About the Author

Richie Unterberger is one of today's most prolific and respected writers on 20th century American popular music. Author of Unknown Legends of Rock 'n' Roll, he is a senior editor for allmusic.com, the Internet's largest database of artist bios and album reviews. Former editor of Option, Unterberger has written numerous CD reissue liner notes and contributes to rollingstone.com, Pulse!, and others.