Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock

Preface — Ellen Willis Introduction — Barbara O'Dair Acknowledgments I. THE PIONEERS OF ROCK & ROLL: BLUES, JAZZ, GOSPEL, RHYTHM & BLUES, AND COUNTRY Little Mamas, Wild Women, and Balls of Fire: The Blues Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Big Mama Thornton, Koko Taylor by Ariel Swartley Our Lady of Perpetual Suffering, Revisited: Billie Holiday by Carol Cooper Heavenly Creatures: The Great Gospel Singers Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward, Mahalia Jackson, Marion Williams by Susan Richardson Smooth Sass and Raw Power: R&B's Ruth Brown and Etta James by Alice Echols Hillbilly Fillies: The Trailblazers of C&W The Carter Family, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris by Holly George-Warren II. SPARROWS AND POWERHOUSES: POP, FOLK, AND ROCK IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES Pop Chicks: Fluff to Tough Nancy Sinatra, Cher, Lulu, Petula Clark, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, and others by Karen Schoemer Carole King by Roberta Burkely Aretha Franklin by Ann Powers Girl Groups: A Ballad of Codependency The Chantels, the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las, the Crystals by Donna Gaines Diana Ross by Diane Cardwell Charmed Circle: Folksingers and Singer-Songwriters Joan Baez, Odetta, Ronnie Gilbert, Judy Collins, Peggy Seeger, Alix Dobkin, Sandy Denny, and others by Leslie Berman Laura Nyro by Patricia Romanowski Red Blue Jeans: Wanda Jackson and Grace Slick by Ariel Swartley III. ELECTRIC LADYLAND: ROCK IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES Janis Joplin by Terri Sutton Tina Turner by Christian Wright Joni Mitchell by Lisa Kennedy The Love You Make: Fans and Groupies by Ann Powers Bonnie Raitt by Patricia Romanowski Linda Ronstadt by Karen Schoemer Bette Midler: A Divine Timeline by Ann Abel Technophilia: Women at the Control Board by Andrea Odintz IV. REBEL REBEL: POP AND PUNK IN THE SEVENTIES Midnight Train: A Teenage Story Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Nina Simone by Kathy Dobie Karen Carpenter by Sue Cummings Yoko Ono by Arion Berger Nico by Holly George-Warren Marianne Faithfull by Stacey D'Erasmo Patti Smith by Deborah Frost Inside Was Us: Women and Punk Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Tina Weymouth, Exene Cervenka, and others by Carola Dibbell Jayne County: Man Enough to Be a Woman by Donna Gaines Shouting Out Loud: Women in U.K. Punk Siouxsie Sioux, Poly Styrene, the Slits, Au Pairs, the Raincoats by Joy Press Chrissie Hynde by Amy Raphael Good Golly, Svengali: Donna Summer and Annabella Lwin by Carol Cooper V. DIVAS AND B-GIRLS: FROM THE SEVENTIES TO TODAY Bohemian Rhapsodies Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks, Heart, Lene Lovich, Cyndi Lauper, the Roches, Kristin Hersh, Jane Siberry, Diamanda Galás, Björk, Sarah McLachlan, and others by Ann Powers Madonna by Mim Udovitch Beyond Sucker MCs: Hip-Hop Women Roxanne Shanté, Salt-n-Pepa, Queen Latifah, Monie Love, MC Lyte, and others by Mimi Valdés The Singer and the Song Rickie Lee Jones, Annie Lennox, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Natalie Merchant, k. d. lang, Melissa Etheridge, Sam Phillips, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Joan Osborne by Elysa Gardner Sinéad O'Connor by Ann Powers Janet Jackson by Danyel Smith Smooth Operators: Contemporary R&B Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Jody Watley, Mary J. Blige, TLC, and others by Amy Linden Selena by Daisann McLane VI. OH, YOU PRETTY THINGS! TOWARD THE MILLENNIUM Garageland Goldie and the Gingerbreads, Fanny, the Runaways, the Go-Go's, the Bangles, L7, Luscious Jackson, and others by Deborah Frost She's in the Band: Maureen Tucker, Tina Weymouth, and Tara Key by Evelyn McDonnell Chicks with Picks Compiled by Gina Arnold and Shawn Dahl Laurie Anderson by Gillian G. Gaar Kim Gordon by Christina Kelly Rebel Grrrls Frightwig, Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear, Babes in Toyland, Fifth Column, Mecca Normal, Tribe B, and others by Evelyn McDonnell Courtney Love by Katherine Dieckmann The Great Indie Debate by Emily White Fierce Folkies: Contemporary Roots Music Ferron, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Barbara Manning, Ani DiFranco, Lois Maffeo, Iris DeMent, Victoria Williams, and others by Terri Sutton Desolation Angels: The Misfits of Women's Lit Exene Cervenka, Maggie Estep, Lydia Lunch, Marisela Norte, Pleasant Gehman, Dana Bryant, and others by Holly George-Warren Neneh Cherry by Vivien Goldman Me'Shell Ndegéocello by Sara Scribner True Confessions: Alternative Sounds Juliana Hatfield, Tanya Donelly, Aimee Mann, the Breeders, Elastica, Veruca Salt, and others by Jancee Dunn The Soft Boys: The New Man in Rock by Terri Sutton Liz Phair by Lorraine Ali Polly Jean Harvey by Barbara O'Dair Bibliography — Books on Music Genres, Movements, and History — Women-Themed Books — Biographies and Autobiographies — Writings on Women Contributors Index