Davis, Billy, 45–49, 54, 80, 117, 197–98, 299
Davis, Carl, 52–54
Davis, Clive, 113–20, 131, 149, 299
Davis, Miles, 24, 70, 90, 117, 128, 149, 319, 358
Davis, Robert, 19
Dean Martin Show, The, 88
DeBarge, El, 302, 331
Del Barrio, Eddie, 224–25, 252, 254, 277
Delfonics, 106
Dells, 70–71
Denver, John, 261
Deodato, Eumir, 222, 254
“Devotion,” 28, 140, 159, 349, 358
Diamond, Neil, 213, 260, 320
Diddley, Bo, 54
Diff’rent Strokes (TV show), 301
Dion, Celine, 327
disco, 219, 227–28, 258–60
“Disco Inferno,” 258
“Distant Lover,” 192
Dixieland, 122, 248, 260
Dixon, Helena, 105, 107, 115, 133
Dixon, Jessy, 141
Dolby, Thomas, 302
Dominos, 16
Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (TV show), 134, 181
“Don’t Ask My Neighbors,” 217–18
“Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Round,” 8
Doobie Brothers, 134
doo-wop, 17, 42, 260
DownBeat, 38
Down Homers, 71
“Do You Feel Like We Do,” 192
Dramatics, 231
Drayton, Leslie, 92
Dreamgirls (musical), 297
Dreyfuss, Richard, 226
Drifters, 16, 19
Drums Unlimited, 57–58, 67
Duke, George “Daddy,” 297, 321
Dukes, Joe, 20, 70, 156
Duncan, Al, 53
Dunn, Larry, 99, 105–7, 122, 127, 129, 132, 139, 141, 152–53, 166–69, 172, 189, 198, 202–3, 222, 224–26, 232, 238, 252–53, 256, 258–59, 285, 297, 303, 311–12, 317–18, 320, 348
Eagles, 154, 214, 249, 315
Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F), 94–97, 99–101. See also specific band members; albums; and songs
All ’N All (1977) released, 224–41, 252–54
audience and, 149, 159–60, 180, 214–15
awards and, 194, 248, 259–61, 287, 296, 347, 352
band created, 73, 78, 87–103, 347
band named, 83
band relaunched after early split, 103–21
Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. I (1978) released, 247–48
Cavallo hired as manager, 111–12
Cavallo replaced by Gordon, 315–16
Columbia signs, 114–18, 126, 131–32, 149–50
crossover status and, 182–83
decline of, 275–76, 292–94, 332–33
disbanded, 1984, 307–12
disbanding revisited, and comeback, 320–23
Earth, Wind & Fire debut (1971) released, 94–101
Egyptology and, 148–49
Electric Universe (1983) released, 302–5
Faces (1980) released, 276–82
Gratitude (1975) released, 191–95
Head to the Sky (1973) released, 128–29, 136
Heritage (1990) released, 330–31
I Am (1979) released, 251–62
Jim Brown as manager of, 92–94, 101
Last Days and Time (1972) released, 115–18, 129
legacy of, 341, 348–50, 355–56
Maurice’s illness and retirement and, 340–43, 352–55
message and concept of, 130, 148, 175, 261, 276, 355–56, 359
Millenium (1992) released, 337–39
MTV and, 292–94
musical style of, 81–83, 110, 149–51, 123, 128–30, 140, 191–92, 228, 249, 260–61, 328, 330, 349–50, 359
Need of Love (1971) released, 99
Open Our Eyes (1973) released, 138–42, 148–49
Powerlight (1983) released, 297, 302, 304–5
promotion and, 95–97, 100, 113, 180–82, 184–85, 273–75, 278–80, 294–96, 302, 318–19, 332
Raise! (1981) released, 284–91, 296–97
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, 1–2, 347–50
rock status achieved by, 133–34, 152–56
Spirit (1976) released, 199–205, 209–14, 221, 357–58
Stepney hired as arranger, 136–39
Sun Goddess with Ramsey Lewis released, 159–62
Sweet Sweetback score and, 97–98
tensions within, 188–90, 253–56, 277, 281–86, 288–91, 295–96, 306–11
That’s the Way of the World (1975) released, 163–69, 171–77, 182–83
Touch the World (1987) comeback released, 320–23
touring, 113–14, 127–29, 133–34, 149, 152–56, 159–60, 169–71, 179–80, 212–14, 277–82, 288–91, 296–97, 322–23
tour of Europe with Santana, 184–90
tour of Japan, 334–35, 340
tour of South America, 280–81
tour of world, 262–66
TV appearances, 134–35, 240, 261–62, 338–39
Warner Bros. and, 94–95, 337
Washington as arranger for, 38
White House performances of, 352–53
“Earth, Wind and Fire,” 136
East, Nathan, 321
Eaton, Cleveland, 64, 68–69
Ebony, 70
Egypt, 147–48, 210, 265–66
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 16
Eisner, Eric, 224
Electric Universe, 293, 302–5, 333
Ellington, Duke, 119, 157
Ellison, Ron, 195, 275
Emerson, Lake and Palmer, 154
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 199
Emory, Sonny, 322
Emotion, 313–15
Emotions, 52, 195–96, 203, 216–21, 224, 245, 259, 262, 300–301
“Energy,” 99
Entertainment Tonight (TV show), 293
Escovedo, Coke and Pete, 119
Everett, Betty, 42–43
“Everything Is Everything,” 99
“Evil,” 129, 132–34, 147
“Evolution Orange,” 313, 349
Faces, 42, 230, 273, 276–80, 284, 288, 292, 297, 305, 308, 333, 347
Faces (band), 153
“Fair but So Uncool,” 349
Fairweather, Brian, 303, 314, 316–17
Faison, George, 230–32, 236–38, 240, 263–64, 296
“Fall in Love with Me,” 302
“Fantasy,” 225, 227–28, 259–60, 349
“Fan the Fire,” 94, 97
Fargnoli, Steve, 180, 281, 309, 315
Feather, Leonard, 38
“Feelin’ Blue,” 138
Feel My Soul, 297
Ferguson, Maynard, 118
Fifth Dimension, 133, 193
Findley, Chuck, 288
“Fire and Rain,” 128
Fisher, Eddie, 38
Five Men, 70–71
Flamingos, 16
Fleetwood Mac, 133, 249, 279–80
Flemons, Wade, 70–71, 78, 87, 90, 93–94, 100, 102
Flowers, 195
“Flowers,” 195
“Foggy Day in London Town,” 55
Folger’s Coffee commercials, 59
folk music, 19, 51, 110, 114, 116, 248
Foreman, George, 190
Foster, David, xi-xiii, 246, 250–55, 257, 277, 289, 297–98, 306–7, 310, 332
Four Dukes, 20
Four Tops, 47
Frampton, Peter, 192
Free Jazz, 34
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The (film), 298
Friends of Distinction, 101, 115
funk, 99, 125, 191, 248–49, 293, 304
Funkadelic, 125, 126, 191
fusion, 128–30, 191, 224, 359
Gamble, Kenneth, 118
Gandhi, Mahatma, 188, 257
Gannon, Joe, 213
Gap Band, 302
Gardner, Burgess, 71
Garner, James, 95
Gaye, Marvin, 116, 165, 192, 255
Geffen, David, 224, 297
Genesis, 315
George, Lowell, 151
Gershwin, George, 55
“Getaway,” 130, 200, 202, 210, 259–60, 284, 349
“Get Down On It,” 302
Getz, Stan, 38
“Giant Steps,” 140
Gibran, Kahlil, 5, 65, 122, 245, 324, 358
Gillespie, Dizzy, 38, 100
Gilmour, David, 311
Giovanni, Nikki, 94
“Give Me Just a Little More Time,” 55
Glenn, Garry, 277
Golddiggers, 88
Gordon, Shep, 316
Gordy, Berry, 45, 47, 89–90, 116, 318
gospel, 8–9, 15, 17, 24, 116, 141–42, 195, 228, 249, 310, 321
Gospel Clefs, 141
Gossett, Lou, Jr., 95
“Got to Get You into My Life,” 237–40, 260, 273
Graham, Bill, 180, 184–86
Graham, Johnny, 124, 160, 172–75, 232, 253, 256, 311, 348
Graham, Larry, 120
Graham, Leo, 38
Graham Central Station, 120
Grammy Awards, xi, 60, 194, 248, 259–60, 287, 294–95, 352
Gratitude, 191–95, 211–12, 221, 322
“Gratitude,” 349
Grease (film sound track), 237
Greatest Salesman in the World, The (Mandino), 247
“Green Onions,” 40
Groover, The, 66
GRP company, 331
Guercio, Jim, 139–40
Guercio, Lucy, 139
Guilty, 314
Gumbel, Bryant, 182, 330
Guns N’ Roses, 327
Hakim, Omar, 331
Hall, John, 300
Hall & Oates, 302
Hancock, Herbie, 107
Handy, Chuck, 38, 78
Hang On Sloopy, 66
“Hang On Sloopy,” 66
“Happy Feeling,” 168, 173
Harris, Damon, 106
Harris, Eddie, 140
Harris, Michael, 181
Harrison, George, 119
Hart, William, 106
Harvard Report on black music, 118
Harvest Moon Festival, 38
Hathaway, Donny, 78–79, 128, 150–51, 154
“Have a Little Talk with Jesus,” 8
Hawkins, Edwin and Walter, 321
Hayes, Isaac, 122–23, 125
Haynes, Roy, 25, 70
Hays, Ron, 292
“Head,” 220
Head to the Sky, ix, 12, 128–32, 136, 193
“Heart Don’t Change My Mind,” 314
Heavenly Sunbeams, 195
Heider, Wally, 191
“Hello,” 332
“Help Somebody,” 94
Henderson, Joe, 140
Henderson, Marlo, 254, 277, 282
Henderson, Willie, 38
Hendrix, Jimi, 92
Henley, Don, 315
Henning, Doug, 230, 232–36, 263, 296
Heritage, 147, 330–31, 333, 337
“Heritage,” 147
Hey, Jerry, 288–89
“Higher and Higher,” 52
Hill, Napoleon, 35, 51, 73
Hinduism, 78, 143
Hines, Maurice, 352
hip-hop, 327–32
“Hit the Road Jack,” 30
“Hold On, I’m Comin’,” 40
Holiday, Billie, 75
Holliday, Jennifer, 297–98, 304
Hollywood Bowl, 355
Hollywood Sound, 171–72, 201, 216, 225
Hollywood Walk of Fame, 347
Holt, Redd, 60
“Hot Dawgit,” 160–61
Hot Feet (musical), 352
Hoving, Thomas, 278–79
Howart, James Newton, 277, 301
“How ’Bout Us,” 332
“How Deep Is Your Love,” 237
Howlin’ Wolf, 209
Huff, Leon, 118
Hulett, Tom, 323
Hummit Productions, 70
Humphrey, Fred, 34–36, 38, 46, 51, 111–12, 123, 150, 354
Husney, Owen, 219, 315
Hutchinson, Joe, Sr., 195
Hutchinson, Sheila, 195, 203, 218
Hutchinson, Wanda, 195, 216–19, 286
Huxley, Aldous, 30
I Am, 242, 251–54, 257–66, 273, 276, 284, 300
“I Am Love,” 297–98
“I Can Feel It in My Bones,” 99
“I Can’t Go for That,” 302
“I Do Love You,” 55
“I Don’t Want to Lose Your Love,” 195
“I’d Rather Have You,” 116, 193
“I Feel Love,” 228
Iglesias, Julio, 118
“I Like It,” 302
“I’ll Take You There,” 116
“I’ll Write a Song for You,” 336
“Imagination,” 210
Impressions, 53, 54
Inayat Khan, Hazrat, 143
“‘In’ Crowd, The,” 60, 160, 162
“I Need You,” 319
Ingber, Jeffrey, 239
Ingram, James, 331
Ink Spots, 17
“In the Stone,” 247, 251, 260, 349, 355
In the Storm, 331
“In Time,” 284
“Is It You,” 293
Islam, 78, 143, 227
Isley Brothers, 211
“It Don’t Matter to Me,” 128
“I Think about Lovin’ You,” 99
“It Should Have Been Me,” 8
“I’ve Had Enough,” 349
“I Write a Song for You,” 232
Jackson, Jesse, 71, 261
Jackson, Mahalia, 8, 142, 216
Jackson, Maynard, 153
Jackson, Michael, 55, 278, 293, 315, 323
Jackson, Walter, 53
Jagger, Mick, 311
Jamerson, James, 39
James, Etta, 51
James, Rick, 292–93
James, William, 340
Japan, 334–35, 340
Jarreau, Al, 302
Jarrett, Keith, 199–200
jazz, xii, 22–26, 34–38, 51, 55–56, 60–61, 64, 66, 70, 81–83, 99–100, 110, 128–30, 140, 149, 160–62, 182, 191–92, 204, 222, 224, 228, 249, 255, 300, 319–20, 330–31, 333, 359
Jazzmen, 38–39
Joel, Billy, 313
John, Elton, 139–40, 180, 214, 249, 327
Johnson, Magic, 342
Johnson, Ralph “Slick,” 104, 107, 122, 150–52, 186–87, 189, 232, 253, 290, 312, 322, 340, 342, 348, 355
Johnson Brothers, 302
Jones, Booker T., 18–20, 24–27, 29, 40, 80, 222, 337–38
Jones, Booker T., Sr., 25
Jones, Howard, 302
Jones, James Earl, 323
Jones, Judy, 262–62
Jones, Perry “PJ,” 95–97, 100, 105–7, 109
Jones, Philly Joe, 36, 70
Jones, Quincy, 38, 52, 198, 204, 260, 290, 298, 318
Joplin, Janis, 88, 103
Joyride, 320
Judaism, 78, 143
Judson, Dick, 78
“Jupiter,” 349
kalimba, 66–68, 109
Kalimba Productions, 178, 194–99, 219, 223, 236, 253, 300, 357
“Kalimba Story,” 67
Keel, Louis, 25
“Keep on Pushing,” 54
“Keep Your Head to the Sky,” 12, 129–30, 132, 134, 147, 349, 358
Keitel, Harvey, 163, 171
Kendricks, Eddie, 106
Kennedy, Bobby, 75
Kennedy, John F., 43
Kent, Herb, 141
Kenton, Stan, 38
KFFA (radio station), 24
King, B.B., 24
King, Carole, 90, 197
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., 25, 72, 75–76, 163, 210
King Biscuit Time (radio show), 24
KISS, 230, 297
Klarwein, Mati, 117
Kloss, Jethro, 65, 90
Knight, Gladys, 219
Knighton, Reggie, 245
Köln Concert, The, 199
Kool & the Gang, 76, 211,
302
Kristofferson, Kris, 261
Kuma, Anuradha, 257
Laboriel, Abraham, 317
“Lady Sun,” 286
“La La Time,” 78–79, 87
Lance, Major, 52, 53
La Rose Elementary School (Memphis), 12–13
Last Days and Time, 115–18, 129, 193
Last Poets, 128
Latin music, 51, 82–83, 123, 128, 161, 192, 222, 225, 248, 249, 258, 280
Laws, Hubert, 107
Laws, Ronnie, 107, 120–21
Laws of Success, The (Hill), 35, 51, 65, 73, 81, 84, 96–97
Lawson, Ricky, 321
Led Zeppelin, 249, 327
Lennon, John, 311
“Let Me Talk,” 273, 279
video, 292
“Let’s Groove,” 286–88, 292, 308
video, 292–93
“Let’s Hear It for the Boy,” 302
“Let Your Feelings Show,” 251, 257
Level 42, 312
Levy, Eugene, 320
Lew, Dr. Mark, 324–25
Lewis, Bobby, 30
Lewis, Ramsey, 60–70, 72, 74, 77, 80–83, 102, 117, 122, 137, 156, 158, 160–62, 198, 244, 271, 307, 331
Lind, Jon, 161, 198, 252, 257–58, 338
Little Feat, 151
“Little Red Corvette,” 315
Little Richard, 88, 105
Lobo, Edu, 129
Loggins and Messina, 118
Love, Mike, 311
“Love Ballad,” 252
“Love Is Life,” 78, 94, 97
“Loveshine,” 302
“Love’s Holiday,” ix, 123, 193, 333
Lovin’ Spoonful, 110, 114
“Lovin’ You,” 138
LTD band, 252, 315
Lumpkins, Leon, 141
Lundvall, Bruce, 161, 176, 191, 224, 248, 274, 299
Lymon, Frankie, 75
Mack, James, 37–38
Macnow, Art, 178, 224, 264, 280–81, 288, 298–99, 318, 321, 324, 340–41, 347
Madison Square Garden, 154–55, 214, 295
Magid, Larry, 180
“Magnetic,” 304
Mahatma and the Monkeys (Kuma), 257
“Maiden Voyage,” 107
“Make It with You,” 115–16, 119
Malcolm X, 64–65, 210
Maltz, Maxwell, 178
Mancini, Henry, 38
Mandino, Og, 247
Mandrill, 76, 211
Manilow, Barry, 236
Marden, Orison Swett, 327
Marquettes, 19–20
Martin, George, 138, 239, 276
Marx, Dick, 59–60, 71
Marx, Richard, Jr., 59
Masekela, Hugh, 120
Massenburg, George, 165–66, 171–73, 192, 211, 225, 234, 238, 256–57, 276, 289–90, 295, 311
Master’s Children, 104
Mathis, Johnny, 103, 301–2
Maurice White (1985, solo album), 315–20
Mayfield, Curtis, 52–54, 78, 128, 163
McCarthy, Ernest, 38