Read Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry Online
Authors: Gareth Murphy
Dozier, Lamont
Drake, Nick
Drake, Robert
Draper, Simon.
See also
Virgin Records
drug culture.
See
psychedelia and drug culture
Dury, Ian
Dyer, Frank
Dylan, Bob
albums
allies
Beatles’ acquaintance and introduction to marijuana
Columbia contracts
Geffen’s management of
move to New York and breakup of family
Nashville recordings
Newport Folk Festival electric set
prolific songwriting
retreat from public eye
singles
start of singing career
Eagles
Eastman, Lee
Easton, Edward
Easton, Eric
Edison, Thomas
disdain for radio
Edison Phonograph Company
patents
telegraphy and talking machine experiments
Edwards, Bernard
Eire Apparent
Eisenstein, Sergei
electronica
Elektra
Asylum merger
Butterfield Blues Band
company freaks
Doors and Jim Morrison
Love
marijuana culture
MC5
move to California
record store operations
Stooges
success
Warner Communications merger
Elektra/Asylum
Elliman, Yvonne
Ellington, Duke
Ellis, Terry
EMI Records
acquisitions
Beatles
British pop band sales figures
creation of
diversification into television
division and sale of
Island license deal
mean-spirited culture and staff resignations
Parlophone sublabel
rock ’n’ roll hits
Sex Pistols
Stiff distribution deal
England.
See also specific bands; specific individuals; specific labels
BBC
bisexual glam rock
class system
derision of Californian flower power
drug use by pop stars
economic decline
music-oriented television shows
offshore pirate-radio ships
popularity of bands in North
pub rock scene
punk
during Second World War
sixties fashion cult
synth-pop groups
taxation of stars’ revenue
theater tradition
Eno, Brian
Enthoven, David
Epic
Epstein, Brian
Epstein, Clive
Ertegun, Ahmet.
See also
Atlantic Records
Ertegun, Nesuhi
ethnic records market
Evening Standard
Factory Records
Fairport Convention
Faithfull, Marianne
Fallout Records and Skateboards
Faxon, Robert
Fayant, Frank
Ferdinand, Franz
Fields, Arthur
Fields, Danny
file-sharing and downloading
Fleetwood Mac
folk music
Folsey, George
Fontana
4AD
4th & B’way
Foxx, Inez & Charlie
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Franklin, Aretha
Fraser, Robert
Friesen, Gil
From Spirituals to Swing
concert
Fuqua, Harvey
Gabler, Milt
Gage, Kevin
Gaisberg, Fred
Gallagher, Bill
Gallagher, Rory
Garcia, Bob
Gaye, Marvin
Geffen, David
Asylum and Elektra/Asylum
in California drug culture
Crosby, Stills & Nash
DGC Records
Dylan, Bob
Eagles
Ertegun’s patronage
Geffen Records
impact on future of record deals
Lennon, John
management agency startup
Nirvana
Nyro, Laura
personal qualities
retirement and comeback
Roxy theater and On the Rox club
Summer, Donna
Warner Communications deals
Gennett
Giannini, Ferruccio
Gillespie, Dizzy
glam rock
Gleeson, Scoop
Gluck, Alma
Go Discs!
Goldmark, Peter
Gold Star studio
Goodman, Benny
Gordy, Anna and Gwen
Gordy, Berry
background and business plan
Motown
paternalism
songwriting
Gordy, Esther
Gottehrer, Richard
Grafonola
Graham, Bill
Gramophone
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Grant, Peter
Graphophone
Grateful Dead
Gray, Elisha
Grease
(movie and soundtrack)
Great Depression
Green, Derek.
See also
A&M
Green, Peter
Greene, Al
Gretton, Rob
Grigsby-Grunow Company
Grossman, Albert
Grubman, Allen
Guinzberg, Tom
Guthrie, Woody
Hacienda
Hager, Fred
Haley, Bill
Halverson, Bill
Hamilton, Diane
Hammond, John.
See also
Columbia artists; Columbia/CBS
background
Basie, Count
Cohen, Leonard
Columbia posts
on commercial focus of record business
confidence in own judgment
disillusionment with record industry
Dylan, Bob
erudition and integrity
Franklin, Aretha
Goodman, Benny
Greenwich Village folk scene
Hampton, Lionel
Henderson, Fletcher
Holiday, Billie
jazz journalism
personal struggles
racial integration efforts
Seeger, Pete
Smith, Bessie
social justice ideals
From Spirituals to Swing
concert
Springsteen, Bruce
Vanguard jazz recordings
White, Josh
Hampton, Lionel
Handy, W. C.
Hannett, Martin
Haran, Ronnie
Hard Day’s Night, A
(movie)
Harris, Bob
Harris, Larry
Harris, Steve
Harris, William
Harrison, Sidney
Harry, Deborah
Harvey, Laurence
Haslam, Dave
Hayes, Tom
Heinemann, Jehuda Otto.
See also
Okeh
Hell, Richard
Helms, Suzanne
Henderson, Fletcher
Hendrix, Jimi
Henley, Don
Hentoff, Nat
Herald Tribune
Hester, Carolyn
hillbilly and country music
hip-hop
Holiday, Billie
Holland, Brian and Eddie
Holzman, Jac.
See also
Elektra
decision to produce rock music
on demise of singles format
embrace of marijuana culture
on Iggy Pop
on individual record man
on Jewish influence in record industry
on Mills as record man
on Newport festival audiences
Record Loft and Elektra label
relationship with artists
retirement plans
on Ross as head of Warner
on technology’s impact on record business
homosexuality
Hood, Sam
Hooper, Stanford
Hoover, Herbert
Hopkins, Ernest J.
Horn, Trevor
Horowitz, David
Hubbard, Gardiner
Hubbard, Mabel
Human League
Humble Pie
Hunting, Russell
Hyman, Eliot
Hynde, Chrissie
Immediate Records
Incredible String Band
In His Own Write
(Lennon)
Internet file-sharing and downloading
Isgro, Joe
Island Records
A&M alliance
core market
decline and collapse
Drake, Nick
dysfunction and absentee management
EMI license deal and restructuring
Fairport Convention
Faithfull, Marianne
financial problems
founding of
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Kid Creole & the Coconuts
London studio and office
Marley, Bob
Mott the Hoople
New Wave signatures
Palmer, Robert
reforms under Robinson’s management
Roxy Music
sale to PolyGram
sublabels
successes
Traffic
U2
Virgin distribution deal
iTunes Store
Jackson, Janet
Jackson, Michael
Jaeger, Art
Jagger, Mick.
See also
Rolling Stones
James, Billy
James, Dick
jazz
bebop
blues
dance craze
in England
evolution from entertainment to art
first record on Victor label
on Gennett label
historical link to folk music
as new urban culture
white audiences for
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Jethro Tull
Jive
Jobs, Steve
Joel, Billy
John, Elton
Johnson, Eldridge Reeves.
See also
Victor/RCA Victor
Johnson, George
Johnson, Robert
Johnson, Tommy
Johnston, Bob
Jones, Brian
Jones, Grace
Jones, Jo
Jones, John Paul
Jones, Joseph
Jones, Mick
Jones, Peter
Jones, Quincy
Jones, Steve
Joplin, Janis
Joplin, Scott
Josephson, Barney
jukeboxes
Kallman, Craig
Kamins, Mark
Kapp, Jack.
See also
Decca Records
Kapralik, Dave
Keisker, Marion
Kelly, Dan
Kemp, Lindsay
Kenner, Chris
Keynote
Kid Creole & the Coconuts
King, B. B.
King Crimson
Kirkup, Martin
Kiss
Klein, Allen
Koenig, Rudolph
Kooper, Al
Krasnow, Bob
Krieger, Robby
Kristal, Hilly
Krivit, Danny
Krupa, Gene
Lambert, Kit
Landau, Jon
Landis, John
Larkin, Philip
Lauder, Andrew
Led Zeppelin
Lee, Arthur
Lee, Jeannette
Lennon, John.
See also
Beatles
Letts, Don
Levy, Alain
Levy, Morris
Lewis, Edward.
See also
Decca Records
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Meade “Lux”
Liberty Records
Lieberson, Goddard.
See also
Columbia/CBS
Life
magazine
Lillywhite, Steve
Lippincott, Jesse
Livingston, Alan
Livingston, Bunny
LL Cool J
Lockwood, Joseph
Loewenstein, Rupert
Lomax, Alan
Lomax, John
London.
See
England
Lorillard, Elaine
Los Angeles.
See
California
Love, Mike
Love (band)
Lydon, John
Lynn, Vera
M., Boney
Macdonald, Thomas
Madness
Madonna
Maitland, Mike
Mamas & the Papas
Mamoudas, Victor
Manchester, William
Mancuso, David
Manzarek, Ray
Marconi, Guglielmo
Margereson, Dave
Marley, Bob
albums
CBS contract
death
Island contract
public perception of
singles
Wailers breakup and subsequent work
M/A/R/R/S
Marshall, Paul
Martha & the Vandellas
Martin, Barbara
Martin, George.
See also
EMI Records
AIR production company
background and EMI post
Beatles
on English class system
Epstein-managed bands
ethical integrity
“Theme One” composition
on Brian Wilson
Martin, Mary
Marvelettes
Mauro, Philip
MC5
MCA
McCartney, Paul
McClusky, Jeff
McCormack, John
McGhee, Howard
McGuinn, Roger
McGuinness, Paul
McLaren, Malcolm
Meehan, Tony
Meek, Joe
Meisel, Peter
Meisel, Trudy
Melrose, Lester and Walter
Mendes, Sergio
Mercer, Johnny
Meyers, Jerry
Miller, Daniel
Miller, Glenn
Miller, Mitch
Miller, Walter
Mills, Irving
Mills, Martin
minstrelsy
Mitchell, Joni
Moby
Monk, Thelonious
Monterey International Pop Festival
Moore, Scotty
Morgan, Derrick
Morley, Paul
Moroder, Giorgio
Morris, Doug
Morrison, Jim
Morrison, Van
Morse, William
Morton, Jelly Roll
Moss, Jerry.
See also
A&M
on A&M’s alliance with Island
creation of A&M
departure from PolyGram
on dramatic effect of English bands
on drug culture
on integrity in A&M culture
on Jewish influence in record industry
at Monterey Pop Festival
Motortown Revue
tour
Motown
Mottola, Tommy
Mott the Hoople
MTV
music industry.
See
record industry
Mute
My Fair Lady
NAB (National Association of Broadcasters)
Nash, Graham
Nash, Johnny
Nathan, Syd
Neal, Bob
Neuwirth, Bob
New Order
Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals
News of the World
Newsweek
Newton, Ashley
New Wave music
New York.
See also specific individuals; specific labels
dance scene
Great Migration of southern blacks to
Greenwich Village folk music clubs
specialist record stores
New York Dolls
New York Times