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“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”

“In the Bush”

“In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)”

“In the Jungle”

“In the Navy”

“In Orbit”

“In a Persian Market”

“Indian Love Call”

“Indiscreet”

“Instant Replay”

“I.O.U.”

“Is It All Over My Face?”

“Island Letter”

“It Only Takes a Minute”

“It Really Hurts Me Girl”

“It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me”

“It’s Forever”

“It’s Just Begun”

“It’s My Life”

“It’s the Same Old Song”

“It’s Your Thing”

“I’ve Got Money”

“Je T’Aime”

“Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums of Passion)”

“Johnny B. Goode”

“Jukebox”

“Jump for Joy”

“Jungle Fever”

“Jungle Jezebel”

“Just Let Me Do My Thing”

“Just Look What You’ve Done”

“K.C. Moan”

“Keem-O-Sabe”

“Keep Holding On”

“Keep It Comin’ Love”

“Keep on Jumpin’”

“Keep On”

“Keep Your Body Workin’”

“Key West”

“King of Clubs”

“Kiss Me Again”

“Knock on Wood”

“Kung Fu Fighting”

“Kung Fu’s Back Again”

“La Botella”

“La-La Means I Love You”

“Lady Marmalade”

“Last Dance”

“Last Night a DJ Saved My Life”

“Latin Strut”

“Law of the Land”

“Le Freak”

“Le Spank”

“Let the Music Play”

“Let No Man Put Asunder”

“Let’s All Chant”

“Let’s Do It”

“Life and Death in G & A”

“Lion Sleeps Tonight, The”

“Listen to Me”

“Little Liza Jane”

“Lonely Nights, Lonely Days”

“Long Train Runnin’”

“Look What’s Happening to Your People”

“Looking From a Hilltop”

“Looky Looky [Look at Me Girl]”

“Lost Angeles”

“Lost In Music”

“Love in ‘C’ Minor”

“Love and Desire”

“Love, Don’t You Go Through No Changes on Me”

“Love Hangover”

“Love I Lost, The”

“Love Is the Drug”

“(Love Is Like a) Baseball Game”

“Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart”

“Love Is the Message”

“Love to Love You Baby”

“Love Machine”

“Love Money”

“Love Reaction”

“Love Train”

“Love We Have, The”

“Love’s Theme”

“Love’s Unkind”

“Lovin’ Is Really My Game”

“Loving You Made a Fool Out of Me”

“MacArthur Park”

“Macho Man”

“Magic Bird of Fire”

“Magic Fly”

“Magnificent Dance”

“Mainline”

“Make Me Believe in You”

“Many Kisses”

“Masterpiece”

“Material Girl”

“Me and Mrs. Jones”

“Megatron Man”

“Mellow Blow”

“Mellow Lovin’”

“Mendocino”

“Menergy”

“Message From a Black Man”

“Message, The”

“Messy Bessy”

“Mexican, The”

“Midnight Special”

“Milky White Way”

“Mondo Man”

“Mongoose”

“Monkey Man”

“Moody”

“Moonshadow”

“More Than a Woman”

“Motherless Children”

“Music for Gong Gong”

“Music Is the Answer”

“Music”

“My Baby’s Got E.S.P.”

“My Feet Keep Dancing”

“My Sharona”

“My Way”

“Mystery Train”

“Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”

“Nag Nag Nag”

“Native Love”

“Never Can Say Goodbye”

“New York Groove”

“New York Moving”

“New York by Night”

“Nice ’n’ Naasty”

“Night Train”

“No Fish Today”

“No More Tears”

“No One to Love”

“Nothing Worse Than Being Alone”

“Numbers”

“Oh Happy Day”

“Okie From Muskogee”

“One More Chance”

“One More Shot”

“One Night Affair”

“Only the Strong Survive”

“Open the Door to Your Heart”

“Orange Blossom Special”

“Our Love Is in the Pocket”

“Out of Limits”

“Out of Sight”

“Over and Over”

“Oxygène”

“Panic”

“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”

“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”

“Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag”

“Paradise Garage”

“Party Land”

“Peanut Vendor”

“Penta (New York City)

“Pepper Box”

“Peppermint Twist”

“Planet Rock”

“Play at Your Own Risk”

“Please Don’t Go”

“Pop Collage Medley”

“Pop Your Fingers”

“Pop Your Funk”

“Popcorn”

“Primitive Desire”

“Problèmes d’Amour”

“Pushin’ Too Hard”

“Pussy Footer”

“Puttin’ on the Ritz”

“Qué Tal America”

“Queen of Clubs”

“Quiet Village”

“Rain 2000”

“Rain Forest”

“Rapper’s Delight”

“Reach Out, I’ll Be There”

“Real People”

“Rectangle”

“Red Hot Rockin’ Blues”

“Relax”

“Relight My Fire”

“Remember Me”

“Remember What You Like”

“Rescue Me”

“Rhapsody in Blue”

“Right on Target”

“Ring My Bell”

“Rio De Janeiro”

“Rise”

“Rock the Boat”

“Rock Island Line”

“Rock Your Baby”

“Rocket in the Pocket”

“Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu”

“Runaway Child, Running Wild”

“Runaway”

“Running Away”

“Salsoul Hustle”

“San Francisco (You’ve Got Me)”

“Save Me”

“School Bell/Tree House”

“Sea Hunt”

“Searching”

“Second Time Around, The”

“Sentimentally It’s You”

“Sessomatto”

“Seven Day Lover”

“Shack Up”

“Shakara”

“(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”

“Shame, Shame, Shame”

“Shame”

“Sharevari”

“She Works Hard for the Money”

“Sho Nuff Boogie”

“Shoot Your Shot”

“Show You My Love”

“Sinner Man”

“Six by Six”

“Slack”

“Slang Teacher”

“Slippin’ and Slidin’”

“Smiling Faces Sometimes”

“Snake Charmer”

“So Different”

“So Many Men, So Little Time”

“So Much for Love”

“Sodom and Gomorrah”

“Solar Flight”

“Somethin’ Else”

“Son of My Father”

“Soul Makossa”

“Soul Train”

“Sound of My Heart”

“Sound Your Funky Horn”

“Sour & Sweet/Lemon in the Honey”

“South Is Gonna Do It, The”

“South’s Gonna Rattle Again, The”

“Souvenirs”

“Spank”

“Spring Rain”

“Standing in the Shadows of Love”

“Stars (Everybody Is One)”

“State of Independence”

“Stayin’ Alive”

“Stealin’ in the Name of the Lord”

“Still Water [Peace and Love]”

“Stool Pigeon”

“Stop! In the Name of Love”

“Stories”

“Storm Warning”

“Stretch”

“Stud, The”

“Substitute”

“Sugar Frosted Lover”

“Sugar Pie Guy”

“Sultana”

“Summer of ’42”

“Sun Is Here”

“Sunshower”

“Superman”

“Supernature”

“Supernaut”

“Sweet Home Alabama”

“Sweet Marijuana”

“Sweet Sixteen”

“Taj Mahal”

“Take the A Train”

“Take That to the Bank”

“Tangerine”

“Tell Me That I’m Dreaming”

“Tell You Today”

“Ten Percent”

“Thank God I’m a Country Boy”

“Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”

“That’s the Way (I Like It)”

“That’s Where the Happy People Go”

“Theme From Foxy Brown”

“Theme From Shaft”

“Theme From S.W.A.T.”

“There But for the Grace of God Go I”

“There’s a Cabin in the Cotton”

“Thin Line Between Love & Hate”

“Think About Tomorrow”

“Thinking About Your Love”

“Thinking of You”

“This Can’t Be True”

“Time for Love”

“Touch Me (All Night Long)”

“Touch Me in the Morning”

“Track in ‘A’ (Nebraska Nights)”

“Trans-Europe Express”

“Treat the Youths Right”

“Try Me, I Know We Can Make It”

“TSOP”

“Turn the Beat Around”

“Tuxedo Junction”

“Twist, The”

“Two Pigs and a Hog”

“UFO”

“Underwater”

“Until Then”

“Up in a Puff of Smoke”

“Upside Down”

“Uptown Festival”

“Uranium”

“Use Ta Be My Girl”

“Utopia—Me Giorgio”

“Valentino”

“Viva Bobby Joe”

“Waitin’ for the Rain”

“Wake Up Everybody”

“Walking Into Sunshine”

“Warm Leatherette”

“Warm Summer Night”

“War”

“Watergate”

“Wax the Van”

We Are Family
(album)

“We Are Family”

“We Shall Overcome”

“Weekend”

“Wela Wela”

“(We’ll Be) United”

“West End Girls”

“Westchester Lady”

“Wham! Rap”

“What Can I Do For You?”

“What a Fool Believes”

“What’s Going On”

“Wheel Me Out”

“When Will I See You Again”

“When the World’s at Peace”

“When You’re Young and in Love”

“Where Is My Man”

“White Lines (Don’t Do It)”

“Who Do You Love?”

“Who Is He (And What Is He to You?)”

“Whole Lotta Love”

“Why Can’t We Live Together?”

“Why d’Ya Do It?”

“Wild Horses”

“Wild Safari”

“Without Your Love”

“Woman”

“Won’t Get Fooled Again”

“Working with Fire and Steel”

“Yes, I’m Ready”

“Yes We Can Can”

“Yesterday”

“Y.M.C.A.”

“You Better Keep Her”

“You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll Be Straight”

“You Can’t Hide From Yourself”

“(You Caught Me) Smilin’”

“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”

“You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”

“You Should Be Dancing”

“You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet”

“You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”

“Young Hearts Run Free”

“You’re a Friend to Me”

“You’re Gonna Make Me Love You”

“You’re Just the Right Size”

“You’re No Good”

“You’re the One”

“You’re the Reason Why”

“Zing Went the Strings of My Heart”

“Zone”

PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following companies and individuals who have granted permission to reprint excerpts from articles, books, periodicals, and compositions. Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of both text and images reproduced in this book. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make restitution at the earliest opportunity.

Lyrics from “Get Down” by Sylvester Allen, Harold Ray I. Brown, Morris D. Dickerson, Leroy L. Jordan, Charles W. Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein © 1971, renewed 1999 by Universal—PolyGram Int. Publ., Inc./ASCAP used by permission. International copyright secured. All rights reserved; “Fish Ain’t Bitin’” by McKinley Terrell Jackson, James Reddick © 1974, renewed 2002 by Songs of Universal, Inc., on behalf of Bullet Proof Music/BMI used by permission. International copyright secured. All rights reserved; “Are You Man Enough” by Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter © 1973, renewed 2001 by Universal—Duchess Music Corporation/BMI used by permission. International copyright secured. All rights reserved; “I’ll Take You There” by Alvertis Isbell © 1972, renewed 2000 by Irving Music, Inc./BMI used by permission. International copyright secured. All rights reserved.

Lyrics from “Freak of the Week” by George Clinton, Jr., Peter Bishop, DeWayne S. McNight © 1979 by Bridgeport Music Inc. (BMI) used by permission. All rights reserved.

Lyrics from “Hard Times,” “Cherchez La Femme,” “I’ll Play the Fool” by August Darnell and Stony Browder, Jr. © 1976, renewed 1995 Raineyville Music (BMI) / Administered by BUG used by permission. All rights reserved; “Animal Crackers” by August Darnell and Giampietro Favero © 1981 Raineyville Music (BMI) / Administered by BUG used by permission. All rights reserved; “Going Places,” “In the Jungle,” “Latin Music” by August Darnell © 1981 Raineyville Music (BMI) / Administered by BUG used by permission. All rights reserved; “No Fish Today,” “Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy,” “Stool Pigeon” by August Darnell © 1982 Raineyville Music (BMI) / Administered by BUG used by permission. All rights reserved.

Lyrics from “Back Stabbers” by Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, and John Whitehead © 1972, renewed, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Mijac Music. All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Don’t Call Me Brother” by Kenneth Gamble and Bunny Sigler © 1974, renewed, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “When the World’s at Peace” by Kenneth Gamble, Bunny Sigler, and Phil Hurtt © 1972, renewed, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Cruisin’ the Streets” by Bill Motley © WB Music Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Thin Line Between Love & Hate” by Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter, and Jackie Poindexter © 1971, renewed, Cotillion Music, Inc., and Win or Lose music. All rights administered by Cotillion Music Inc. used by permission. All rights reserved; “You Can’t Hide From Yourself” by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff © 1977 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” by Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, and Jerry Cohen © Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Hell on Wheels” by Bob Esty and Michelle Aller © Rightsong Music Inc. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Rapper’s Delight” by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers © 1979 Bernard’s Other Music and Sony Songs, Inc. All rights on behalf of Bernard’s Other Music administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Good Times,” “Le Freak,” “My Forbidden Lover,” and “What About Me,” by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers © 1979 Bernard’s Other Music and Sony Songs, Inc. All rights on behalf of Bernard’s Other Music administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Chip Off the Old Block,” “Real People,” “Rebels Are We,” and “Lost In Music” by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers © 1980 Bernard’s Other Music and Sony Songs, Inc. All rights on behalf of Bernard’s Other Music administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “At Last I Am Free,” “Chic Cheer,” “Can’t Stand to Love You,” “Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song),” and “He’s the Greatest Dancer” by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers © 1978 Bernard’s Other Music and Sony Songs, Inc. All rights on behalf of Bernard’s Other Music administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. used by permission. All rights reserved; “Cabin in the Cotton” by Frank S. Perkins and Mitchell Parish © 1965, renewed, EMI Music, Inc. used by permission. All rights reserved.

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