by Simon Philo
Sounds (UK music weekly), 1 , 2
Spandau Ballet (musicians), 1.1-1.2
Spandau Ballet album Journey to Glory, 1
Spandau Ballet songs “Musclebound”, 1
“To Cut a Long Story Short”, 1
Sparks, 1 , 2.1-2.2 See also Mael Ron (musician); Mael, Russell (musician)
Sparks albums Kimono My House, 1
Sparks songs “Amateur Hour”, 1
“Get in the Swing”, 1
“Looks Looks Looks”, 1 , 2
“Something for the Girl with Everything”, 1
“This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us”, 1.1-1.2
Stardust, Alvin (musician), 1
Starr, Ringo, 1
state of emergency, 1
Steinman, Jim (producer/musician), 1
Strange, Steve (musician), 1
Suede (musicians), 1 See also Brett Anderson
Supergrass (musicians), 1
Sweet early years, 1.1-1.2
evolution of, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4
Sweet albums Desolation Boulevard, 1
Give Us a Wink, 1
Sweet songs “Action”, 1 , 2
“Alexander Graham Bell”, 1
“Ballroom Blitz”, 1 , 2
“Blockbuster”, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2
“Co Co”, 1
“Fox on the Run”, 1
“Funny Funny”, 1
“Hellraiser”, 1 , 2
“The Lies in Your Eyes”, 1 , 2
“Little Willy”, 1
“Love is Like Oxygen”, 1
“The Six Teens”, 1
“Teenage Rampage”, 1 , 2.1-2.2
“Turn It Down”, 1
“Wig Wam Bam”, 1
Sylvian, David (musician), 1 See also Japan
Springsteen, Bruce, 1
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T. Rex, 1 , 2 album cover art of, 1.1-1.2
play Empire Pool Wembley, 1 , 2
play the Festival of Progressive Music, 1.1-1.2
and T.Rextasy, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3
on Top of the Pops, 1
and the USA, 1.1-1.2 , 2
T. Rex albums Dandy in the Underworld, 1
Electric Warrior, 1 , 2.1-2.2
Tanx, 1
T. Rex, 1
The Slider, 1.1-1.2
Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow, 1 , 2
T. Rex songs “20th Century Boy”, 1.1-1.2
“Beltane Walk”, 1 , 2
“Childe”, 1
“Children of Rarn”, 1
“Children of the Revolution”, 1
“Cosmic Dancer”, 1
“Get It On”, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
“The Groover”, 1
“Hot Love”, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2
“I Love to Boogie”, 1
“Is It Love?”, 1
“Jeepster”, 1
“King of the Mountain Cometh”, 1.1-1.2
“Life’s a Gas”, 1
“Light of Love”, 1
“Main Man”, 1.1-1.2
“Mambo Sun”, 1
“Metal Guru”, 1.1-1.2
“Monolith”, 1
“New York City”, 1
“One Inch Rock”, 1 , 2
“Planet Queen”, 1
“Ride a White Swan”, 1 , 2 , 3
“Rip Off”, 1
“Teenage Dream”, 1
“Telegram Sam”, 1
“Truck on Tyke”, 1
“Woodland Rock”, 1.1-1.2
“Zip Gun Boogie”, 1 , 2
Taylor, John (musician), 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 See also Duran Duran
Taylor, Vince (musician), 1.1-1.2
teenagers, 1 , 2
Thompson, Paul (musician), 1 See also Roxy Music
three-day week, 1.1-1.2
Thunders, Johnny (musician), 1 See also the New York Dolls
Tibbs, Gary (musician), 1 See also Adam and the Ants; Roxy Music
Took, Steve Peregrin (musician), 1.1-1.2 , 2 See also Tyrannosaurus Rex
Top of the Pops (tv show), 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4
torch songs, 1
Townshend, Pete, 1
Twiggy (model), 1
Tyrannosaurus Rex (musicians), 1.1-1.2
Tyrannosaurus Rex albums A Beard of Stars, 1
My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair . . . But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows, 1
Prophets, Seers and Sages: The Angels of the Ages, 1
Unicorn, 1.1-1.2
Tyrannosaurus Rex songs “Cat Black (The Wizard’s Hat)”, 1.1-1.2
“Chateau in Virginia Waters”, 1
“Frowning Atahuallpa (My Inca Love)”, 1
“Hot Rod Mama”, 1
“King of the Rumbling Spires”, 1
“Mustang Ford”, 1
“She Was Born to be My Unicorn”, 1
“Woodland Bop”, 1
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Ultravox (musicians), 1
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Vandross, Luther (musician), 1 , 2
Van Halen, 1
Velvet Goldmine (movie), 1
Velvet Underground, 1.1-1.2 , 2
Visconti, Tony (producer/musician), 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7
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Warhol, Andy (artist), 1.1-1.2
Watts, Michael (journalist), 1.1-1.2 , 2
Weimar culture, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Whitehouse, Mary (moral guardian/campaigner), 1.1-1.2
Wire (musicians), 1
Williams, Richard (journalist/critic), 1
Wilson, Harold (UK Prime Minister), 1
Wizzard, 1 See also Wood, Roy (musician)
Wizzard songs “Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)”, 1
“I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day”, 1 , 2.1-2.2
“See My Baby Jive”, 1
Wood, Roy (musician), 1
About the Author
Simon Philo teaches American studies and popular music in society at the University of Derby. He is the author of British Invasion: The Crosscurrents of Musical Influence and has written extensively on transatlantic popular culture. In twenty-five years at Derby, he has been instrumental in working pop and rock into the very heart of the curriculum. A true “child of the revolution,” the first single he bought was Sweet’s “Teenage Rampage.”
