Alphabetical Index

of Piero Scaruffi's History of Pop Music

This alphabetical index is only partial. It contains the names of all the main musicians who are discussed in this book and who have a biography on my website www.scaruffi.com. It does not contain all the references to a name, and it does not refer to page numbers. The numbers next to the name are the number of the chapter. A complete index would have greatly increased the price of the book. The names are listed in alphabetical order according to the name by which the artist was most famous, including the first name. Thus John Lee Hooker is under "J", Howling Wolf is under "H".

If you want to find out all the places where a certain musician is mentioned, you can go to www.scaruffi.com and use the search engine.


  1. Preface
  2. European beginnings
  3. The USA up to World War II
  4. The Musical
  5. Film Music
  6. Blues Music
  7. Country Music
  8. Rhythm'n'Blues
  9. Latin America
  10. Post-war Pop Music in the USA
  11. World Music on the Rise
  12. Post-war Country Music
  13. Soul Music
  14. The Post-war Musical
  15. Post-war Film Music


Al Green 13
Al Jolson 3
Albert Ammons 6
Albert Collins 8
Albert King 8
Allen Toussaint 8
Andrew Lloyd-Webber 14
Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim 11
Aretha Franklin 13
B.B. King 8
Bessie Smith 6
Big Bill Broonzy 6
Big Joe Turner 8
Bill Monroe 7
Bing Crosby 3
Blind Lemon Jefferson 6
Bob Wills 7
Bobby Bland 8
Brian Holland 13
Buck Owens 12
Burt Bacharach 10
Carter Family 7
Charles Brown 8
Charley Patton 6
Chet Atkins 7
Clarence Gatemouth Brown 8
Clovers 8
Coasters 8
Cole Porter 4
Craig Armstrong 15
Curtis Mayfield 13
Dave Bartholomew 8
Diana Ross 13
Dinah Washington 8
Dominoes 8
Drifters 8
Eddie Holland 13
Edith Piaf 11
Elmore James 8
Elmore James 8
Ennio Morricone 15
Fats Domino 8
Five Royales 8
Flatt and Scruggs 7
Four Tops 13
Franco 11
Frank Sinatra 10
Furry Lewis 6
Gary Davis 6
George Gershwin 4
Hank Ballard 8
Hank Williams 7
Herman Junior Parker 8
Hoagy Carmichael 3
Howling Wolf 8
Hugh Masekela 11
Ike Turner 8
Impressions 13
Ink Spots 6
Irving Berlin 4
Isaac Hayes 13
Jackie Wilson 13
James Brown 13
James Sheppard 8
Jerome Kern 4
Jimmie Rodgers 7
Jimmy Reed 8
Joe Tex 13
John Hurt 6
John Lee Hooker 8
Johnny Cash 12
Johnny Guitar Watson 8
Johnny Otis 8
Juliette Greco 11
Koko Taylor 8
Lamont Dozier 13
Leadbelly 6
Lenoir 8
Leo Ferre` 11
Leroy Carr 6
Les Paul 7
Lightnin' Hopkins 8
Little Milton 8
Little Willie John 13
Lonnie Johnson 6
Louis Jordan 8
Ma Rainey 6
Mahalia Jackson 8
Mamie Smith 6
Marvin Gaye 13
Maurice Williams 8
Meade Lux Lewis 6
Memphis Slim 6
Merle Haggard 12
Meters 8
Mills Brothers 6
Miriam Makeba 11
Muddy Waters 8
Nat King Cole 10
Nina Simone 13
Norman Whitfield 13
Orioles 8
Otis Redding 13
Overton Wright 13
Perry Como 10
Pete Seeger 7
Ravens 8
Ray Charles 13
Raymond Scott 10
Richard Rodgers 4
Robert Johnson 6
Roosevelt Sykes 6
Roy Acuff 7
Roy Brown 8
Sam Cooke 13
Scott Joplin 3
Serge Gainsbourg 11
Skip James 6
Sleepy John Estes 6
Slim Harpo 8
Smokey Robinson 13
Solomon Burke 13
Son House 6
Sonny Boy Williamson 6
Sonny Boy Williamson II 8
Soul Stirrers 6
Stephen Sondheim 14
Stevie Wonder 13
Supremes 13
T-Bone Walker 8
Tabu Pascal 11
Tampa Red 6
Temptations 13
Thomas Dorsey 6
Tom Hall 12
Victoria Spivey 6
William Handy 6
Willie Dixon 8
Wilson Pickett 13
Woody Guthrie 7