Fredric Dannen was a co-recipient of the Overseas Press Club's 1986 Morton Frank Award for business reporting from abroad. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Institutional Investor, Rolling Stone, and Barron's. He received the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award for Hit Men.
Praise for Fredric Dannen's Hit Men:
"A sobering, blunt, and unusually well-observed depiction of the
sometimes sordid inner workings of the music business."
—Billboard
"It's a good book—read it!"
—Sinead O'Connor
"An entertaining collection of anecdotes about an uproariously
unsavory subculture of egomaniacs, sybarites, goniffs, and music
lovers. . . . Mr. Dannen has a knack for the telling quote and a
healthy appetite for the juicy story."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Anyone with more than a passing interest in the inner workings of
the [music] industry will be enthralled by the juicy tales [Dannen]
has to tell."
—The New York Times
"A knowing and unsentimental glimpse into the inner workings of the
music business . . . Dannen got the inside story, and he got it
right."
—Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The most revealing look yet at the 'characters' who run the
rock-music business."
—Entertainment Weekly, Top 10 Best Books of the Year
"No one, insider or outsider, has ever grasped the basic concept of
power in the pop-music business better than Fredric Dannen
in Hit Men. . . . Hit Men has enough dramatic juice
to drive half a dozen fictional bestsellers."
—Newsday
"The no-holds-barred tale of showbiz's most flamboyant branch
strips away the inpenetrable sheen of some of the industry's
weightiest names."
—Variety
"Hit Men brings to life the most compelling gang of thugs
since The Godfather. The stories of this smarmy bunch are part
delicious, part appalling."
—USA Today
"Anyone who has even a passing interest in the music industry will
be intrigued by Hit Men. The two basic themes are mob
involvement and music executives' dalliances."
—Chicago Tribune
"A detailed profile of the handful of individuals who control the
Top Forty. . . . Dannen's triumph is his ability to reduce the
complicated problems and issues of the music industry to precise,
personal situations."
—Rolling Stone
"Dannen's thorough, sure-footed investigation . . . create[s] a
lucid and understandable account of the modern music business."
—Philadelphia Inquirer
"Dannen . . . mixes the skills of an investigative journalist with
the gifts of an expert storyteller in an expose that will intrigue
and appall readers with its disclosures."
—Publishers Weekly
"Well researched and chock-full of juicy tidbits, [Hit Men] imparts
a vivid sense of the record industry's slimy side."
—Business Week
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