History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs (30 page)

“Peggy Sue” (Holly/Beatles),
114
–16,
137

Peggy Sue
(Marsh),
137

“Peggy Sue Got Married” (Holly/Beatles),
114
–15,
122
,
123
,
133
,
136
–37

Penguins,
240
,
241

Perkins, Carl,
5
,
98
,
102

Perlstein, Rick,
82
–83,
84

Peterson, Roger,
103

Petty, Norman,
103
,
118
,
120
,
125
–26

Petty, Tom, and the Heartbreakers,
7

Phillips, John,
226

Pickett, Wilson,
6
,
16

“Pink Western Range” (Lynch),
147

Pitt, Brad,
193
–94

Plastic Ono Band,
179

Platters,
5
,
204

Please Please Me
(Beatles),
126

Pomus, Doc,
5
,
197
–99,
200
,
206
,
209
,
212
,
213
,
277
–78n

“Poor Little Fool” (R. Nelson),
160

Pop from the Beginning
(Cohn),
9

Potter, Dennis,
14
–15

Power, Cat,
123
,
145

“Preachin’ the Blues” (House),
150

Presley, Elvis,
3
,
14
,
18
,
26
,
84
,
85
,
97
–99,
100
–102,
107
,
130
,
154
,
175
,
197
,
205
,
242
,
253
n

“Pretty Polly” (Boggs),
229

“P.S. I Love You” (Beatles),
137

Quarry Men,
106
,
175

“Queen of the Hop” (Darin),

“Radio Radio” (Costello),
33

“Raining in My Heart” (Holly),
108
–9

“Rave On” (Holly),
98
,
109

Rave On
(Norman),
108

Ray, Robert,
62

Ray Charles Singers,
123

“Ready Teddy” (Little Richard),
25
,
98

Redding, Otis,
6
,
82
,
213

Reed, Lou,
197
,
199

“Reet Petite” (Gordy/Wilson),
167

“Remember (Walking in the Sand)” (Shangri-Las),
246
–47

Reynolds, Debbie,
10
,
168

Richards, Keith,
110
,
123
,
207
–8

Richardson, J. P. (Big Bopper),
103
,
107
–8

“Riders on the Storm” (Doors),
48

Righteous Brothers,
6
,
243

Riley, Billy Lee,
111

Riley, Sam,
31
–34,
48
,
49
,
50
,
52
–53

“Riot in Cell Block #9” (Robins),
240

Riseborough, Andrea,
49

“River Deep–Mountain High” (I. and T. Turner),
244

Roberts, Rockin’ Robin,
24

Robeson, Paul,
224

Robins,
240

Robinson, Bobby,
58

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
3
–9,
145

Rock Dreams
(Cohn/Peelaert),
9

Rodgers, Jimmie,
3
,
18
,
150

Rolling Stone,
7
,
90
–91

Rolling Stones,
6
,
12
,
50
,
51
n,
88
,
109
–10,
127
,
145
,
176
,
207

Romney, Mitt,
82
–83,
84

Ronettes,
5
,
243

Roots,
8
,
143

“Rose Mary” (Five Satins),
57

Rotolo, Suze,
72
,
73

Rotten, Johnny,
37

Royal Charms,
16

Rubella Ballet,
167

Rupe, Art,
5
,
241

Ruppersberg, Allen,
3
,
8
–9,
253
n

“Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” (Dylan),
115

Safaris,
72

Savage, Jon,
42
,
44

“Save the Last Dance for Me” (Pomus & Shuman/Drifters),
197
,
206

Scarlets,
58
–59

Searchers, The
(Ford),
112
,
231

Seeger, Mike,
188

“See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” (Jefferson),
231

Seldes, Gilbert,
146

Sex Pistols,
7
,
36
–38,
51
n

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts

Club Band
(Beatles),
127
–30,
132

Shadows,
105
–6,
126

“Shake, Rattle and Roll” (J. Turner/Haley),
15

“Shake Some Action” (Flamin’ Groovies),
24
–28,
233

Shakur, Tupac,
8
,
84

Shangri-Las,
245
–48,
251

“She Bop” (Lauper),
187

“She’s Lost Control” (Joy Division),
42
,
45

Shields,
68
–70

Shines, Johnny,
151

Shirelles,
5
,
119
,
126
,
245

Shuman, Mort,
5
,
200
,
206
,
209
,
212
,
213

Singleton, Raynoma Gordy,
167
–72,
177

Slades/Spades,
66
–70,
73
–74

Sledge, Percy,
6
,
213

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana),
24
,
205

Smith, Arlene,
90
,
91
–92,
102

Smith, Harry,
8
,
110

Smith, William and Versey,
110

Snakefarm,
224

Sokira, Tom,
57
,
59

“So Tough” (Casuals),
70

Sparks, Brett,
23

Spector, Phil,
5
,
90
,
239
–45,
250

“Splish Splash” (Darin),
137

Spottswood, Dick,
18
–19

Springsteen, Bruce,
7
,
224

Stanwyck, Barbara,
186

Starr, Edwin,
169

Starr, Ringo,
129
,
132
,
173

“Star-Spangled Banner, The” (Beyoncé/Hendrix),
77
,
80
,
231

“Stay” (Zodiacs),
15
,
16
,
18

Stewart, Rod,
7
,
98

Stoller, Mike,
5
,
204
,
240
,
246
,
251

“Stones in My Passway” (R. Johnson),
102

Strong, Barrett,
167
–72,
174
,
194

“Sugar Baby” (Boggs),
189

Sullivan, Niki,
115

Sumner, Bernard,
31
,
32
,
37
–38,
41
–43

“Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze” (N. Young),
23

“Suspicion” (Pomus & Shuman/Presley),
197

“Sweet Home Chicago” (R. Johnson/Moore/Obama),
143
,
152
,
164

Swimming Pool Q’s,
188

“Sympathy for the Devil” (Rolling Stones),
207

Taj Mahal,
143
,
145

“Take Good Care of My Baby” (Vee),
106

“Take Your Time” (Hester),
120

“Tammy” (Reynolds),
10
,
168

Taylor, James,
7
,
77
,
78

Teddy Bears,
239
,
242
,
243
,
244
,
250

“Teen Beat” (S. Nelson),
240

“Telstar” (Tornadoes),
107

Temptations,
6
,
169

“Terraplane Blues” (R. Johnson),
154

Terry, Sonny,
154

“That’ll Be the Day” (Holly/Quarry Men/Beatles),
98
–99,
103
,
106
,
112
,
125
,
132
–33

“There Goes My Baby” (Drifters),
203
–6

“There Must Be a Better World Somewhere” (Pomus/B. B. King),
197

“These Arms of Mine” (Redding),
82

“This Magic Moment” (Pomus & Shuman/Drifters),
197
–203,
206
,
211
–14

Thomas, Charlie,
205

Thomas, David,
53

Thomas, Irma,
213

“To Know Him Is to Love Him” (Teddy Bears/Winehouse),
239
,
241
–42,
244
,
249
–50

“Tom Dooley” (Kingston Trio),
205

“Tonight’s the Night” (Shirelles),
245

Tornadoes,
107

Townsend, Henry,
148

Townshend, Pete,
11
–12

“Transmission” (Joy Division),
31
–36,
38
,
43
–48

“Traveling Riverside Blues” (R. Johnson/Led Zeppelin),
145
,
152

Treadwell, George,
203

“Try a Little Tenderness” (Redding),
82
,
213

Turner, Big Joe,
4
,
15
,
154
,
198

Turner, Ike and Tina,
6
,
244

“Tutti Frutti” (Little Richard),
25
,
62
,
97
,
109
,
255
n

Unknown Pleasures
(Joy Division),
42

Unsworth, Cathi,
107

“Up on the Roof” (Drifters),
119

Valens, Ritchie,
5
,
103
,
105
,
107
,
137
,
138
,
139

Van Ronk, Dave,
145

Vee, Bobby,
99
,
105
–6,
118

Vincent, Gene,
5
,
98

“Viva Las Vegas” (Pomus & Shuman/Colvin/Presley),
197
,
198

Walker, Kara,
171

“Walking Blues” (R. Johnson),
154

“Walking in the Rain” (Ronettes),
243

“War” (E. Starr),
169

Warsaw,
38
–39

Washington, Dinah,
4
,
245

Waterman, Dick,
147

Waters, Muddy,
4
,
88
,
93
,
144
,
154