Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story

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215 1-2-3 Look at Mr. Lee club (Sausalito), 155 5-4 Ballroom (Los Angeles), 35–36, 49, 144 5-4 Optimist Club, 144 24th Street (Omaha), 20 28th Street (Los Angeles), 48 30th Street (Los Angeles), 129 32nd Street (Los Angeles), ix 54th Street (Ls Angeles), 49 84th Street (Los Angeles), 84 103rd Street (Los Angeles), x, xviii, xix, 40 107th Street (Los Angeles), xvi, 23, 30 108th Street (Los Angeles), 23 110th Street (Los Angeles), xvi 112th Street (Los Angeles), 129 113th Street (Los Angeles), 71 116th Street (Los Angeles), vii, xv 118th Street (Los Angeles), 25 125th Street (New York), 96 “2120 South Michigan Avenue,” 118 abolition democracy, 14 Abtasi, Rita, 8 Ace, Johnny, xii, 41–42, 68, 158 Adamic, Louis, 13 Adams, Doris, 68. See also Three Tons of Joy, The Adams, Francine, 68. See also Three Tons of Joy, The Adams, Joe, 37 Adams, Johnny, 147 Adams, Marie, xxi, 41, 55, 58, 67–68, 123, 124, 144. See also Three Tons of Joy, The Africa, xxx, 3–4, 132, 141, 159, 160; wood sculpture, 74, 140 Alabama, 2, 47 Aladdin Records, 14, 156 Albanians, 9 Alexandria, Egypt, 4 Alex Lovejoy’s Breakfast Club (Los Angeles), ix Ali, Bardu, xvii, xxv, 23, 30, 47, 65, 66, 111, 181 Ali, Tia, xxv Aliso Village projects (Los Angeles), 63 Alligator Records, 115, 126 Allison, Luther, 147 Allison, Mose, 120 “All Night Long,” xxix, 36, 37 “All the Way In or All the Way Out,” 127 Alpine Village (Torrance, California), 145 Altadena, California, 140 Alvarado Street (Los Angeles), 53 Alvin, Dave, xiii Index Alvin, Phil, xiii American Bandstand, 59, 119 American Federation of Labor, 6 American Federation of Musicians, 49; Black Local 767, 49 American Federation of Teachers, 73 American Hellenic Educational Progress Association (AHEPA), 3 American Legion, 2 Anchors Aweigh (motion picture), 101–2 Anderson, Ernestine, 24 Anderson, John, 177 Anderson, Roberta, 83 Andrews, Ernie, 50 Andrews Sisters, 13 Angel Aires, The, 77 “Angel Baby,” 144 Angelou, Maya, xi Angelus Hall (Los Angeles), 62, 63 Apollo Theatre (Harlem), 27, 29, 33, 53, 73, 125 Apostolic Faith Mission (Los Angeles), 108 Apple farming and apple juice, 149 Apus and Estrelita, xxix, 41 Arabic music, 9, 136 Arabs, 9, 181 Arbitron ratings, 134 Arkansas: segregation in, 54 Arizona, 180 Arlington Boulevard (Los Angeles), 53 Armenians, 9, 136 Armenian songs, 9 Armenta Brothers, The, 34, 62 Armstrong, Louis, 120, 126 art, viii, 7, 139–42, 163 Ash Grove nightclub (Los Angeles), xiii Asia Minor, 9 Association of American Publishers, 6 Atkins, Cholly, 29 Atlanta, Georgia, 3, 72 Atlantic Records, 14 Attack (political group), xii, 73, 74 Atwater, Lee, 182 August, Joe. See Mr. Google Eyes Augusta, Georgia, 46 Avalon, Frankie, 59, 119 Avalon Boulevard (Los Angeles), vii, x, xv, xvi, 115 Azusa Street Revival, 108–9. See also Pentecostalism Bach, Johan Sebastian, 134 Back to Jazz, 123 Bailey, Cal, 151 Baker, Lavern, 126 Baldwin, James, xii, 74 Balinton, Umpeylia, 155–57, 169. See also DeSanto, Sugar Pie Balkans, 9 Balkan Wars, 4 Ballard, Hank (and the Midnighters), xii, 31, 38, 43, 59, 66, 92, 102, 178 Baltimore Bullets (basketball team), 6 banjo, 130 Barber, Bob, 151 Bar-B-Que Café (Los Angeles), x Barksdale, Don, 5–6, 156 Barnes, Jeannie, 58 Barrelhouse nightclub (Los Angeles), xii, xiii, xvi, xxii, xxv, xxvi, 23, 30, 39, 47, 70, 88, 161, 177 Barrel House nightclub (Omaha), 20, 177 Barrio Station (San Diego), 147 Bartee, Ellis, 23, 38 baseball, 33–34 Basie, Count, xxii, 10, 16, 19, 23, 26, 40, 45–46, 91, 120, 151, 165; band, 22, 23, 50, 145, 163, 178 basketball, 5–6 Bass, Charlotta, xi, 103 bass (electric), 129, 146 bass (upright), 131 Batista, Fulgencio, 39 Beach Boys, The, xiii, xxvii, 118, 119 Beal, Eddie, 50 Beale Street (Memphis), 96 Beatles, The, xxi–xxii, 75, 77, 117, 118, 119, 121 216 Index “Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar,” 13 bebop, 164 “Beer Barrel Polka,” 13 “Bei Meir Bistu Schein,” 13 Bell, Leard: “Kansas City,” xxiii, 31, 38, 42, 55, 65, 165, 169 Beloved, 183, 184 Belvin, Jesse, 58, 70–71, 130, 134 Bennett, Tony, 37 Benson, George, 131 Benston, Kimberly, 168 Bentley, Gladys, 100–101 Benton, Thomas Hart, 13 Berkeley, California, xvii, xxiv, xxix, xxx, 4, 7, 14, 15, 39, 137, 150, 151, 152, 159 Berkeley High School, 6, 8 Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 152 Bernal Heights (San Francisco), 153 Bernie Hooper’s Bar (Denver), 18 Berry, Chuck...