Here Comes the Night (84 page)

Vibranaires.
See
Orioles

Vibrations,
230–231
,
269
,
282

Vida Es un Sueno, La (Rodriguez),
17

Village Vanguard,
72
,
74
,
88

Vinton, Bobby,
256

Vocaleers,
144

Volt Records,
209
,
285
,
323
,
346
,
347

Von Schmidt, Eric,
247

Voodoo,
21

W

W7 Records,
356

WABC,
56

Wade, Adam,
113

Waldorf Astoria Starlight Room,
16

Walker, T-Bone,
38

Waller, Fats,
85

Wallichs Music City,
206

Walsh, Bill,
192

Wanderers,
203–204
,
278

Wand Records,
112
,
150
,
151
,
163
,
208

Ward, Billy,
36–37
; Sixty Minute Man,
36

Warner, Jack,
356

Warner Bros.,
355–356
; Warner/Reprise Records,
356–357

Warner Bros.—Seven Arts,
356
,
357

Warner/Reprise Records,
356–357

Warren, Beverly,
166
,
193

Warren, Harry,
56
; I Only Have Eyes for You,
55–56

Warwick, Dee Dee,
178
,
179
,
202

Warwick, Dionne,
152
,
178–179
,
202
,
257

Washington (DC),
25–39

Washington, Dinah,
151
,
303
,
346

Washington, Justine (Baby),
169

Washington Press Club,
26

Wasserman, Herb (Herbie),
18
,
64
,
65
,
73
,
75
,
79
,
98
,
153
; M & X,
18

Waters, Muddy,
51
,
84
,
246
,
355

Watkins, Viola,
47

Watson, Doc: Crawdad Hole,
35

Watts, Clem: If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve

Baked a Cake,
32

Watts riots,
276

Waxie Maxie’s,
26
,
28
,
31

Way Down by the Cherry Tree (Berns, Rubin),
22

Wayne, Artie,
229
,
322

Wayne, John,
159
,
311

WDIA,
313

Weavers,
146
,
317

Webb, Chick,
29

Web IV,
263–272
,
287
,
289
,
291
,
315
,
317
,
336
,
344
,
361
; Bang Records,
263–272
,
289–291
,
308
,
310
,
315
,
317
,
319
,
320
,
325
,
331–333
,
336
,
339
,
353
,
357
,
358

Weeks, Ricardo: I Wonder Why,
99

Weil, Cynthia,
7
,
130
,
131
,
132
,
182–184
,
211
,
242
,
259
,
277
,
314

Weill, Kurt,
94
; Mack the Knife,
94–95

Weintraub, Fred,
325–326
,
361
,
362

Weiss, George David: Wheel of Fortune,
45

Weiss, Hy,
45
,
137
,
146
,
254
,
255
,
296
,
319
; Old Town Records,
45
,
146
,
254

Weiss, Sam,
45
; Old Town Records,
45
,
146
,
254

Welk, Lawrence,
76

Welles, Orson,
82

Wells, Mary,
258
,
337

(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (Freedman, Myers),
43

West Side Story
(Wise, Robbins),
127–128

Wexler, Jerry,
1
,
2
,
3
,
6
,
8
,
33–38
,
53
,
80
,
80–93
,
102–105
,
119
,
126
,
134
,
135–142
,
152
,
155
,
157
,
161
,
165
,
183
,
184
,
198–200
,
204
,
205
,
208–210
,
222
,
232–245
,
263
,
264
,
268
,
269
,
275–286
,
288
,
289–293
,
296–298
,
311–317
,
321
,
335–337
,
345–349
,
355
,
356
,
363
,
365
; Clarion Records,
337
; Everybody Needs Somebody to Love,
237–238
,
242
; Web IV,
263–272
,
287
,
289
,
291
,
315
,
317
,
336
,
344
,
361

Wexler, Shirley,
282
,
284

WGH,
267

What’d I Say (Charles),
93–94
,
95
,
136

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
(Aldrich),
167

What Makes Sammy Run?
,
104n

Wheel of Fortune (Benjamin, Weiss),
45

Where or When (Kern),
99

Whipped Cream and Other Delights
,
341

White, Andy,
250

White, David: At the Hop,
54

White, Josh,
247
,
283

White, Ted,
347

Whitfield, David,
218

Who,
251
,
358

Why Do Fools Fall in Love (Lymon, Goldner),
42–43
,
50

Wickham, Vicki,
252

Wilcox, Eddie,
45

Wilde, Marty,
218

Wile, Joan,
73

Williams, Barney.
See
Dixon, Luther

Williams, Hank,
34
; Cold, Cold Heart,
34

Williams, Johnny Lee, 1124

Williams, Mary Lou,
31

Williamson, Sonny Boy,
355

Willie and Ruth,
86

Willis, Chuck,
89

Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Goffin, King),
110
,
112
,
128
,
184
,
227

Wilson, Earl,
56

Wilson, Jackie,
1
,
76
,
112
,
118
,
197
,
202–203
,
257
,
303

Wiltshire, Teacho,
6
,
102
,
146
,
149
,
152
,
162
,
180
,
277

Winchell, Walter,
150

Wine, Toni,
293

WING,
270

WINS,
51
,
52
,
56
,
118