95
“Boogie Down,” 302
“Boogie Wonderland,” 123, 198, 252, 257–60, 262, 273, 292, 349
boogie woogie, 173
Booker T. & the MGs, 40, 80
Booker T. Washington High School (Memphis), 19, 25–27, 156
bossa nova, 51, 129, 258
Boston, 236
Bowen, James, 32
Bowie, David, 293
Boyle, Jack, 180
Bracken, James, 42
Bradley, Tom, 153
Branch, Ben, 71–72, 80
Brashear, Oscar, 129
Brasil ’66, 51
Brazilian music, 221–22, 224–25, 227, 254, 280
Bread, 116, 119, 128
Bridges, Todd, 301
Brighton Agency, 180
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 66
Brown, James (musician), 46, 52, 55, 75, 123, 284, 327
Brown, Jim (football player), 92–94, 101, 106, 111–12, 154
Brown, Oscar, Jr., 66
Brunswick Records, 37
Buckingham, Lindsey, 280
Buddhism, 74, 78, 143, 210, 227, 351
“Build Your Nest,” 128, 132
Bunche, Ralph, 10
“Burning Bush,” 349, 358
Burton, Gary, 100
Caldera, 224
California Jam, 153–54
Cameo, 211, 304
Campbell, Squash, 20–22, 80, 121, 156
“Candy,” 304
Candy, John, 320
“Can’t Hide Love,” ix, 193, 240, 333
Capital Records, 37, 79, 87–89
Caribou Ranch, 139, 165, 276–77
Carn, Doug, 107
Carne, Jean, 99
Carter, Calvin, 42, 299
Carter, Valerie, 245, 300–301
Carter, Vivian, 42, 80
Cashbox, 42, 60
Caston & Majors, 300
“Caught Up in the Rapture,” 277
Cavallo, Bob, 110–14, 126–27, 131–34, 139, 148–49, 152–53, 155, 164, 173, 178, 180, 191, 211, 213, 223–24, 237, 239–40, 246, 262, 282, 287, 296, 300, 303, 309–10, 315–16, 337, 340–41
CBS Records, 118, 131–32, 161, 194, 245, 266, 273–76, 296
Crystal Globe Award, 296–97
“Celebrate,” 349
Cetera, Peter, 332
Chairmen of the Board, 55
Chambers Brothers, 88
Champaign, 332
Chancler, Leon “Ndugu,” 186
Chandler, Gene, 52
Chaney, Ken, 51–52
“Changing Times, The,” 286, 306
Charles, Ray, 8, 30
Charles, Sonny, 105
Checker, Chubby, 26
“Check Out Your Mind,” 54
“Cherokee,” 37
Chess, Leonard, 45–46, 49–50, 61, 117, 299
Chess, Marshall, 299
Chess, Phil, 45, 49–51, 61
Chess Records, 37, 45–57, 60–61, 63, 75, 79, 81–82, 102, 110, 114, 136, 138, 149, 159, 181, 204, 209, 271
Chicago, 139, 140, 306–7, 332
“Chicago (Chi-Town) Blues,” 36, 338
Chicago Conservatory of Music, 52–53
Chicago Sun-Times, 38
“Children of
Afrika,” 317
Childs, Carole, 246, 250
Christianity, 74, 78, 142–43, 188–89, 210, 227, 349
civil rights movement, 49, 210, 294
Clark, Shelly, 269, 271
Clarke, Tony, 51
classical music, xii, 225–26, 248, 251, 255
Cleaves, Jessica, 115, 119, 122, 132–33, 196
Clinton, Bill, 352
Clinton, George, 125, 230
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (film), 226
“Cloud Nine,” 76
“C’mon Children,” 94
Cobain Kurt, 327
Cohran, Phil, 66
Colaiuta, Vinnie, 317
Cole, Natalie, 240
Coleman, Jay, 278
Coleman, Ornette, 34
Colette, Martine, 134
Collegiate Jazz Festival, 38
Collins, Phil, 315, 327
Colors, 102
Coltrane, John, 24, 37, 75, 140, 161, 183, 193
Columbia Records, 37, 52, 113–18, 126, 129–32, 138–39, 149–50, 161, 165, 176, 184, 191, 194, 197, 199, 212, 224, 235, 239, 260, 275–76, 278, 304, 314, 319, 321, 330, 337
Commodores, 76, 211, 315, 321
Complex Studios, 285, 289–90, 297–99, 308, 315–16
Confucius, 102
Con Funk Shun, 211, 302
Continuation, 297
Controversy, 220
“Controversy,” 220
Coolidge, Rita, 261
Cooper, Alice, 316
Copperfield, David, 263–64, 296
Cor, Peter, 200
Corbett, Cecil, 101
Cornelius, Don, 329
Cosby, Bill, 93–94
Cosey, Pete, 52, 71–72, 78, 82
“Could It Be Right,” 333
Covey, Richard, 93, 101
Cox, Sylvia, 262
Crane Junior College (later Malcolm X College), 33–34, 37–38, 40, 45, 181
Creative Source, 193
Cunningham brothers, 15
Curtis Brothers, 257–58
Da Costa, Paulinho, 254
“Dance to the Music,” 75
“Dancing in Heaven,” 303
Dancing in the Street, 72
“Dancing Queen,” 228
David Foster & Friends (TV special), xii
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