“Across the Track” (song), 223
Adams, Faye, 62
Africa, 181–82
African music, 221
Afrika Bambaataa, 363
Afro-beat, 221
Afro-Spot (Lagos), 221
“Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens” (song), 23
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (song), 141
“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” (song), 141
Ali, Muhammad, 173, 226
“All Around the World” (song), 99
Allen, Hoss, 53
“America Is My Home” (song), 190, 196, 198, 227
American Bandstand (television show), 103, 104–105, 127, 130, 165
Anderson, Grover C., 33
Anderson, John, 190
Anderson, Rabbi Judah, 232
Anderson, Vicki, 155–56, 172–73, 221, 238
Angelic Gospel Singers (group), 164
“Annie Had a Baby” (song), 62, 105
“Annie’s Aunt Fanny” (song), 105
Apollo Theater (New York), 86, 97–102, 107–108, 121–23, 124, 126–29, 133–34, 139–40, 146, 150, 160, 163–64, 173, 180–81, 204, 226–27, 232, 242, 249
Archer, J. W., 90, 96
Argyles (group), 113–14
Armstrong, Louis, 22, 88, 124
Atkins, Thomas, 183–84, 186–87
Augusta (Georgia), 9–13, 209–13
Augusta Arsenal, 14
Austin, Leon, 22, 251–52
Avalon, Frankie, 157
Avery (prison guard), 39, 42
Avons (group), 50
Aykroyd, Dan, 255, 256, 260–61
“Baby, Baby, Baby” (song), 145
“Baby, I Love You” (song), 155
“Baby, Please Don’t Go” (song), 65
“Baby, You’re Right” (song), 121
“Baby, Don’t Do It” (song), 55
“Baby, Take My Hand” (song), 100
Bachelors III (Fort Lauderdale), 245
“Back from the Dead” (song), 236
Bair, C. Stanley, 249
Ballard, Hank, 62, 77, 84–85, 105, 109
Bar-Kays (band), 177
Barry, Len, 162
Bart, Ben “Pop,” 85, 86, 94–95, 110, 112, 132, 143, 160–61, 168, 180, 197, 267
death of, 201
Bart, Jack, 168
Basie, Count, 18, 22, 203
Bass, Ralph, 74–75, 78, 79, 82
Bataan, Joe, 242
Battey State (Georgia), 35
Bayh, Birch, 190
Beck, Bob, 163
Beck, Jeff, 205
“Begging, Begging” (song), 90
Behlings, Mony (grandfather), 2, 3
Behlings, Rebecca (grandmother), 2–3
Behlings, Susie (mother), 1, 96, 101, 265
Bell Auditorium (Augusta), 146–47
“Bells, The” (song), 121
Belushi, John, 255, 256–57, 260
Bennett, Bobby, 98, 103, 115–16, 137, 141
Benton, Brook, 226
Berry, Chuck, 152, 227
“Bewildered” (song), 26, 91–92, 95, 123
Big Junior. See Willie Glenn
Big Mama. See Adeline Hickman, 55
Big Saul, 92
Bill’s Rendezvous Club (Toccoa), 55–56, 68
Binder, Steve, 152
Birdsong, Cindy, 146, 217
Black Caesar (film), 231, 241
Black Expo, 230
Black Power, 169
Blackwell, Bumps, 72, 89
Blackwell, Chris, 264
Bland, Bobby “Blue,” 106
Bluebelles (group), 146
Blue Notes (group), 103
Blues Brothers (film), 256–57
Boatwright (prison guard), 38–39
Bobbitt, Charles, 246
Bootsy’s Rubber Band (group), 223
Bostic, Earl, 77
Boston, televised concert in, 183–88
Boys Industrial Institute (Toccoa), 45
Bradley, Don, 104
Bradshaw, Tiny, 77
Brandy, Clint, 69–70, 72, 73, 76, 79, 85, 86, 97, 98, 105, 244–45
Braves Stadium (Atlanta), 173
Break Dancing, 227, 263
“Brother Rapp” (song), 263
Brown, Charles, 26
Brown, Deirdre (second wife), 156, 213–14, 244
Brown, Estelle (aunt), 1
Brown, H. Rap, 174–75, 181
Brown, Horace, 58
Brown, James:
Africa trips, 181–82, 220–21
at Apollo Theater, 107–108, 121–24, 126–29, 139–40, 146, 150, 160, 163–64, 173, 180–81, 204, 226–27, 232, 242, 249
collapse, 164
arrest for breaking and entering, 30–32
arrest for contempt of court, 249–50
assassination rumor, 202–203
athleticism of, 26–27, 45–46
audition at Two Spot, 69–70
Augusta riots and, 209–13
birth of, 1
in Blues Brothers, 256–57
Boston televised concert, 183–88
boxing of, 37
breakup of first marriage, 90
break with Bart, 161–62
Byrd and, 53–54, 60, 62–63
car accident near Toccoa, 58
childhood, 5–6
civil rights movement and, 196–200
comeback of, 253–55
concern with drug abuse, 229
co-promoting with disc jockeys, 111
Cremona Trio, 25–26
death of son Teddy, 234–36
dice playing, 28–29
on discipline for show members, 112–13
divorce from first wife, 207
divorce from second wife, 248–49
Don’t Be a Drop-Out campaign, 169–71
early ambitions, 26–27
early musical background, 17–18
education, 15–16
employment at Lawson Motors, 49, 52
endorsement of Nixon, 227–33
Europe trips, 220, 221–22
in Ever Ready Gospel Singers, 50, 52
fights of, 96–97
fining system of, 156–57
firing of band by, 217–18
first demo, 72–74
first marriage (to Warren), 59–60
first organ, 12–13
first recording session, 77–79
first son (Teddy), 65
first song (“Goin’ Back to Rome”), 27
in the Famous Flames, 61–67
problems with, 96–98
gospel singing at churches, 50
on gospel songs, 42
integrated concerts and, 147–48
Kansas City concert, 166
King Records and, 75, 94, 149–50, 159–60
Knoxville Coliseum incident and, 231–32
in Las Vegas, 215–16
at Lenox Theater, 22–23
Little Richard and, 85–86, 89
live albums, 130–38, 143–44
on longevity, 110
loss of jet, 247
Madison Square Garden concert, 162–63
marijuana smoking of, 113
move back to Augusta, 208–209
musical exposure, 22
musical tastes of, 17–18
“Music Box” nickname, 44
newfound religious feelings, 252
at 944 Twiggs Street, 8–11
one-nighters, 109–19
parole for, 47–48
partnership with Bart, 132–33
paternity suit against, 207
piano lessons, 22
Polydor and, 253–54
prison term of, 35–43, 45–47
race consciousness of, 25
racial troubles and, 125–26
radio stations of, 178–79
suits against, 245–47
recording sessions of, 113, 121
relationship with father, 6–7
reunion with mother, 101
Scott and, 11
semiretirement of, 243–44
sex-change rumor, 161, 166–67
shoe shining by, 16
“Soul Brother Number One” nickname, 173
South Africa concert rumor, 226
stealing by, 28, 29–31
street experiences, 24–25
tax problems of, 201–202, 205–207, 237–38, 264–65
on television, 257–58
third wife of, 258–60, 266
in Toccoa Band, 56–58, 60–61
on traveling, 114–15
trial of, 32–33
Universal Attractions and, 86, 94–95
in Vietnam, 190–95
Washington, D.C., riots and, 188–89
Brown, Jim (actor), 230
Brown, Joe (father), 1–2, 5–7, 12–13, 21, 82, 95–96, 252, 265
gambling of, 7
James Brown in jail and, 33–34, 42
relationship with whites, 6–7
support of family, 28
temper of, 6
Brown, Larry (son), 90
Brown, Mattie, 2
Brown, Robert J., 228–30
Brown, Teddy (son), 65, 224–25, 234–36
Brown, Terry (son), 69
Brown, Wini, 122
Brownies (dancers), 127
Bryant, Perry, 2
Bryant, Susan, 2
Buie, Les, 95, 121
Bundy, William, 190
Burke, Solomon, 84
Burrell, Kenny, 93
Butler, Jerry, 91
Butterbeans and Susie (comedy duo), 99
“Buttermilk Sky” (song), 18
Byrd, Bobby, 53–54, 60, 62–63, 98, 100, 103, 137, 145, 146, 161, 174, 197, 208, 217, 224
departure of, 236
first meeting with, 46
living with, 49
reunion with, 237
Byrd, Early, 184
Byrd, Sarah, 50, 52
Cadillacs (group), 86
“Caldonia, What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?” (song), 23, 26, 44, 145
Calloway, William, 164
Camel Walk (dance), 55
Camp Gordon (Augusta), 14
Carmichael, Stokely, 169, 171, 188
Carter, Jimmy, 229
Cash Box (magazine), 204
CBS (television network), 262
Chambers, R. Lee, III, 32–33
Chantels (group), 126
Chaplin, Charlie, 55
Charles, Ray, 83–84, 85, 151
Charms (group), 77
Chess, Leonard, 74
Chess Records of Chicago, 74
Chiffons, 141
“Chonnie-on-Chon” (song), 81, 87
“Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” (song), 23
“Choo-Choo (Locomotion)” (song), 227
Christie, Lou, 162
Chri-Ted, 225
Civil rights movement, 173, 196–200
Clark, Dee, 91
Clark, Dick, 103, 104, 127, 207
Clark, Ramsey, 202
Clifford, Clark, 190
Clinton, George, 223
Clovers (group), 54, 62
Club 15 (Macon), 70–71
Coasters (group), 144
Cobb, Ty, 26
“Cold Sweat” (song), 173
Cole, Nat King, 124
Coleman, King, 107
Coleman, Robert, 224
Coles, Honi, 164, 180
Collins, Bootsy, 198
Collins, Lyn, 236, 242
Collins, Phelps “Catfish,” 218
Collins, Troy, 50
“Come Over Here” (song), 120
Commander Cody (group), 227
Como, Perry, 88
Conley, Edwyn, 81
Contours (group), 131
Cooke, Sam, 110, 151
Coolins, Bootsy, 217–19, 223
“Coon Shine Baby” (song), 13
Copa (New York), 223
Copas, Cowboy, 77
Corley, Albert, 95
Cremona Trio (group), 25, 27
Crimes, Russell, 224
Crocker, Frankie, 246
Crosby, Bing, 18, 88
Crusaders (group), 242
“Crying in the Chapel” (song), 54
“Cry to Me” (song), 141
Cuba, Joe, 173
Curtis, King, 144
Curtis, Tony, 88
Cutting acts, 65
Dade Records, 107
“Dance with Me” (song), 107
“Dancin’ Little Thing” (song), 123, 149
Darren, Bobby, 87–88
Dash, Sara, 146
Davis, Dora, 49–50
Davis, J. C., 95, 98
Davis, Nathaniel, 49
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 88, 230–31
Davis, Tyrone, 242
Daviss, Fred, 237–38, 255
Dean, James, 88
Dells (group), 86
Dessie (girlfriend), 143
Diamond, Lee, 89, 99
Diaz, Bobby, 231
Dickins, Jimmy, 18
Diddley, Bo, 152
Dink, Mr. (drum teacher), 17
Disc jockeys, 111
Disco, 221–22, 242–43, 253
Dr. Detroit (film), 260–61, 262
Doggett, Bill, 62, 77, 82
Dominions (group), 68, 72, 89
Domino, Fats, 94
Dominoes (group), 54, 87
“Don’t Be a Drop-Out” (song), 169
“Don’t You Know I Love You” (song), 54
“Doodle Bug” (song), 5, 95
Doolittle, Jimmy, 14
Dorsey, Lee, 126
Dostal, Richard, 256, 262
“Do the Mashed Potatoes” (song), 107, 117, 254
Dovells (group), 113–14
“Down the Aisle” (song), 146
Downtown gang, 28
Drifters (group), 103, 107–108
Drugs, 241
Drummond, Tim, 192, 196, 198
Drury, Allen, 190
Dunbar, Sly, 264
Dupars, Joe, 178
Dynatone, 225
“Early in the Morning” (song), 23
“Earth Angel” (song), 67
Economic slavery, 7–8
Ed Sullivan Show (television show), 163
Ellington, Duke, 22, 204
Ellis, Alfred “Pee Wee, 178, 197, 224
Ell Street house, 143
EI Monte Legion Hall (Compton, California), 117
“Ernie’s Record Mart” (radio program), 53
Ertegun, Ahmet, 242
Ervin, Sam, 190
Ever Ready Gospel Singers (group), 50, 52
Fair, Yvonne, 126–28, 134
Fair Deal Productions, 145
Famous Flames (group), 36, 70, 88
See also James Brown and the Famous Flames
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 202
Felder, Ray, 81
Festival of Hope (New York), 227
“Fever” (song), 99
Field, Daniel, 14
“Fine Old Foxy Self” (song), 150
Fisher, Carl, 104
Five Four Ballroom (Los Angeles), 128
Five Keys (group), 54
Five Royales (group), 54–55, 77, 83, 120
Five Trumpets (group), 15
Flames. See Famous Flames
Floyd School (Augusta), 15
“Fool, Fool, Fool” (song), 54
Ford, Bea, 120–21
Ford, Gerald, 242
“For Your Precious Love” (song), 91
Fox (Brooklyn), 173
Franklin, Aretha, 128, 156
Franklin, C. L., 128
Freed, Alan, 117
Freedom Riders, 125–26
Frizzell, Lefty, 18
Funk, 197
“Funky President (People It’s Bad)” (song), 242
Fuqua, Harvey, 126
“Future Shock” (song), 245
G, Rocky, 241
“G. I. Jive” (song), 23
Gale, Moe, 85
Gale, Tim, 85
Gardner, Joe. See Joe Brown
Garner, Al, 237, 255
Garvin, Miss (teacher), 26, 204
Gaye, Marvin, 29, 131, 137, 152
Georgia Juvenile Training Institute (GJTI) (Rome), 35
Gerry and the Pacemakers (group), 152
“Get It Together” (song), 197
“Get on the Good Foot” (song), 227, 239
“Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved” (song), 227
“Get Up Offa That Thing” (song), 239, 245, 262
Gibson, Andy, 92–93
Gilbert Manor gang, 28
“Give It Up or Turnit a Loose” (song), 205
GJTI. See Georgia Juvenile Training Institute
Gladys Knight and the Pips (group), 107
Glenn, Willie “Big Junior,” 10–11, 13–15, 29–30, 82–83, 244
“Glory of Love” (song), 54
Glover, Henry, 92
“Goin’ Back to Rome” (song), 27, 65
Golden Gate Quartet (group), 15
Gonder, Fats, 68–69, 85, 89, 95, 109
“Gonna Try” (song), 89
“Good Good Lovin’” (song), 74–75, 105, 116, 163
Gordy, Anna, 131
Gordy, Berry, 123, 131
Gore, Edison, 81
Gore, Lesley, 152, 153
Gorgeous George (wrestler), 106
Gospel songs, 42–43
Govan, David, 104
Grace, Bishop (“Daddy”), 18–20
Graham, Bill, 257
Graham, Robert, 17, 22
Graham, Robert, Jr., 17
Grease (album), 153
Green, Al, 154
Green, Silas, 23
Gregory, Dick, 169
Griffin, Johnny, 224
Griffith, Richard “Kush,” 198
Grits and Soul (album), 145
“Grunt, The” (song), 223
Guitar Slim, 83
Gunnels, Clayton “Chicken,” 218
H. Rap Brown Defense Fund, 181
Haines, George, 32, 47
Hall, Reginald, 81
Hallelujah, Baby (Broadway show), 172
Hamilton, Chico, 128
Hampton, Lionel, 171, 204
Harlem Salute Committee, 232
Harlem Talent Review, 26
Harlem Theater (New York), 26
Harpo, Slim, 162
Harris, Betty, 141
Harris, Edna May, 128
Harris, Wynonie, 26, 77
Hartman, Dan, 262
Hasaan and Jasaan (trumpet players), 219
See also Jasaan
“Have Mercy, Baby” (song), 54, 87
Hawkins, Hawkshaw, 77
“Help Me Somebody” (song), 55
Hendryx, Nona, 146
“He’s So Fine” (song), 141
Hickman, Adeline, 55
Hines, Hines and Dad (group), 204
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” (song), 52
“Hold It” (song), 121
“Hold My Baby’s Hand” (song), 81, 82
Hollings, Bill, 90, 137
Holmes, Freddie, 231
Holt, Patti. See Patti LaBelle
“Honky Tonk” (song), 82
Hoover, J. Edgar, 206
Hope, Bob, 191–92
Horne, Lena, 124
Hortense Allen Dancers, 127
Hot on the One (album), 254
Hot Pants (album), 227
“Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)” (song), 224
“Hound Dog” (song), 24, 166, 247
House of Prayer (Augusta), 18
Hucklebuck (fellow prisoner), 42, 44
Hucklebucks (group), 62
Hughes, Dewey, 188
Humphrey, Hubert H., 169–72, 190, 191, 198–99, 202, 228
“I Can’t Stand Myself” (song), 197
“I Do Just What I Want” (song), 121
“I Don’t Care” (song), 149
“I Don’t Know” (song), 79, 81–82
“I Don’t Mind” (song), 121
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing” (song), 205, 206–207
“I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On” (song), 79, 81–82
“If I Ruled the World” (song), 216
“I Found You” (song), 127–28, 160
“I Got You (I Feel Good)” (song), 159, 160
“I’ll Be Satisfied” (song), 123
“I’ll Go Crazy” (song), 107, 120
“I’m a Greedy Man” (song), 224
“I’m Just a Nobody” (song), 145
Impressions (group), 91
Integration, 109
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 201–202, 264
International (Las Vegas), 215
Island Records, 264
Isley Brothers (group), 20, 103, 104, 226
“Is You Is, or Is You Ain’t (Ma Baby)?” (song), 23
“It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” (song), 163, 165
“It’s Magic” (song), 216
“It’s My Thing and I Do What I Want to Do and You Can’t Tell Me Who to Sock It To” (song), 192
“It’s Tight Like That” (song), 17
“It’s Too Funky in Here” (song), 239
“I Walked Alone” (song), 89
“I Want You So Bad” (song), 95
“I Won’t Plead No More” (song), 87
Jack, Beau. See Sidney Walker
Jackie and the Starlites (group), 141
Jackson, Bullmoose, 77
Jackson, Jesse, 230
Jackson, Joe, 154, 155
Jackson, Michael, 55, 263–64
Jacksons (group), 151, 154–55
Jackson State College (Mississippi), 213
Jagger, Mick, 153–53, 242
James, Baby (bodyguard), 118, 119, 155
James, Etta, 95, 124–25
James Brown and the Famous Flames, 90, 96–98
James Brown Day (Augusta), 204
James Brown Revue, 23
Jan and Dean (duo), 152
Jasaan, 219, 224
Jay and the Americans (group), 113–14
Jefferson Airplane (group), 227
Jethro Tull (group), 205
Jim Jam Music, 138
John, Little Willie, 77, 98–101, 106, 107, 150, 180–81
John S. (gambler), 10
Johnny and Bill (duo), 139, 141
Johnson, James, 104
Johnson, Lady Bird, 189
Johnson, Lyndon B., 172, 179, 190–91, 202
Johnson, Marv, 131–32
Jones, Grandpa, 77
Jones, Johnny J., 23
Jones, Nat, 178
Jones, Nate, 198
Jordan, Louis, 22, 23, 55, 62, 122
“Just Won’t Do Right” (song), 81, 82
Kaunda, Kenneth, 220
Keels, Sylvester, 50, 54, 60
Keith, Bill, 55
Keith, Delois, 55, 56
Kellum, Alphonso, 178
Kemp, Vi, 99
Kendrick, Nat, 95, 100, 107, 117, 123
Kennedy, C. D. (grocery wholesaler), 16
Kennedy, Robert F., 179, 191, 194–95
Kent State (Ohio), 213
Kessler, Gwen, 74
King, Anna, 141, 145, 146, 155
King, B. B., 17, 83, 106, 242, 263
King, Ben E., 126, 144
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 169, 171, 172, 174, 182–83, 187, 229, 233
“King Heroin” (song), 227
King Records, 75, 87, 89, 94, 120, 121, 145, 149–50, 159–60, 197, 225, 240
See also Syd Nathan
Kinshasa (Zaire), 242
Kleindienst, Richard, 202
Knox, Nash, 50, 54, 84
Knoxville Coliseum (Tennessee), 231
Ku Klux Klan, 9–10
Kunstler, William, 253–54
Kuti, Fela Ransom, 221
LaBelle, Patti, 146
Lance, Major, 141
Landis, John, 257
Latham’s (Greenville, South Carolina), 65
Lawson, Howard, 51
Lawson, J. C., 51
Lawson Motors (Toccoa), 49, 51
Led Zeppelin (group), 205
Lenox Theater (Augusta), 15, 22–23
“Let’s Make It” (song), 81, 82
“Let the Good Times Roll” (song), 83
“Let Them Talk” (song), 99, 107
Lewis, Barbara, 120
Lewis, Rudy, 151
“Licking Stick—Licking Stick” (song), 197, 198
Linn Broadcasting, 225
Little Richard, 67–69, 71, 72, 85–86, 89
Live at the Apollo (album), 39, 133, 143, 144
Live at the Garden (album), 172
“Living in America” (song), 262
Lloyd, Baby, 134, 137
“Lloyd Thaxton Show, The” (television show), 157
“Lonely Teardrops” (song), 123, 131
Lone Star (New York), 255
“Looking for My Mother” (song), 70
Look (magazine), 206
“Lost Someone” (song), 123, 139
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (group), 23
“Love or a Game” (song), 89
Lowe, Cleveland, 81
Lowe, Sammy, 138
Lunceford, Jimmy, 85
Maceo and the Kingsmen (group), 219, 245, 263
See also Maceo Parker
Machat, Marty, 145
Mack, Clarence, 81
Macon Auditorium (Georgia), 147–48
Maddox, Lester, 209
Madison, Louis, 90
Madison Square Garden (New York), 162, 173, 241
Mae, Elsie, 156
“Make It Funky” (song), 324, 239, 241
“Man’s World” (song), 263
“March Against Fear” (protest), 168
Marijuana, 113
Markham, Pigmeat, 122, 126, 128, 134, 141
Martin, Hearlon “Sharp Cheese,” 219
Marvelettes (group), 131
Mashed Potatoes (dance), 106–107
Matthews, Walter, 39, 43, 44, 47, 59
“Maybe the Last Time” (song), 148–49
Mays, Curley, 128, 134
McCarthy, Eugene, 179
McCormick Place (Chicago), 154
McCullough, Robert, 218
McKissick, Floyd, 230
McNair, Barbara, 204
McNeely, Big Jay, 77
McPhatter, Clyde, 54, 87, 121, 124
Melvin, Harold, 103
Mercury/Smash Records, 145, 157
Meredith, James, 168–69
“Messing with the Blues” (song), 89
Midnight, Charlie, 262
Midnighters (group), 62, 77, 84
Mighty Clouds of Joy (group), 164, 173
Mike Douglas Show (television show), 205
Milburn, Amos, 26
Millinder, Lucky, 77
Miracles (group), 131, 152
“Money Won’t Change You” (song), 165
“Monkey Time” (song), 141
Montgomery, Bob, 27, 137
Montgomery, Tammi. See Tammi Terrell
Moonglows (group), 29, 62
Moon Walk (dance), 55
Moore, Johnny, 26
Moore, Sam, 98
Morgan, John, 224
“Mother Popcorn” (song), 205
Motortown Revue, 131
Motown, 132, 152
Mullican, Moon, 77
Muslims, 128
Myers, Mr. (principal of Floyd School), 204
N. V. Philips Company, 226
NAACP, 168
Namath, Joe, 245
Nathan, Syd, 77–79, 88, 92, 94, 98, 99, 107, 130, 133, 134, 137, 139, 141, 145–46, 159, 179
Neely, Hal, 94, 134, 136, 138, 145, 180, 183, 197, 216, 223
Polydor and, 225–26
Newport Jazz Festival (Rhode Island), 205
Nigeria, 220–21
“Night Train” (song), 123, 128, 153
944 Twiggs Street (Augusta), 8–11
Ninth Infantry Division, 193–94
Nixon, Richard M., 179, 204, 205, 227–33
“No, No, No” (song), 81–82
Nobles, Gene, 53
Nolan Studios, 91
Nolen, Jimmy, 156, 157–58, 178, 192, 263
Noles, Carl, 37
“No Regrets” (song), 107
Nugent, Luci, 189
Odum, Bernard, 95, 96
Oglesby, Doyle, 50, 54
“Oh Baby, Don’t You Weep” (song), 140, 145
Olatunji Troupe, 128, 134, 139
“Old Blind Barnabas” (song), 15, 165
“Old Jonah” (song), 17, 165
Olympics (group), 122
“One Mint Julep” (song), 54, 62, 90
“One O’Clock Jump” (song), 18
“One Who Really Loves You, The” (song), 131
Original Disco Man, The (album), 253
Orioles (group), 54
“Our Father” (song), 43
Out of Sight (album), 150
“Out of Sight” (song), 148–49, 153
Owens, Richie, 104
Pacesetters (group), 217–18
Palladium Ballroom (Houston), 177
Palms (Jacksonville), 109
“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (song), 87, 149, 157–60
Parker, Colonel, 215
Parker, Jimmy, 224
Parker, Maceo, 156, 192, 219
Parker, Melvin, 156
Parliament-Funkadelic (group), 223
Patrick, Roscoe, 95
Patton, Bob, 194–95, 202, 231
Pauling, Lowman, 83, 120
“Payback, The” (song), 239, 241
Pearl, Jack, 225
Pelham, Jimmy, 139
Penguins (group), 67
People (album), 253
Perryman, William, 67, 69
Philadelphia Plan, 228
Piano Red. See William Perryman
Pinkney, St. Clair, 140, 178, 180
Platters (group), 82
“Please Mr. Postman” (song), 131
Please Please Please (album), 95
“Please Please Please” (song), 65, 72, 79–80, 82, 100, 145, 163, 166, 247
Pointer Sisters (group), 242
Polydor Records, 225–26, 227, 253–54
Powell, Adam Clayton, 172
Prater, David, 98
Presley, Elvis, 165–66, 215, 247, 266–67
Preston, Billy, 227
Primes (group), 105
Prince, 263–64
Prisoner of Love (album), 138, 140
“Prisoner of Love” (song), 139
Prohibition, 9
Puente, Tito, 128, 242
Pulliam, Fred, 50, 54
“Raindrops” (song), 91
Ramsey Lewis Trio (group), 203
“Randy’s Record Mart” (radio program), 53
“Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)” (song), 257
Raspbury, Levi, 198
Ravens (group), 85
Raw Soul (album), 173
Ray, Danny, 137
Ready Steady Go (television show), 162
Recording sessions, 113, 121
Redd, Gene, 77–78, 98, 121, 140, 141
Redding, Otis, 110, 140, 144, 176–77
Reed, Waymond, 178, 192
“Reet Petite” (song), 131
Regal (Chicago), 154
Reidsville Penitentiary (Tattnall County, Georgia), 44
Revolution of the Mind (album), 224, 227
Richard, Little, See Little Richard
Richards, Keith, 153, 260
Richbourg, John “R,” 53, 92
Rico, Porto, 102
Rifkin, Julian, 225
Rifkin, Roy, 225
Riots, 183–89, 209–13
Ritter, Tex, 18
Rite (Toccoa), 66
Roach, Bobby, 95
Robinson, Harry, 28
Robinson, Smokey, 152
Rochester (New York), 189
“Rock a Bye Your Baby to a Dixie Melody” (song), 128
Rockefeller, Nelson, 171
Rocky IV (film), 262
Rodriguez, Alfie (wife), 258–60, 266
Rolling Stones (group), 151–53
Rome (Georgia), 28–34
Roof, Mr. (IRS agent), 264–65
Ross, Diana, 132, 216–17
Rostow, Eugene, 190
Rostow, Walter, 190
Royal Peacock (Atlanta), 67
Royal Theater (Baltimore), 102–103
Rozier. See James Brown
Rupe, Art, 72
Rusk, Dean, 190
Sands, Tommy, 87
Santo, Sugar Pie De, 124, 126, 146
Saturday Night Fever (album), 253
“Saturday Night Fish Fry” (song), 23
“Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week” (song), 18
“Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud” (song), 124, 199–200, 202, 204
Schiffman, Frank, 100–101, 133–34, 163
Schoenbaum, Jerry, 240
Scott, Baby Roy, 50, 54
Scott, Jack, 10–11
Scott, Nafloyd, 57, 71
Scotti Brothers, 262
Segregation, 37, 125
Seitz, Chuck, 134
Senators (group), 99
Sensations (group), 128, 134
“September Song” (song), 216
Sex Machine (album), 207, 213
“Sex Machine” (song), 236
“Sexy Ways” (song), 62
Shag (fellow prisoner), 42, 44
“Shake a Hand” (song), 62
Shakespeare, Robbie, 264
Shangri-Las (group), 162
Shapiro, Brad, 253
Sharpton, Reverend, 258–59
Sherrell, Charles, 198, 242
Shirley and Lee (duo), 83
Shoeshine King (Augusta), 16
“Shop Around” (song), 131
“Shout and Shimmy” (song), 123
Showtime (album), 145
Shriners Auditorium (Los Angeles), 128
Siemens A. G., 226
Sims, Sandman, 99, 102, 141
Sinatra, Frank, 18, 215
“Sincerely” (song), 62
Singer, Hall “Cornbread,” 93
“Sixty Minute Man” (song), 54
“Skinny Legs and All” (song), 180
Ski Party (film), 157
Slavery, economic, 7–8
Sly and the Family Stone (group), 205, 227
Smith, Arthur, 157
Smith, Wilbert. See Lee Diamond
Solid Gold (television show), 258
“So Long” (song), 69, 149
“Someday We’ll Be Together” (song), 217
Soul Brothers (group), 162
Soul music, 120, 173
Soul Syndrome (album), 254
Southland Record Distributing Company, 74
“Spanish Harlem” (song), 126
Specialty, 72
Spinners (group), 126, 242
Stallings, Henry, 22
Stallone, Sylvester, 262
Stallworth, Baby Lloyd, 97–98
“Stand by Me” (song), 126
Starday-King, 225
Starks, John “Jabo,” 178
Stephenson Ballroom (Jackson, Mississippi), 105–106
Stills, Stephen, 227
Stone, Henry, 107, 254
Streisand, Barbra, 156, 215
“String of Pearls” (song), 18
Stubblefield, Clyde, 173, 178, 192, 193, 219
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 169
Sullivan, Ed, 160, 163
Summerhill gang, 28
Sunset Homes gang, 28
Supremes (group), 130–31, 152, 163, 216–17
Swain, Hamp, 73–74, 92
Swanee Quintet (group), 164, 242
Swans (group), 107
Sweet Charles: Music for Sweet People (album), 242
“Sweetest Letter, The” (song), 98
T.A.M.I. Show, The (television show), 152–53
“Take All of Me” (song), 156
“Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing” (song), 227, 239, 241
“Talk to Me” (song), 99
Tampa Red. See Hudson Whittaker
Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Vietnam), 193
Taylor, Maxwell, 190
Taylor, Sam “The Man,” 122
Teddy Brown and the Torches (group), 224
“Teen-Age Crush” (song), 87
“Tell Me What I Did Wrong” (song), 93
“Tell Me What You’re Gonna Do” (song), 121, 149
Temptations (group), 130–31
Ten Years After (group), 205
Terrell, Tammi, 137, 139, 141, 177
Terry, Johnny, 36, 40, 45, 54, 70, 95, 97, 103, 132, 137, 237
“Terry” section (Augusta), 9–10, 14
Tet offensive (Vietnam), 179
Tex, Joe, 120–21, 179–80
“That Dood It” (song), 90–91
“That’s Why” (song), 123
“There Was a Time” (song), 263
“These Are the JB’s” (song), 223
“These Arms of Mine” (song), 140
“Things That I Used to Do” (song), 83
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things (album), 181
“Think” (song), 83, 120, 139, 149
“This Old Heart” (song), 107, 121
Thomas, Fred, 224
Thomas, Rufus, 144
Thompson, Chuck, 128
Thornton, Willie Mae “Big Mama,” 24
Three Blazers (group), 26
Til, Sonny, 54
“Ting-a-Ling” (song), 54
TK Records, 254
“To Be Loved” (song), 123
Toccoa (Georgia), 44–45
Toccoa Band, 56–58, 6o–61
See also Famous Flames
Toombs, Rudolph, 90
Torches (group), 60–61
Trimier, Barry, 57, 58, 64, 69
Trinity CME Church (Toccoa), 50
Troy, Doris, 144
“True Love” (song), 107
Try Me (album), 107
“Try Me” (song), 91, 103–105, 139, 150, 236
Turbans (group), 84
Turner, Ike, 116–17, 227
Turner, Joe, 62
Turner, Tina, 116–17, 120, 227
Two Spot (Macon), 69–70
Uggams, Leslie, 172–73
United Recording Studios, 121
“Unity” (12˝ record), 263
Universal Attractions, 85, 94–95, 97, 264
Upsetters (group), 68, 72, 89, 99
“Up Tight” (song), 204
Uptown (Philadelphia), 103–104
Vance, Cyrus, 190
Vandellas (group), 131
Vibrations (group), 103, 104
Vietnam, 173–74, 179, 190–95
Vinson, Cleanhead, 22, 77
Vogelson, Dr., 240
Waddy, Frank “Kash,” 218
Walker, Minnie (aunt), 1, 8, 13, 21, 42, 82
Walker, Sidney, 26–27, 137, 205
Wallace, George, 179
Walters, Donald, 71–72
WAOK (radio station), 67
Ward, Billy, 54, 87, 112
Ward, Clara, 164
Ward Jubilee Gospel Singers (group), 139
Warren, Velma (wife), 59–60, 71, 90
Washington, D.C., riot after King’s death, 188–89
Washington, Dinah, 85
Washington, Handsome “Honey,” 10–15, 29, 42, 82–83, 244
Washington, Walter, 188
Waters, Ethel, 52, 124
Watts, Andre, 204
WMBL (radio station), 73
WEBB (radio station), 179
Wells, Mary, 131, 132
Wesley, Fred, 198, 219, 223, 245
WGYW (radio station), 178
Wheeler, Johnnie May, 50
Wheeler, Yvonne, 50
“When I Get to Heaven I’ll Be Looking for My Mother” (song), 54
Where the Action Is (television show), 157
White, Verna, 99
Whitney, Marva, 192
Whittaker, Hudson, 17
“Why Do You Do Me Like You Do” (song), 79, 80, 121
WILD (radio station), 184
Wilkins, Roy, 168, 169
Williams, Cootie, 143
Williams, Edward Bennett, 190
Williams, Eva, 3
Williams, Hosea, 172
Williams, L. D., 178
Williams, Larry, 122
Williams, Maurice, 121–22
Williams, Otis, 77
Williams, Paul, 62
Williams, Perry, 3, 15–16
Williamson, Fred, 241
Wilson, Earl, 190
Wilson, Guy, 56
Wilson, Jackie, 87, 110, 112, 123–24, 131, 154, 165
Wilson, Lena, 49
Wilson, Mary, 217
WJBE (radio station), 178, 250
WLAC (radio station), 53
WLET (radio station), 50
WOL (radio station), 189
Wonder, Stevie, 131
“Wonder When You’re Coming Home” (song), 121
“Won’t Plead No More” (song), 81
Woods, Georgie, 180
“Work with Me Annie” (song), 62, 105
WRDW (radio station), 179, 205, 250
Wright, Billy, 67
Yankee Stadium (New York), 198
“Ya-Ya” (song), 126
“You Don’t Have to Go” (song), 123
“You Got What It Takes” (song), 131
Young, Andrew, 172
Young, Whitney, 169
“You’re All I Need to Get By” (song), 141
“You’re Mine, You’re Mine” (song), 89
“You’ve Got the Power” (song), 120–21
Zip guns, 45
Zodiacs (group), 122