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Adam and the Ants,
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Adams, John Quincy,
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Adams, Scott,
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Adkins, Stanley,
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Agora Ballroom,
158
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Air Supply,
275

Alamo,
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Aldridge, Elizabeth,
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Aldridge, Holliday,
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Aldridge, Lesa,
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Aldridge, William “Bill,”
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Alexander, Gordon,
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Alexander, Willie “Boom Boom,”
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“Alex Chilton,”
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Alexenberg, Ron,
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Alfonso, Buddy,
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Alfonso, Linda,
54

Allen, Rick,
64
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69
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Allman Brothers,
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Alluring Strange,
297

Alpert, Herb,
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Altman, Billy,
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Alumni Memorial Gym,
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American Bandstand,
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American Recording Studios,
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Amherst Records,
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Angry Samoans,
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Animals,
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Antenna Club,
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Archies,
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Ardent Records,
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Ardent Studios,
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Arista Records,
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Armed Forces Radio,
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Armstrong, Alvis,
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Arron, Robert,
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Aston, Martin,
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Auer, Jon,
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–97,
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306
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Aura Records,
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Austin American-Statesman
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Avalon, Frankie,
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Axton, Estelle,
30

Azerrad, Michael,
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Bach, Johann Sebastian,
139
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Badfinger,
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Baker, Chet,
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292

Baker, Lee,
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Ball, Charles,
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292

Band,
80

Bandwagonesque,
294

Bangles,
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Bangs, Lester,
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133
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203
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Barbarian Records,
243

Barker, Jimmy,
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Barnes, Ken,
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Bar/None,
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Barrett, Syd,
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Basie, Count,
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Bates, David,
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Beach Boys,
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Beat Exchange,
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Beatles,
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Beautiful Sounds,
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Beaver, David,
186

Bechtold, Kokie,
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Begley, Ed, Jr.,
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Behind the Magnolia Curtain
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Beifus, John,
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Bell, Al,
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Bell, Christopher Branford “Chris,”
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127
–29,
132
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death of,
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–24,
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230

departure from Big Star,
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127
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137
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151
,
182

suicide attempt of,
126
,
127
,
190

Bell, David,
125
,
182

Bell, Joan,
104

Bell, Max,
229

Bell, Vernon,
104

Bell Notes,
215

Bell Records,
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Box Tops’ contract with,
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“The Letter” released on,
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Benjamin, Kent,
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–60,
237

Benno, Marc,
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Benton, Robert,
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Benton, Tim,
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Berg, Karin,
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207

Berlin,
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,
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Bestall, Fred,
275

“Better Save Yourself,”
164

Betts, Dickey,
205

Big Apple Recording Studios,
208

Big Dixie Brick Company,
225
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Big Star,
3
,
58
,
106
–16,
127
–31,
133
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136
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180
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193
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218
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241
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288
–90,
293
,
294
,
302
,
309

“Aria Largo,”
307

“Back of a Car,”
137
,
138
,
153

“The Ballad of El Goodo,”
103
,
110
–11,
113
,
129
,
130
,
135
,
146
,
153

Bell’s departure from,
126
,
127
,
137
,
151
,
182

Big Star Small World,
303

“Blue Moon,”
163
–64,
173

“Daisy Glaze,”
139
–40,
153

“Don’t Lie to Me,”
112

“Dony,”
306

“Downs,”
171

“Dream Lover,”
176

“Feel,”
112

“Femme Fatale,”
173
,
174
,
180

formation of,
106
–7

“For You,”
171

“Give Me Another Chance,”
112

“Holocaust,”
165
,
173
–74

“Hung Up with Summer,”
307

“I’m in Love with a Girl,”
142
,
144
,
145
,
153
,
268

“The India Song,”
113
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115
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129
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139

In Space,
306
–7

“In the Street,”
3
,
112
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119
–20,
123
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153
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156
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223
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280
,
305

“Jesus Christ,”
164
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171
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174
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180
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185
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223
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267

“Kanga Roo,”
170

“Kizza Me,”
171

at Lafayette’s Music Room,
128
–29,
133
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134
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138
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139
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150

last concert of first era of,
167

“Life Is White,”
135
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139
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142

Lightman’s joining of,
150

“Love Revolution,”
307

at Max’s Kansas City,
145
–47,
152
–55,
157

“Mod Lang,”
132
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141
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145
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155
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156

“Morpha Too,”
142
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144
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145

name of,
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“Nature Boy,”
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“Nighttime,”
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#1 Record,
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–16,
117
–26,
128
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133
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136
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–39,
142
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145
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150
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151
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178
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182
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198
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–19,
223
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296

“O Dana,”
171
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180

“O My Soul,”
128
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129
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135
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137
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152
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153

at Overton Park,
159
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Radio City,
137
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150
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157
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167
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178
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200
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217
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218
–19,
223
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230
,
296

reunion rumors about,
220
–21,
295

at Rock Writers Convention,
133
–36

second era of,
295
–99,
302
–8,
312

“September Gurls,”
142
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144
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152
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156
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177
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230
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280
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284
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288
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299

“She’s a Mover,”
129
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131
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135
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141
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152
,
153

“Stroke It Noel,”
45
,
173
,
214

“Take Care,”
164
,
173
,
179

“Thank You Friends,”
164
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173
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179

3rd/Sister Lover,
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163
–64,
169
–74,
176
–77,
178
–83,
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201
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216
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219
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223
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229
–30,
238
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279
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293
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296

“Thirteen,”
103
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111
–13,
122
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129
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138
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142
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146
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153
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156

“Till the End of the Day,”
174