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Sunday, Billy

Supremes

surf music

Swayze, Patrick

Swedosh, Victor

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Potato Pie

Swing Kids (Swing Jugend)

Sylvester

Sylvia and the Moments

syncopation

Syncophonic Orchestra

T-Connection

Taco

Take That

Talk Talk

Talking Heads

Tampa Red

Tangerine Dream

Tanguy, Yves

Tann, Jack

Tarsia, Joe

Taste of Honey, A

Tatum, Art

Tavares

Taylor, James

Taylor, Johnnie

Taylor, Marc

Taylor, Nicholas

techno

Tee, Richard

Temptations

Tenth Floor (New York City)

Terrail, Claude

Terrell, Charles

Terrell, Tammi

Thaemlitz, Terre

Tharpe, Sister Rosetta

Tharps, Gina

Theodoracopoulos, Taki

This & That Gallery.
See
Gallery

Thode, Roy

Thomas, Evelyn

Thomas, Joe

Thomas, Timmy

Thompson, Linda

Thompson, Tony

Three Degrees

Throbbing Gristle

Thumann, Harry

Thyme, Justin

Tighe, Gary

Timbaland

Timebox

Típica

Titanic

T.K. Records

Todd, David

Tokens

Tonto’s Expanding Head Band

Toop, David

Torales, Hippie

Traitors

Trammps

Travolta, John

Trax

Trench, Fiachra

Tribe

Tripoli, Andy “Panda”

Trovajoli, Armando

True, Andrea

Trumbull, Douglas

Truscott, Lucian IV

Tucker, Tanya

Turner, Mel

Tuxedo Junction

TW Funkmasters

twelve-inch records

12 West (New York City)

twist

Two Man Sound

Two Tons o’ Fun

Tyler, Bonnie

Tyrone & Carr

Tyson, Mike

Underwood, Simon

Undisputed Truth

United Kingdom: antidisco sentiment in; clubs in; disco craze in; disco in early twenty-first century in; DJs in; gays in; and Hi-NRG; pop music in early twenty-first century in; punk-disco merger in; radio in; roller disco in; soul in;
see also
Northern Soul

Universal Robot Band

USA-European Connection

Van Der Graf Generator

Van Dyke, Earl

Van Tiegham, David

Vandross, Luther

Vaness, Theo

Vangelis

Vanini, Peppo

Vartan, Sylvie

Vee, Vivien

Vega, Eddie

Vega, Lil’ Louie

Velez, Lisa

Velours

Velvet Underground

Velvette

Ventures

Vesaas, Tarjei

Vietnam War

Village People, The

Vincent, Rickey

Vincent, Robbie

Viteritti, Bobby

Volcanoes

Voyage

Vreeland, Diana

Wade, Stanley.
See also
Trammps

Wakeman, Rick

Walden, Narada Michael

Walker, Jr.

Waness, Theo

Wang, Daniel

War

Ward, Anita

Warhol, Andy

Warhol Superstars

Warner, Allan

Warwick, Dionne

Was (Not Was)

Wash, Martha

Washington, Larry

Washington, Tony

Washington, D.C., disco in

Waterman, Pete

Waters, Ethel

Watson, Stan

Wayne, “Insane” Darrell

Weber, Bruce

Weinstein, Arthur

Weisburg, Paul

Weiss, David

Wells, James

Wenner, Jann

West Coast disco

Whispers

White, Adam

White, Anthony

White, Barry

White, Edmund

White, James (aka Siegfried and James Chance)

White, Sharon

Whitehead, John

Whitehead, Peter

Whiteman, Paul

Whitfield, Norman

Who

“Whoop! Whoop!” (disco call)

Whyte, John

Wickham, Vicki

Wide Boy Awake

Williams, Charles “Hungry”

Williams, Dan

Williams, Fleming

Williams, Hank Jr.

Williams, Tony

Williams, Viola

Willis, Victor

Wilson, Jackie

Wiltshire, Christine

Wing & a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps

Wise, Harold

Wish

“Witchfinder General” trope

Withers, Bill

Wobble, Jah

Wolf, Ramona

Wolfe, Tom

Wonder, Stevie

Wood, Brass & Steel

Woodside, Scott

Wooten, Cassandra

World War II

Worth, Robert

Wright, Berry

Wright, Betty

Wright, Jim

Wright, Norma Jean

Wrigley Field (Chicago)

Wurlitzer Side Man

Wyatt, Robert

Yankee Stadium (New York City)

Yankovic, “Weird Al”

Yard, Ike

Yeates, Ray

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellowman

Yes

Young & Company

Young, Dennis

Young, Earl

Young, Neil

Zappa, Frank

Zim, Sol

Zulema

Zummo, Peter

Zwerin, Mike

Zylberberg, Regine

INDEX OF SONGS

The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages in your eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

“Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, The”

“Advice From Father”

“African Queens”

“African Rock”

“Africanism/Gimme Some Lovin’”

“Afternoon Delight”

“Aftershower Funk”

“AIE [A’Mwana]”

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

“Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”

“Ain’t That Peculiar”

“Alive With Love”

“Always There”

“And the Beat Goes On”

“And I Don’t Love You”

“Anikano-O”

“Animal Crackers”

“Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy”

“Another One Bites the Dust”

“Apache”

“Are the Good Times Really Over? (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)”

“Are You Man Enough”

“At Last I Am Free”

“(At the) Discotheque”

“Atmosphere Strutt”

“Autobahn”

“Automation”

“Baby, Come Back”

“Baby Face”

“Baby I Love You”

“Baby, Now That I’ve Found You”

“Back Stabbers”

“Bad For Me”

“Bad Luck”

“Baila Chibiquiban”

“Ball of Confusion”

“Banana Split, The”

“Be My Lady”

“Beat Goes On and On, The”

“Beggin’”

“Begin the Beguine”

“Bernadette”

“Best Disco in Town, The”

“Bitchin’ 50s Medley”

“Black Is Black”

“Black Skinned Blue-eyed Boys”

“Blame It on the Pony Express”

“Black Uhuru in Dub”

“Block Party”

“Blow Your Whistle”

“Blue-Eyed Soul”

“Blue Monday”

“Bo Diddley”

“Body Strong”

“Boogaloo Party, The”

“Boogie Motion”

“Boogie Oogie Oogie”

“Bop Gun”

“Born to Be Alive”

“Bottle, The”

“Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll”

“Boys Come to Town, The”

“Bra”

“Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)”

“Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache”

“Breaking Out All Over”

“Build Me Up Buttercup”

“Burning Up”

“Call Me Tonight”

“(Call Me Your) Anything Man”

“Calypso Breakdown”

“Can You Do It on Skates”

“Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”

“Can’t Live Without Your Love”

“Can’t Stand to Love You”

Can’t Stop the Music
(album)

“Captain Connors”

“Careless Whisper”

“Cavern”

“Cerrone’s Paradise”

“Chase”

“Chattanooga Choo Choo”

“Cherchez La Femme”

“Chic Cheer”

“Chicano [When Philly Goes to Barcelona]”

“Chinese Restaurant”

“Chinese Revenge”

“Chip Off the Old Block”

“Christmas Rappin’”

“City Country City”

“Close to Perfection”

“Cloud Nine”

“Coal Miner’s Daughter”

“Cocomotion”

“Come and Get These Memories”

“Confusion”

“Contort Yourself”

“Could It Be Magic”

“Cowboys to Girls”

“Crazy”

“Cruisin’ the Streets”

“Cry Baby”

“Cryin’ at the Discoteque”

“Dance, Dance, Dance”

“Dance (Disco Heat)”

“Dance to the Drummer’s Beat”

“Dance Master”

“Dance With Me”

“Danny Boy”

“Death Disco”

“Determination”

“Devil Went Down to Georgia, The”

“Devil’s Gun”

“Dirty Talk”

“Disco Circus”

“Disco Duck”

“Disco Inferno”

“Disco Juice”

“Disco Lady”

“Disco Lucy”

“Do It (’Til You’re Satisfied)”

“Do What You Wanna Do”

“Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”

“Do Ya Wanna Funk”

“Do You Love What You Feel”

“Do You Think I’m Disco”

“(Do You Wanna) Dance Dance Dance”

“Doctor’s Orders”

“Doin’ the Best That I Can”

“Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight, The”

“Don’t Bring Back Memories”

“Don’t Call Me Brother”

“Don’t Leave Me Hanging”

“Don’t Leave Me This Way”

“Don’t Let the Joneses Get You Down”

“Don’t Make Me Wait”

“Don’t Mess With Bill”

“Down the Aisle (Wedding Song)”

“Down, Down, Down”

“Dr. Love”

“Dream World”

“Dreamworld”

“E=MC
2

“Earth Angel”

“El Caravanero”

“Emergency”

“Empty Bed Blues”

“End, The”

“Erucu”

“Everybody Dance”

“Everybody’s Whalin’”

“Everyday People”

“Evolution”

“Expensive Shit”

“Exuma, the Obeah Man”

“Fantastic Voyage”

“Faster Than the Speed of Love”

“Fear”

“Feels Like I’m in Love”

“Fifth of Beethoven, A”

“Fight the Power”

“Fire Island”

“Fish Ain’t Bitin’”

“5 8 6”

“Flash Light”

“Fly Like an Eagle”

“Fly, Robin, Fly”

“(For God’s Sake) Give More Power to the People”

“For the Love of Money”

“Forever Came Today”

“Freight Train Ramble”

“Funkanovazz”

“Funky Like a Train”

“Funky Me”

“Funkytown”

“Get Dancin’”

“Get Down Friday Night”

“Get Down Tonight”

“Get Down”

“Get Into Something”

“Get Off”

“Get Up and Boogie”

“Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose”

“(Get Up I feel Like Being a) Sex Machine”

“Gimme Shelter”

“Girl Don’t Make Me Wait”

“Girl You Need a Change of Mind”

“Give It to Me”

“Give It Up or Turnit a Loose”

“Give Me a Break”

“Give Me Love”

“Go Bang! #5”

“Go West”

“Goin’ Places”

“Going Back to My Roots”

“Going to a Go-Go”

“Good Times”

“Got to Have Your Love”

“Gotta Have a Little Talk With the Peanut Man”

“Gotta Have Your Love”

“Gotta Make Up Your Mind”

“Gotta Serve Somebody”

“Groove Line, The”

“Happiness Is Just Around the Bend”

“Happy Song”

“Harlem”

“Heart of Glass”

“Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel”

“Hell on Wheels”

“Help Wanted!”

“Here Comes That Sound Again”

“He’s the Greatest Dancer”

“Hey Bo Diddley”

“High Blood Pressure”

“High Energy”

“Hip-Hop Be-Bob”

“Hit and Run Lover”

“Hit and Run”

“Hold Me Closer”

“Hold on to My Love”

“Holiday”

“Holly Dolly”

“Hollywood Swinging”

“Honey Bee”

“Hostage, The”

“Hot Hot (Give It All You Got)”

“Hot Leather”

“Hot Pants”

“House Where Love Died, The”

“Hung Up on Your Love”

“Hunter Gets Captured by the Game”

“Hustle Bus Stop”

“Hustle, The”

“I Am Attached to You”

“I Am What I Am”

“I Believe the South’s Gonna Rise Again”

“I Can See Him Loving You”

“I Can’t Get Next to You”

“I Can’t Help Myself”

“I Don’t Want Nobody Else (to Dance With You)”

“I Feel Love”

“I Got It”

“I Got My Mind Made Up”

“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

“I Know You Will”

“I Like What You’re Doin’ to Me”

“I Love America”

“I Love to Love (But My Baby Just Loves to Dance)”

“I Love Music”

“I Love You Madly”

“I Love You”

“I Need Love”

“I Need Somebody to Love Tonight”

“I, Robot”

“I Wanna Funk With You Tonite”

“I Want to Give You My Everything”

“I Want Your Love”

“I Was Born This Way”

“I (Who Have Nothing)”

“I Will Survive”

“I Wonder If I Take You Home”

“I.C. Love Affair”

“If I Could Build My Whole World Around You”

“If You Don’t Know Me By Now”

“If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me”

“I’ll Always Love My Mama”

“I’ll Be Holding On”

“I’ll Take You There”

“I’m Begging With Tears”

“I’m Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair)”

“I’m Corrupt”

“I’m Doin’ Fine Now”

“I’m on Fire”

“I’m Living My Own Life”

“I’m in Love”

“I’m a Man”

“I’m Your Boogie Man”

“Impeach the President”

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