Fred Bronson
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Fred Bronson | |
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Born | Fredric M. Bronson January 10, 1949 Culver City, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, writer |
Fredric M. "Fred" Bronson (born January 10, 1949) is an American journalist, author and writer. He is the author of books related to number one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and other books related to various music charts as well. He is also known for his appearances on American Idol and the weekly "Chart Beat" column in Billboard magazine.
The 5th edition of The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits was published in 2003. The 4th edition of Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits was published in 2007. Bronson is also the author of The Billboard Book of Number One R&B Hits (with Adam White), American Bandstand (with Dick Clark) and The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook, written at the behest of the seven actors who played the von Trapp children in the 1965 film.
Early life
Born to Irving and Mildred Bronson and raised in
One of Bronson's earliest published works was in the first letters column of
Career
From 1971 to 1982, he was a publicist for
Bronson's regular Chart Beat column appeared weekly in Billboard magazine from January 1993, when he took over from Paul Grein who originated the column in March 1981, until April 2005, when it was transferred completely to Billboard.com. The online Chart Beat Chat column appeared at Billboard.com from April 1996 until March 5, 2009. Both dealt with notable activity on the Billboard charts including the Billboard Hot 100 for songs and Billboard 200 for albums. His new Billboard column, This Week In Billboard History, launched on the www.billboard.biz website on December 6, 2011. Bronson also co-created the syndicated comic strip Dick Clark's Rock, Roll & Remember in 1995 with Dick Clark and art work by Don Sherwood.[1]
Bronson has written for numerous award shows including both the
Bronson's musical preferences were heard on his own radio program Pop Goes the World and the online radio station Radio Fred Bronson.
Bronson wrote one episode of the
On March 5, 2009, Bronson announced in his weekly Chart Beat column that it was to be his last. In August 2009, he wrote his first articles for the Los Angeles Times. The latimes.com website posted his interviews with American Idol finalists Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta. In 2011, Bronson began writing for Billboard again on a regular basis. His articles appear on the Billboard.biz website. He also writes for The Hollywood Reporter.
Bronson has also conducted interviews for Sirius XM including Paul McCartney, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Ulf Ekberg from Ace of Base. Bronson also announced that he would be a guest on Jon Peter Lewis' internet TV series American Nobody (episode 4 in March 2009).[4]
Bronson was a member of the international jury of Melodifestivalen 2009, national preselection event to choose the Swedish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.[5]
In August 2012, Bronson began writing a weekly column for The Hollywood Reporter: American Idol on the Charts.
Notes
- ^ Also referenced in Amazing Spider-Man No. 600.
References
- ^ "Don Sherwood - Lambiek Comiclopedia".
- ^ "At Live365.com". Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
- ^ Mangels, Andy (Summer 2018). "Star Trek: The Animated Series". RetroFan (1). TwoMorrows Publishing: 35.
- ^ Bad link at Billboard.com
- ^ Bad link Archived June 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at SCT.se
- Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.[page needed]
External links
- Fred Bronson at IMDb
- IdolsNow Archived January 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Piece of mind story draft at The Trek Files
- The counter clock incident revised draft at The Trek Files