‘Kathy’s Song’ 23, 29–30, 33, 49, 112, 182
Kaz, Eric 145
Keaton, Diane 137
‘Keep The Customer Satisfied’ 91, 94
Kennedy, President John F 21, 91, 146
Kennedy, Mary Ann 162
Kenton, Stan 50
Kerouac, Jack 22
Keys, Alicia 184
‘Kid, The’ 181
Kilburn, Robert 192
‘Kimbie’ 43
King, Carole 10, 15, 121, 125
King, Martin Luther 91
‘King of Tonga’ 162
Kingston Trio 20
King Sunny Ade 158
Kington, Miles 100–1
Kinks, The 68, 116, 174
Knechtel, Larry 83, 88, 100, 105, 110, 113, 139
‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ 175
‘Kodachrome’ 115–7, 125, 146
Kooper, Al 3, 71, 100
Korner, Alexis 23
Krall, Diana 177, 190
Kramer, Jeff 189
Krauss, Alison 184, 191
Kruger, Jeff 68–69
Kristofferson, Kris 102, 112
Kumalo, Bakithi 155–6, 158, 177
Kunkel, Leah 162
Kuti, Fela 152
Kutner, Beverley (later Martyn) 65, 181
La Bamba (film) 157
Labelle, Patti 16
Ladysmith Black Mambazo 156–7, 159–160, 164, 166
Landau, Jon 107
Landis, Jerry – see Paul Simon Lane, Lois 77
‘Lasso the Moon’ 169
‘Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream’ 20, 110
Last Unicorn, The (film) 144
Las Vegas Nights (film) 130
‘Late Great Johnny Ace, The’ 146, 148
‘Late in the Evening’ 144, 146, 179
Lauper, Cyndi 165
Lawrence of Arabia (film) 101
Lawson, Jerry 110
Leader, Bill 25
League of Their Own, A (film) 167
‘Learn How to Fall’ 120
‘Leaves That Are Green’ 27, 29–30, 49
Ledgerwood, Mike 23
Lee, Byron 106
Lefty (album) 161–2
Lennon, John 7, 100, 104–5, 120, 141, 146, 183
Lennon, Sean 146, 191
Leno, Jay 183
Less Than Zero (film) 61
‘Let’s Fall In Love’ 187
‘Let It Be’ 85
Let It Be (film) 146
‘Let It Be Me’ 109, 165–166
Levin, Tony 142
Lewis, Jerry Lee 6, 116, 124
Lewis, Mort 50–51, 81, 88–90, 102
Lewis, Peggy – See Harper, Peggy
Liberson, Goddard 19
‘Life Is But a Dream’ 187
Life of Krishna, The (book) 125
Lightfoot, Gordon 109
‘Lighthouse Point’ 13
‘Lightning Express’ 100
‘Like a Rolling Stone’ 30, 39
Linda, Solomon 152
Lindsay-Hogg, Michael 146
Lion King, The (stage musical) 152
‘Lion Sleeps Tonight, The’ 152
‘Lisa’ 12
Little Richard 5, 15, 165, 187
Little Steven 153
Live 1969 (album) 90
Live Adventures of Mike
Bloomfield and Al Kooper, The (album) 71
Live From New York City 1967 (album) 62
Live in New York City (CD/ DVD) 190
Live Rhymin’ (album) 125
Lloyd, Bert 31
Loesser, Frank 130
‘Lone Teen Ranger, The’ 12
‘Loneliness’ 10
‘Long, Long Day’ 144
‘Look at That’ 178
‘Lookin’ At You’ 8
‘Lookin’ for the Right One’ 128
‘Lord Franklin’ 31
‘Lord of the Manor’ 109
‘Lord’s Prayer, The’ 83, 169
Los Incas 22, 93, 105
‘Losing Your Way in the Rain’ 139
Los Lobos 157
‘Love and Blessings’ 189
‘Love and Hard Times’ 189
‘Love Is Eternal Sacred Light’ 190
‘Love is the Only Chain’ 162
‘Love’ 178
‘Love Rollercoaster’ 134
‘Loves Me Like a Rock’ 120, 124, 133, 141, 184
‘Love Minus Zero / No Limit’ 54
Lovin’ Spoonful, The 77, 143, 169
Lynch, Jennifer Chambers 167
Lymon, Frankie 9
‘MacArthur Park’ 122
McCartney, Paul 3, 85, 104, 120, 151–2, 159, 183
MacColl, Ewan 23, 31, 69
McCoy, Rose Marie 8
McCurdy, Ed 20, 110
McGovern, Senator George 111
McGuinn, Roger 152
McLaren, Malcolm 153
McLausland, David 22
Madonna 167
Mainieri, Mike 147
Make Believe Ballroom (radio show) 3
Makeba, Miriam 151–152, 160
Mamas and the Papas, The 51, 62, 64
Manchester, Melissa 99–100
Mandela, Nelson 153–4
Mann, Barry 71
Mantle, Mickey 70
Mantovani 57
Man Who Fell to Earth, The (film) 140
Marcels, The 178
‘Marionette’ 138
‘Marlene’ 44
Marsh, Dave 86, 134
Martin, Dean 83, 102, 124
Martyn, Beverley – see Kutner, Beverley
Martyn, John 66
Marshall, Penny 144, 163, 167
Martin, Steve 164, 184, 190, 195
Marvin, Lee 86
‘Mary Was an Only Child’ 123
Masekala, Hugh 151, 160
Mass (requiem) 79
Matheou, Andy 42
Matthews, Dave 130
Maxwell, Ron 99
May, Elaine 76, 166
‘Maybelline’ 4, 146
Mbango, Charlotte 164
‘Mbube’ 152
‘Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard’ 107–9, 111, 117, 146, 173
Mellencamp, John 194
Meltzer, Richard 82
Menlo Park 179
Michaels, Lorne 141, 150
Micho, Shiro 87
Midler, Bette 133
Midnight Cowboy (film) 78, 127
Mighty Clouds of Joy 166
Mighty Howard 74
Miracles, The 85
‘Miss You Nights’ 139
Mitchell, Joni 17, 101, 111, 152
Mondlock, Buddy 180–1
Monkhouse, Bob 23
Monroe, Marilyn 70
Monterey Festival 64–5, 76
Montanez, Victor 110
Moonglows, The 148
Moore, Tim 123
Moreira, Airto 120
Morley, Angela 138
‘Morning Has Broken’ 169, 177
Morris, Mark 172–174
Morrison, Van 14, 122, 137, 155
‘Most Peculiar Man, A’ 30, 32, 49–50
‘Mother and Child Reunion’ 95, 106–7
Mother Goose’s Rock’n’Rhyme (TV movie) 165
Mothers of Invention 7
‘Motorcycle’ 11–12
‘Mrs Robinson’ 53–54, 67–68, 70–71, 74, 77, 94, 146, 175, 182, 184
‘Mr Tambourine Man’ 83
Mtshali, Isaac 156
MTV Unplugged 165
Mumford & Sons 82, 191
Muppet Show, The (TV series) 144
‘My Camera Never Lies’ 116
‘My Little Town’ 127, 133–134, 136
‘My Name is Carnival’ 43
My Old Lady (film) 110
‘Mystery Train’ 189–190
Mystics, The 12
Nail, Jimmy 130
Nambara, Jim 87
Nascimento, Milton 164
Nash, J
ohnny 107, 129
Nashville Skyline (album) 73
N’Dour, Youssou 153, 156
‘Nearer My God to Thee’ 166
Negotiations and Love Songs (album) 163
Nelson, Willie 159, 165
‘Nelson Mandela’ 153
Neville Brothers, The 166
New Bohemians, The 166
‘New England, A’ 30
Newman, Del 118–9, 144–5, 161
Newman, Randy 121–2, 162, 165, 182, 183
‘New York Is My Home’ 194–5, 198
New York Voices 173
‘Next Time Around’ 44
Nguini, Vincent 177, 189
Nice, The 74
Nichols, Mike 63, 66–8, 76, 87, 166
Nichols, Roger 122
Nicholson, Jack 74, 101, 166
‘Night Game’ 133
Nightingale, Annie 143
Nilsson, Harry 128
1910 Fruitgum Company 78
‘99 Miles from LA’ 129
Nixon, President Richard 90, 111
‘Noise’ 10
‘Northern Line, The’ 34
‘Norwegian Wood’ 152
‘Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep’ 169
Nyro, Laura 140
Obion, Jim 198
‘Obvious Child, The’ 163–4
Ochs, Phil 16–7, 36, 101, 111
‘O Come All Ye Faithful’, 165
O’Connor, Tom 17
‘Oh How Happy’ 140
Ohio Players, The 134
‘Old Friends’ 75, 102, 141
Old Friends – Live on Stage (album) 149
Old Grey Whistle Test, The (TV series) 90, 143
‘Oh, Marion’ 144
‘Oh Mary Don’t You Weep’ 83
‘Old Man’ 122
‘Old’ 178
‘Ol’ Man River’ 85
Olympics, The 12
‘Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean’
O’Neal, Cynthia 101
On Drums and Other Hollow
Objects (short story) 33
‘One Less Holiday’ 167
‘One Man’s Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor’ 115, 117
‘One-Trick Pony’ 144
One-Trick Pony (album & film) 141–3, 145
‘Only Living Boy in New York, The’ 63, 94, 121
Ono, Yoko 141
‘On the Road Again’ 165
Oppenheim, David 99
Orbison, Roy 86
‘O Sacred Heart, Sore Wounded’ 118
Osborn, Joe 88
Osibaba 121, 152
Osmonds, The 114
‘Our Song’ 8
‘Outrageous’ 147, 186
‘Over and Over’ 50
‘Overs’ 74–75, 111
‘Over the Rainbow’ 139
Owens, Buck 85–6
Palmer, Tony 107
Palmieri, Eddie 163
‘Papa Hobo’ 74, 110, 125
Papa Hemingway 53
‘Paper Chase’ 138
Paradise in Gazankulu (album) 160
Paramor, Alan 16, 75–6
‘Paranoia Blues’ 110
Parker, Charlie 130
Parker Jr, Ray 162
Parks, Van Dyke 165
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (album) 57, 62, 66, 78
Parsons, Gram 152
Partch, Harry 196, 198
Passions, The 10
‘Pata Pata’ 151
‘Patterns’ 29
Paul Simon (1972 album) 104–11, 137
Paul Simon Album: Broadway Sings the Best of Paul Simon, The 173
Paul Simon’s Concert in the Park (concert and album) 165
Paul Simon Show, The (TV) 141
Paul Simon Songbook, The (1965 album) 29–34, 39, 114
Paxton, Tom 16–7, 33, 120
Payne, Bill 129
‘Peace Like a River’ 110, 120
Peel, John 45
‘Peggy-O’ 20
‘Peggy Sue’ 25, 178
Penguins, The 4, 148
Pennebaker, D A 65
‘People’ 136
Percy (film) 68
‘Perfect Moment’ 182
Performance (film) 140
Perkins, Anthony 87
Perkins, Carl 168
Perkins, Stan 168
Perry, Richard 128, 187
Persuasions, The 110
Peter Pan 60
Peter, Paul and Mary 76, 102, 126
Phantom, Slim Jim 165
Phillips, John 64–5
Phiri, Ray 155–6, 158
‘Photograph’ 116
Picture Perfect Morning (album) 166
‘Pictures of Lily’ 116
Piepe, Judith 27–8, 34, 38, 43
‘Pigs, Sheep And Wolves’ 178
Pilgrims, The 19
Pink Floyd 39
Pinter, Harold 177
Player, The (film) 79
‘Play Me a Sad Song’ 11,15
‘Poem on the Underground Wall, A’ 59–60
Postcards From the Edge (film) 158
Prairie Home Companion, A (TV series) 196
Presley, Elvis 3, 4, 7, 15, 41, 45, 55, 86, 102, 142, 158, 168
Preston, Billy 169
‘Pretty Thing’ 190
Prince 149
‘Private World’ 13
Proby, P J 34
Procol Harum 74
‘Promise, The’ 162
‘Proof’ 164
‘Proof of Love’ 198
Prosen, Sid 6, 9
Prowse, Ian 30
‘Punky’s Dilemma’ 76–7
Quadraphonic Records 86–7
‘Quality’ 172
‘Questions for the Angels’ 190
‘Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)’ 187
‘Quiet’ 178/9
Quiet Five, The 53
‘Rag Doll’ 128
Ragtime Cowboy Jew (album) 110
‘Rambler Gambler’ 165
‘Rambling On’ 74
‘Ramone, Phil 117, 119, 127, 133, 138, 163, 187
Rankin, Kenny 162
Rea, Stephen 130
Reader, Eddi 46
Reagan, President Ronald 162
Ready Steady Go! (TV show) 34, 56
Redding, Otis 64
‘Red Rubber Ball’ 56, 62
Reed, Lou 143, 153, 194
Reinhardt, Django 110
Renbourn, John 25, 46
‘René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War’ 148
Restivo, Johnny 10
‘Rewrite’ 189–90
Reynolds, Debbie 138
Rhythm of the Saints, The (album) 163–4, 171
Richard, Cliff 139, 145
‘Richard Cory’ 38, 49–50
Richards, Keith 149
Richardson, Sir Ralph 139
Righteous Brothers 85
Riley, Jeannie C 71
Rivera, Mark 147
‘Riverbank, The’ 197, 199
Rizzo, Jilly 77
Roag, Nicholas 140
Robinson, E A 49
Robles, Daniel Alomía 93
Roche, Maggie, Suzzy and Terre 99–100, 119, 125, 148
‘Rockabilly Music’ 168
Rockin’ Dopsie & the Twisters 157
Rodgers, Nile 147
‘Roll Over Beethoven’ 90
Rolling Stones, The 148, 152
‘Romance, The’ 145
Ronstadt, Linda 122, 148, 153, 156, 161
Rookard, Dennis 25
Rosas, Cesar 157
Rose, Pam 162
‘Rose of Aberdeen’’ 102
Ross, Katharine 67
Ross-Trevor, Mike 29
‘Roving Gambler’ 102
Rucker, Ian 120
‘Runaround Sue’ 10
‘Run Like the Wind’ 139
‘Run That Body Down’ 82, 107
Rushdie, Salman 158
Russell, Ken 23
Russell, Leon 63
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sp; Russell, Theresa 140
Russell, Willy 36
Rutles, The 14, 141
‘Sail on a Rainbow’ 140
St Elmo’s Fire (film) 162
St Francis of Assisi 79
‘Sad Song’ 162
Salinger, J D 66
Sam & Dave 143
‘Same Old Tears on a New
Background, The’ 128
Sanborn, David 137
Sanders, Bernie 192
Saturday Night Live (TV series) 136–7, 150, 166
‘Save the Life of My Child’ 73–4
Scaggs, Boz 163
‘Scarborough Fair’ 12, 31–32, 57, 61, 67–70, 93, 102, 134, 136, 144, 187
Schmit Timothy B 161
‘Scissors Cut’ 144
Scissors Cut (album) 144–5, 167
Scruggs, Earl 15
Sebastian, John 77–8, 102, 104, 169
‘Second Avenue’ 123
‘Secret O’ Life’ 169
Sedgwick, Edie 44
Sedgwick, Elaine 44–5
Seductive Reasoning (album) 119
Seeger, Peggy 23, 31, 69
Seeger, Pete 15–6
Seekers, The 34, 53–4, 56, 195
Selvin, Ben 128
‘Senorita with a Necklace of Tears’ 178
Servant, The (film) 24
Sesame Street (TV series) 144, 166
‘Seven O’Clock News – Silent Night’ 57
Shabalala, Joseph 156–7, 159
Shampoo (film) 134, 138
Shankar, Ravi 64, 152
‘Shape I’m In, The’ 10
Shaper, Hal 69
Sharp, Maia 180
‘Shattered’ 191
‘Shelter of Your Arms’ 148
Shelton, Louie 140
Shelton, Robert 61
‘She Moved Through the Fair’ 138
‘She Moves On’ 164
‘Shine, The’ 191
‘Shoplifting Clothes’ 173
Short Fuse (film) 161
‘Shy’ 11
Siebel, Paul 42
‘Side of a Hill, The’ 29–30, 32, 57
‘Silent Eyes’ 133
‘Silent Night’ – See ‘Seven O’Clock News’
Simon, Adrian (son) 166, 198
Simon, Belle (mother) 186
Simon, Carly 112, 125–6, 128, 158
Simon, Eddie (brother) 2, 11, 55, 93, 137
Simon, Gabriel (son) 190
Simon, Harper (son) 120, 130, 133, 142, 144, 146, 158, 168, 179, 190–191
Simon, Lulu (daughter) 184
Simon, Lou (father) 2, 4, 5, 9, 186
Simon, Paul
Academic 9, 15, 28 and IQ 35 (that’s the page number, by the way)
Baseball 2, 70, 142, 146, 199
Early singles and demos 5–14
Family background
Father Lou, mother Belle, brother Eddie – see entries Folk scene
Greenwich Village, 15–18, 59
UK 20, 22–38, 42–4, 47, 51
Paris 22, 39
Guitar playing 41, 91, 110, 145
Humour 137, 154, 188
Musical tastes
African music – see Graceland
Brazil – see Rhythm of the Saints
Doo-wop 5, 10, 12, 13, 95, 102, 117, 119, 160
Gospel 115, 117, 120, 133
Rock’n’roll –see entry for