Table of Contents
1 East Coast Roots 1
2 West Coast Convergence 15
3 Makin' the Scene 45
4 Coastin' 53
5 Absolute Harmony 57
6 Hound Dog 61
7 Spark 67
8 Hard Times 77
9 New Times 91
10 Searchin' 101
11 In the King's Court 109
12 Girdles 133
13 What's My Line? 143
14 Driftin' the City 145
15 There Goes My Baby 157
16 The Brill Building 163
17 He Wore His Ambition Like a Topcoat 169
18 Tigers and Daisies 187
19 Al and Dick's 197
20 The Bird Flies 205
21 The Magnificent Merger That Never Happened 209
22 The Bird Dies 217
23 Happenings 221
24 A New Era 233
25 Take 36 243
26 Romance and Finance 249
27 Mirrors 255
28 The Last Clean Shirt 265
29 Life and Art 271
30 Smokey Joe's 277
Appendix A The Songs 291
Appendix B The Productions 299
Acknowledgments 303
Credits 305
Photo Credits 309
Index 311