Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco (57 page)

ABBA

ABC

Abrami, Hector and Henry

Abrams, Lee

Ace Spectrum

Adams, Patrick

Addison, John

Ad-Lib (London)

African Americans; and antidisco movement; and automating the beat; and Black nationalism; and black pride; clubs for; and decline of disco; and disco in twenty-first century; and disco-soul; and funk; as gays; influence on American music of; masculinity of; middle class of; nostalgia of; socio-political studies about;
see also
gospel; Philly sound; race; soul;
specific person

Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force

Ahzz

AIDS

Alaimo, Steve

Alcazar

Aletti, Vince

Alexander, Clyde

Alexander, Goldie

All Saints

Allah and the Knife-Wielding Punks

Allen, Peter

Allen, Phylicia

Allen, Richard “Pistol”

Allison, Mose

Alpert, Herb

Amon Düül II

Anchetta, Bob

Anderson, Alfa

Anderson Brothers

Anderson, Laurie

Andrews, Steve

Anger, Kenneth

Anka, Paul

antidisco campaign

Anvil, The (New York City)

Arbex, Fernando

Arcieri, Maurizio and Christina

Area Code

Argabright, Stuart (aka Dominatrix)

Armstrong, Louis

Arpeggio

Arthur (New York City)

Ash, Bill

Ashford, Jack

Ashford, Nickolas

Atkins, Juan

Attali, Jacques

Auger, Brian

Aural Exciters

Aux Puce (New York City)

Avalon, Frankie

Ayers, Roy

B-52

B. T. Express

Babe Ruth

Backstreet Boys

Badham, John

Bahlman, Bill

Baia Degli Angeli (Italy)

Bailey, David

Baker, Arthur

Baker, Ronnie

Baldelli, Daniele

Ball, Harvey

Ballard, Hank

Bambaataa, Afrika

Banbarra

Bangs, Lester

Banks, Darrell

Banks, Kenny

Barnes, J. J.

Barrabas

Barry, Claudja

Barry, Len

Barthes, Roland

Bartholomew, Dave

Bascomb, Wilbur

baseball

Basie, Count

Basquiat, Jean-Michel

Bataan, Joe

bathhouses.
See also
Continental Baths

Batiste, Rose

Baxter, Les

“be-ins”

Bean, Carl

Beasley, David

Beastie Boys

Beatles

Beautiful Bend

Bee Gees

Bell, Al

Bell, Arthur

Bell, Madeline

Bell, Thom

Bellotte, Pete

Belolo, Henri

Beltram, Joey

Ben, Jorge

Benatar, Ralph

Benecke, Marc

Benitez, John “Jellybean”

Benjamin, Benny

Bennett, J. B.

Benson, Carla

Bentley, Earlene

Benton, Evette

Berger, Miles

Berry, Chuck

Better Days (New York City)

Biddu

Big Apple Band

Birkin, Jane

Bishop, Jimmy

Black Blood

Black Ivory

Black Panthers

Black Parties

Blackpool Mecca (England)

Black Power movement

black pride

black radio

Black Sabbath

Black Uhuru

Blackbyrds

Blackford, Andy

blacks.
See
African Americans

Blank, Bob

Blecman, Marty

Blondie

Blow, Kurtis

Blue-Belles

Blue Notes.
See
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Bogart, Neil

Bogosian, Eric

Bohan, Marc

Bohannon, Hamilton

Boncaldo, Mario

Bones, Frankie

Boney M.

Bonfigilio, Joey

Bongiovi, Tony

Bongo Band

Bonham, John

“Boo!” (disco hallmark)

Booker T. & the MG’s

Botel in the Pines (Fire Island, New York)

Bowie, David

boy bands.
See also specific band

Brahms, Maurice

Brainstorm

Branco, Glenn

Brandt, Jerry

Brass Construction

Braunstein, Peter

Breakout

Bridgewater, Dee Dee

Briley, Alex

Bristol, Johnny

Brody, Michael

Bronson, Fred

Bronx (New York City)

Brooks, Pattie

Browder, Stony Jr.

Browder, Tommy.
See
Darnell, August

Brown, Genie

Brown, Geoff

Brown, James; and automating the beat; and disco-soul; and disco underground; and Edwards and Rodgers’ music; and Loft sound; and mixing; and prehistory of disco

Brown, Jocelyn

Brown, Julie

Brown, Miquel

Brown, Peter

Brown, Peter (DJ)

Brown, Polly

Brown, Sam “Little Sonny”

Bruce, Lenny

Bruie, David

Buari

Buchanan, Shaun

Buggles

Bumble Bee Unlimited

Bump (dance)

Burgess, Jim

Burgess, LeRoy

Burke, Clem

Burnham, David

Burton, Jenny

Butler, Bill

Butler, Jerry “The Iceman”

Buzzard, Carrash

Byrne, David

Byron, Dennis

Cabaret Voltaire

Cage, John

Calello, Charlie

Calloway, Cab

Calvin, Billy Rae

Camison, Mat

Can

Canby, Vincent

Cannato, Vincent J.

Capote, Truman

Cappello, Michael

Capricorn

Carleo, Vincent

Carlos, Walter/Wendy

Carpenter, John

Carroll, Peter

Carstairs

Carter, Jimmy

Carter, Ralph

Casablanca Records

Casanova Fly

Casella, Paul

Casey, Bob

Casey, Harry Wayne

Castor, Jimmy

Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys

Catus, Gary

Caytronics

CBGB

Ceela

celebrities; and decline of disco; and disco craze; and prehistory of disco; at Studio;
see also specific person

Celi Bee & the Buzzy Bunch

Central Line

Cerrone, Jean-Marc

Certain Ratio, A

Chakachas

Chambers, Roland

Chance, James

Chandra, Sheila

Charles, Ray

Charles, Tina

Charlie & Ray

Charlie Daniels Band

Charms

Charo

Chase, Barry

Checker, Chubby

Cheeks, Judy

Cher

Cheren, Mel

Cherry Vanilla.
See
Dorritie, Kathy

Chess, Leonard

Chi-Lites

Chic

Chicago, Illinois: clubs in; and Comiskey riot; Italo-disco in; and NYC as center of disco; Wrigley Field in

Chicago soul sound

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicks on Speed

Chicory Tip

Children of God

Chin, Brian

China Crisis

Chocolat

Chuck Wagon & the Wheels

Circus, Martin

Citi

civil rights movement

C.J. & Co.

Clark, Ossie

Clash

Class Action

classical music

Cleaver, Eldridge

Cliff, Jimmy

Clinton, George

“clone” look

Cloud One

Clout

Clowns

clubs: basement; for blacks; chill-out; gay; postwar night;
see also
discotheques;
specific city or club

Cluster

Coasters

Coati Mundi.
See
Hernandez, Andy

Cochran, Eddie

Cockettes

Coconuts

Coffey, Dennis

Cohen, Shirley

Cohn, Nik

Cohn, Roy

Collins, Phil

Collins, Sharon

Collodi, Carlo

Coltrane, John

Comfort, Alex

Comiskey Park riot (Chicago)

Conjunto Libre

Connors, Norman

Conti, Bill

Continental Baths (New York City)

Contortions

Convertion

Conway, TG

Cooke, Sam

Cooper, Alice

Copeland, Johnny

Coquelin, Olivier

Corley, Al

Cornelius, Don

Corr, Frank

Corral, Michael “Lucky Strike”

Cortez, Dave “Baby”

Cose, Ellis

Cosmic (Italy)

Cosmic music

Costa, Jenny

Costandinos, Alec R.

Costello, Elvis

country music

County, Wayne/Jayne

Cowley, Patrick

Craig, Carl

Creative Source

Creatore, Luigi

Creole, Kid

Crisco Disco (New York City)

Criss, Gary

Cristina

Crocker, Frankie

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Cross, Christopher “Criss”

crossover

Crusaders

Cult Jam

Cummings, Tony

Curry, Tim

Curtis, Clem

Curtis, Ian

Curtis, King

Curtis, Tiger

Cut Glass

Cymande

Czukay, Holger

da Costa, Paulinho

Dahan, Pierre Alain

Dahl, Steve

D’Alessio, Carmen

Dalida

Dami, Maurizio

dance: crazes; and prehistory of disco;
see also type of dance

Danceteria (New York City)

Daniels, Charlie

D’Aquisto, Steve

Darby & Tarlton

Darnell, August

Dash, Sarah

Davis, Betty

Davis, Clifton

Davis, Clive

Davis, Miles

Day, Bob

Daye, Cory

DC LaRue

Dean, Hazell

Deans, Mickey

Dee, Joey

Dees, Rick

Deleuze, Gilles

Delfonics

Denny, Martin

Denver, John

DePaul, Nilo

Depeche Mode

Descloux, Lizzy Mercier

Detroit Emeralds

Detroit, Michigan

Devizia, Tony

Dibango, Manu

Diddley, Bo

Diebold, David

Diga Rhythm Band

Dimanda Galás

Dinger, Klaus

Dinosaur

disco: abandonment of original constituency and values by; anonymity of; and antidisco campaign; and automating the beat; birth of; canon of; characteristics of; commercialization of; as dance craze; dark side of; and decadence; decline of; democratic nature of; and disco as craze; and disco-soul; and discontent; in early twenty-first century; as emblematic of America’s dwindling power; as emblematic of new kind of political resistance; emergence of; feminizing influence of; first disco record as #1 hit; first records of; foundation of sound of; height of; as liberalism’s last hurrah; mundanity of; as musical genre; and New York City in 1960s and early 1970s; nostalgia about; as part of establishment; as people’s entire social lives; pleasure principle of; prehistory of; profitability of; as “quality music”; as representing ideal of integration; as retreat back into body; sanitization of; and sexuality; spread of; subgenres of; superstar billing in; as theater; ultimate aim of; as underground; and visions of the world

Disco Demolition Derby (Comiskey Park)

Disco Sally

“disco sucks” movement

Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes

Disco Wiz

discotheques: admission to; and business networking; characteristics of typical New York DJ in; and disco craze; and disco-soul; egalitarianism in; exclusivity and inclusivity at; expansion in number of; images of; as means for selling records; mix at; in 1970s; popularity of; in postwar Europe; profitability of; rise of; social mix at; as success;
see also
clubs;
specific club, city, or nation

Distel, Sacha

Divine

DJ Harvey

DJ Thomas (aka the Mammal)

DJs: in Britain; characteristics of typical New York; club; combination of live performance and; and disco in early twenty-first century; and hip-hop; Mancuso organizes New York; in Miami; and mixing; new breed of; punk; and race; radio; and reel-to-reel tapes; and Swing Kids; women as;
see also
mix;
specific person

DNA

Dodd, Alan

Doggett, Bill

Dominatrix (aka Stuart Argabright)

Don Armando’s 2nd Ave. Rumba Band

Donghia, Angelo

Donovan, Terry

doo-wop

Doobie Brothers

Doors

Dorritie, Kathy

Dorsey, Lee

Dorsey, Thomas

Double Exposure

Douglas, Carl

Douglas, Carol

Downes, Geoff

Downing, Al

Downing, Don

Dozier, Lamont

Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band

Drach, Ted

Drifters

drugs; and decline of disco; and disco craze; and disco-soul; and gay disco clubs; and Italo-disco; in New York City

drum machine

D.ST

“D” Train

Duarte, Tito.
See
Barrabas

Duncan, Eric

Duran Duran

Dylan, Bob

Dynamic Superiors

Dynell, Johnny

Dyson, Ronnie

Eagle, Roger

East Coast disco

East Coast funk

Eastbound Expressway

Eastman, Julius

Ebonys

economy

Ecstasy

Eddy, Nelson

Eden, Paul

Edge, The

Edwards, Bernard.
See also
Chic

Edwards, Dennis

Edwards, Gordon

Edwards, Greg

Edwin Hawkins Singers

El Coco

Electric Indian

electroboogie

electronic music

Elephant’s Memory

Eli, Bobby

Ellington, Duke

Ellis, Jay

Ellis, Jimmy.
See also
Trammps

Ellison, Lorraine

Emerson

Eno, Brian

Epstein, Joseph

Equals

Erectus, Dennis

Eric B & Rakim

ESG

Ethics

Eurodisco

Europe: and comparison between American and European social dancing; disco in early twenty-first century in; discotheques in 1970s in; gay aesthetic in; and Italo-disco; postwar nightlife in;
see also
Europop;
specific nation