Lydon, Michael J.

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Michael Lydon graduated from Yale University in 1965 and embarked on a career as a writer and musician. He covered the Civil Rights Movement for the Boston Globe and then moved on to Newsweek where he worked as a staff reporter for the London and San Francisco bureaus. In 1967 he was invited by Jann Wenner to became a founding editor of Rolling Stone. During this period he experienced first hand the London music scene, regularly attended performances at the Fillmore and Avalon Ballrooms in San Francisco, and joined the Rolling Stones on a cross-country tour. In the 1970s he turned to singing and song-writing, and still performs regularly with partner Ellen Mandel. His first book, Rock Folk (1971), was followed by Boogie Lightning: How Music Became Electric (1974), Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution (2003), and Songwriting Success: How to Write Songs for Fun and (maybe) Profit (2004). While researching his highly acclaimed biography Ray Charles: Man and Music (2004), Lydon traveled around the country interviewing Charles's friends and associates.

From the description of Michael Lydon Collection, 1977-1997, bulk 1995-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430343414

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creatorOf Lydon, Michael. Michael Lydon Collection, 1977-1997, bulk 1995-1997. Indiana University Archives of African American Music & Culture, AAAMC
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associatedWith Abrams, Bob. person
associatedWith Adams, Joe. person
associatedWith Alen, Dick. person
associatedWith Atlantic Recording Corporation corporateBody
associatedWith Baker, Carolyn. person
associatedWith Berry, Dorothy. person
associatedWith Bienstock, Miriam. person
associatedWith Braithwaite, David. person
associatedWith Brown, Jeff. person
associatedWith Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006. person
associatedWith Bryant, John. person
associatedWith Burns, Ralph. person
associatedWith Cason, Charles Richard. person
associatedWith Catlett, Buddy. person
associatedWith Charles, Ray, 1930-2004. person
associatedWith Cooper, Leroy, saxophonist. person
associatedWith Coton, Susaye Green. person
associatedWith Crawford, Hank, 1934-2009. person
associatedWith Dowd, Tom, 1925-2002. person
associatedWith Dufour, Joel. person
associatedWith Ertegun, Ahmet M. person
associatedWith Feller, Sid. person
associatedWith Fisher, Mary Ann. person
associatedWith Gratts, Bob. person
associatedWith Grosz, Jean-Pierre. person
associatedWith Guilbeau, Phillip, 1926- person
associatedWith Hubert, Traf. person
associatedWith John, Mable. person
associatedWith Kaye, Jeff. person
associatedWith Lewis, Jimmy, 1939- person
associatedWith Lewis, John. person
associatedWith Matassa, Cosimo. person
associatedWith Mathews, Tony, 1941- person
associatedWith Mayfield, Tina. person
associatedWith McKee, Gossie D. person
associatedWith Moss, Vernita. person
associatedWith Myers, Larry. person
associatedWith Newman, David, 1933-2009. person
associatedWith Newton, Larry. person
associatedWith Patton, Harold. person
associatedWith Perry, Alexander. person
associatedWith Raelets (Musical group) corporateBody
associatedWith Richard, Renald. person
associatedWith Ritz, David. person
associatedWith Robinson, Ray Charles, 1955- person
associatedWith Scott, Jimmy, 1925- person
associatedWith Scott, Peggy. person
associatedWith Seidenberg, Sidney. person
associatedWith Siders, Irving. person
associatedWith Solomon, Clifford. person
associatedWith Spotts, Roger. person
associatedWith Stone, Jesse. person
associatedWith Stradford, Mike. person
associatedWith Tussing, Ken. person
associatedWith Vanacore, Victor. person
associatedWith Ward, Jabo. person
associatedWith Wexler, Jerry. person
associatedWith Williams, Aaron. person
associatedWith Wilson, Gerald. person
associatedWith Wood, Bobby, pianist. person
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African American musicians
African Americans
African American sound recording executives and producers
Journalists
Rhythm and blues musicians
Soul musicians
Sound recording executives and producers
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