Read One : The Life and Music of James Brown (9781101561102) Online
Authors: R. J. Smith
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 155, 195, 266–268, 271, 273, 277, 286
Daviss, Fred, 220, 258, 275, 284, 286–287, 289, 296, 297, 299–300, 314–315, 320, 327, 350, 351, 378, 381
Deak, Jim, 163
Death and Resurrection Show, The
(Taylor), 142–143
Dehn, Mura, 150–152
Dells, the, 255–256
Dellums, Ron, 179
Delmore, Alton, 78
Diddley, Bo, 168
Disco, 308–312, 321
Dixiecrats, 202
Dobard, Ray, 179
Doctor Detroit
(movie), 334
Doggett, Bill, 103, 169, 230, 231, 357
Dominions, the, 84
Domino, Fats, 169, 339
Dominoes, the, 160
“Don’t Be a Dropout,” 180
Dorn, Lowell, 279
Dorsey, Tom, 114
Douglas, Mike, 221
“Down and Out in New York City,” 279
Drummond, Tim, 187, 197–200, 208
Drums, 1–4, 167–176
Dukes, Ofield, 195–196, 203–204
Early, Doyet A., III, 385–386
Earth, Wind & Fire, 277, 311
Ellington, Duke, 150, 252
Ellis, Pee Wee, 172, 173, 175, 220, 232
Erving, Julius, 241
“Escape-ism,” 259
Esquerita (SQ Reeder, Eskew Reeder), 65–66
Everly Brothers, 339
Fair, Yvonne, 111, 120, 292
Fair Deal Record Corporation, 131–132
“Fame,” 311
Fania All Stars, 301
Farris, Hollie, 310, 312, 321, 330, 365, 372, 373, 379, 385
FCC (Federal Communications Commission), 270, 284, 317
Fillyau, Clayton, 115, 117–119, 131, 136, 168, 169, 297–298, 332
Fillyau, Clayton, Jr., 297, 298, 332
“5” Royales, 55, 230
Flames, the (Famous Flames), 56–76, 79–82, 84–96, 106, 116–118, 120–121, 128–129, 131, 133–136, 144, 147–149
Floyd School, Augusta, 25–26, 41
Ford, Bea, 123, 292
Foreman, George, 300, 302–303
Fornés, Maria Irene, 382
Four Steps of Rhythm, 70, 87
Foxx and White, 103
Franco & T.P.O.K. Jazz, 301
Franklin, Aretha, 114, 179, 195, 203, 211, 257, 274, 328
Franklin, C. L., 212
Franklin, John Hope, 179
Frazier, E. Franklin, 179
Freedom Marchers, 156
Freedom Rides, 97–99
“Free James Brown Movement,” 345
Frost, David, 114
Funk, 68–69, 119, 219, 220, 261, 262, 306
Funkadelic, 305
“Funky Drummer,” 232
“Funky President,” 329
Future Shock
(dance show), 359–360
Gable, Thomas “Guitar,” 82
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 344
Gantt, Sam, 34
Garvey, Marcus, 276
Garvin, Laura, 26
Gaye, Marvin, 146
George, Gorgeous, 143–144
Georgia Juvenile Training Institute, 45–47
“Get on the Good Foot,” 260, 282, 283
“Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved,” 250
“Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine (Parts One and Two),” 241, 373
“Get Up Offa That Thing,” 310
Ghost notes, 174
Gibbs, Vernon, 309
Gibson, Andy, 86
Gibson, Kenneth, 204
Giglio, Sarah Byrd, 52–55, 59
Gillespie, Dizzy, 168
“Give it Up or Turnit A Loose,” 232
Glenn, Willie, 24, 31, 43
Glover, Henry, 79, 83, 162, 184, 231
Gold Platter restaurants, 224–225, 228
Gonder, Lucas “Fats,” 61, 64, 67–68, 82, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 111–112
Gordy, Berry, 138, 203
Gospel music, 27–28, 49, 50, 54, 113–114
Gospel Starlighters, 50, 53–54
Grace, Sweet Daddy, 37–39, 149, 226–227
Graham, Larry, 235
Graham, Robert, 28–29
Gramm, Phil, 348
Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, 321–323
Gravity
, 339
Green, Anthony, 14–15
Green, Charles “Big Saul,” 69
Griffin, Kush, 304
Gunnels, Clayton “Chicken,” 231
Haines, George, 42, 43
Halper, Steve, 110
Hamlin, Lewis, 115–117
Hampton, Lionel, 165, 215
Harris, Wynonie, 29, 56, 103
Hartman, Dan, 337–338, 339, 340
Hay, Fred, 58
Hayes, Isaac, 257, 277, 311
Hell Up in Harlem
(movie)
Henderson, Stephen E., 262
Hendrix, Jimmy, 251
Herman, Woody, 299
Herring, H. Dewain, 384
Hickman, Adeline (Big Mama), 52–54
Hickman, Dwayne, 133
High, Martha, 284, 291
Hilburn, Robert, 331–332
Hip hop, 282, 329, 336–337
Hobgood, Bud, 162–164, 206–207, 210, 229
Hollings, Bill, 84, 91
Holly, Buddy, 339
“Honky Tonk,” 169, 230
“Honky Tonk Popcorn,” 231
Hope, Bob, 138, 200
Hoskyns, Barney, 332, 352
“Hot Pants,” 259, 330–331
“How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven’t Cut Your Process Yet),” 209
Hub Records, 104
Hull, Kenny, 296
Humphrey, Hubert H., 180, 194–196, 202–206, 213, 218
Hurston, Zora Neale, 360
“Hustle, the,” 309
“I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me),” 192
“I Don’t Mind,” 100, 105
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself),” 217, 218, 220
“I Got Ants in My Pants,” 260
“I’ll Go Crazy,” 279
Ink Spots, 28
Innes, Roy, 218, 268
IRS (Internal Revenue Service), 284, 286–287, 314–315, 317, 320, 334, 352, 354
Island Records, 336
“It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” 156–158, 248, 303, 364–365
“It’s Not the Express (It’s the JB’s Monaurail),” 309
“I’ve Got Money,” 119
“I’ve Got You (I Feel Good),” 333, 348, 349
Jackson, Jesse, 271, 295, 379
Jackson, Mahalia, 226
Jackson, Michael, 366–367, 378, 379, 381
Jagger, Mick, 146
Jamerson, James, 235
James, Baby, 129
James, Etta, 103, 106, 301
James Brown: The Godfather of Soul
(Brown and Tucker), 97–98, 339
James Brown band, 167–178, 187, 189, 191, 197–200, 231–234, 236
Jamison, Darryl “Hasaan,” 231
Javits, Jacob, 165
JBs, 240–242, 246–251, 305
Jenkins, Dan, 33
Jenkins, Johnny, 123–124
Jenkins, Keith, 365, 368–369, 373
Johnson, Bill, 70
Johnson, Lyndon B., 194,213, 217
Johnson, Robert, 266
Johnson, Roosevelt, 9, 372
Jones, Bobby, 35
Jones, Nat, 134, 135
Jordan, Louis, 49, 114
Karenga, Ron, 204
Kasem, Casey, 351
Katz, Joel, 371, 384
Kaunda, Kenneth, 248
Kearse, Isham, 11–12
Kearse, Rosa, 12
Keels, Sylvester, 54
Kendrick, Nat, 86–87, 95–96, 106, 118
Kennedy, Robert F., 201, 203
Kent, Herb, 346
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 19
King, Anna, 132
King, B. B., 301
King, Don, 300, 301, 379
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 114, 153–155, 188–194, 196, 200, 203, 211, 221, 268–269
“King Heroin,” 260
King Records, 72–79, 83–84, 86, 95, 104, 110, 111, 120, 130–135, 161–164, 172, 181, 184, 210, 229–231, 256–257, 259, 281
Knox, Nashplende, 54
Kunstler, William, 318–319
Kuti, Fela, 247, 248
Laster, Ron, 326, 330–331, 335, 339, 345
Last Poets, The, 263
Lawson, Howell, 51
Lawson, S. C., 51
Lee, Allyn, 24, 100–102, 121, 126, 138
Leeds, Alan, 164, 174, 185–186, 207, 255–256, 284–285, 287, 289, 325–326, 344, 349
Leeds, Eric, 287–288
Lenhoff, Ron, 240, 246
“Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn,” 221
“Let Yourself Go,” 175
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 170, 339
LIN Broadcasting, 229
Little Richard (Richard Penniman), 61, 63–68, 70, 83, 93, 116, 170, 339, 346, 351
Little Willie John, 93–94, 108, 230
Live at the Apollo
, 111–112, 115, 117, 120–121, 126, 130, 133, 145
Live at the Apollo. Volume II
, 174–175
“Living in America,” 338, 339, 348
Lockett, Jeffrey, 24
“Lost Someone,” 112–113, 115
Love, Lola, 304, 360
“Lowdown Popcorn,” 220
Lukas, J. Anthony, 190–191
Maddox, Lester, 243, 286
Madison, Louis, 84, 91
Makeba, Miriam, 301
“Make It Funky,” 259–260
Malcolm X, 221
“Mama’s Dead,” 279
Marching bands, 168, 170
Markham, Pigmeat, 109
Marley, Bob, 281, 336
Marshall, Thurgood, 203
Martin, Don Juan “Tiger,” 250
Martin, Hearlon “Cheese,” 252
Masekela, Hugh, 301
Matthews, David, 163, 246, 247
Matthews, Walter, 489
May, Brother Joe, 149
“Maybelline,” 169
Mayfield, Curtis, 278
McCarthy, David, 182
McCullough, Robert “Chopper,” 231, 242
McGovern, George, 267
McKissick, Floyd, 218, 265–268, 271
McPhatter, Clyde, 99
McRae, Frank, 127–128, 158–159
McTell, Blind Willie, 27
Means, Russell, 319
Mercury Records, 131, 133, 134
Meredith, James, 153, 154
Midnight, Charlie, 338
Midnighters, 55, 73
Milburn, Amos, 29
Mills Brothers, 28
Mingus, Charles, 235
Mobutu Sese Seko, 300, 302
Montgomery, Bob, 35
Moses, Greg, 182
“Mother Popcorn,” 220, 232, 256, 329, 370
Motown, 137
Moynihan, Pat, 218
Muhammad, Elijah, 187
Murphy, Eddie, 349
Murray, Jan, 213
Myers, Yewston, 26
Narcisse, King Louis, 149
Nathan, Syd, 73–76, 78–79, 83–84, 86, 95, 101, 104, 110–111, 120, 121, 130–133, 135, 145, 161–164, 183–184, 214, 229, 230, 313
National Youth Movement, 294–295
Nation of Islam, 106–107, 187, 208
Native Americans, 318–319
Neal, Larry, 177, 262–263
Neely, Hal, 74, 256–257
Newby, I. A., 14
Newsome, Betty Jean, 124, 157–158
Newton, Huey, 179
“Night Train,” 95, 106, 115
Nixon, Richard M., 213, 215, 217–218, 225, 226, 265–273, 283–286
Nolan, Buddy, 287
Nolen, Jimmy, 175–176, 197, 232, 241, 334–336
Nolen, Lunetha, 335–336
Norvo, Red, 29
Nuclear Explosions, 312
Oatman, Charles, 242
Oglesby, Doyle, 54, 60
“Oh Baby Don’t You Weep,” 130, 131
O’Jays, the, 311
Orioles, the, 69, 70
Ostyak people, 141–142
“Out of Sight,” 132, 135, 136, 147
Pacesetters, the, 230–240
Pacheco, Johnny, 301
Palmer, Earl, 68
Palmer, James F., 268, 284–285
“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” 135–137, 155, 162, 322, 323
Parker, Colonel Tom, 103
Parker, Maceo, 134–136, 173, 197, 231, 232, 304, 311, 345
Parker, Melvin, 134, 136, 236
Parliament, 305
Patton, Bob, 102, 164, 188, 203, 287, 316, 332, 385
Paul, Philip, 74, 75
Pauling, Lowman “El,” 55
Pavarotti, Luciano, 364–365
“Payback, The,” 290–291, 295
Payne, Jim, 117
Payola, 101, 102, 316
PCP (angel dust), 332–333, 340–345, 350, 351, 353, 363–364
Pearl, Jack, 104
Pelé, 280
Penny, Hank, 84
Perry, Hubert, 87, 115, 118
Perry, Lee “Scratch,” 281
P-Funk, 305–308, 311
Pickett, Wilson, 195
Pinckney, St. Clair, 106, 116, 251, 252, 334, 336
“Please, Please, Please,” 69–76, 79, 81, 82, 88, 103, 120, 132, 140, 141, 143, 147, 150, 156, 169, 248, 347
Podell, Jules, 250
Polydor, 257–260, 313–314, 318, 320, 329, 336, 349
Polygram, 257, 259
Poojie (dog), 293–294
“Popcorn, The,” 220
“Popcorn Charlie,” 221
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 115
Powell, Art, 224
Powell, Colin, 368
Presidential elections
1968, 202–206, 225
1972, 265–271
Presley, Elvis, 94, 103, 333, 339, 381–383
“Prisoner of Love,” 119, 121, 147
Pryor, Richard, 241
Prysock, Arthur, 231
Pulliam, Fred, 54
Pullman, David, 353
“Rapp Payback,” 328
Rasbury, Levi, 134–136, 188, 215, 333
Rath, Richard Cullen, 2–3
Ravens, the, 103
Ray, Danny, 144–145, 148, 149, 187, 197, 245, 255–256, 275, 280, 288, 294, 299, 332, 335, 346, 367, 381
Reagan, Ronald, 260, 269, 329–330, 337
Redd, Gene, 130, 131
Redding, Otis, 116, 123, 124, 179
Red Hills and Cotton
(Robertson), 11
Reed, Lou, 364, 365
Reed, Waymon, 197
Reid, Charles, Jr., 375–376
Reuther, Walter, 204
Rhodes, Don, 23
Richards, Keith, 146
Roach, Bobby, 48, 84–85, 87, 89–92, 94, 99, 125, 187, 288–289, 314–315
Robertson, Ben, 11
Robinson, Jackie, 124, 268
Robinson, Sugar Ray, 361
Rochereau, Tabu Ley, 301
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 339
Rockefeller, Nelson, 165
Rocky IV
(movie), 337–339
Rolling Stones, 146, 262
Rosen, Manny, 260
Ross, Diana, 203
Rowan, Carl, 266
Rubber Band, 305, 307
Sanders, Gertrude, 129, 249, 346
“Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto,” 232
Saturday Night Live
, 327, 328
“Say It Loud,” 210–215, 219, 232, 247, 261
Schiffman, Frank, 108
Schoenbaum, Jerry, 258
Scott, Melvin, 22
Scott, Nafloyd, 54, 56, 58, 81, 82
Scotti Brothers, 339
Scottsboro Boys, 102
Seale, Bobby, 179
Second-line rhythms, 64
Segregation, 13, 14, 80, 97–99, 190, 225–226, 267
Seitz, Chuck, 111, 120
Sekka, Johnny, 277
Selico, Ron, 254
Sellers, Cleveland, 155
Sex Machine Today
, 309
Shaft
(movie), 277–279
Shamanism, 142
Sharpton, Al, 39, 129, 189, 294–296, 316, 319, 324–325, 326, 333, 334, 339, 346, 348–351, 371, 374–378