Fred Bronson

Fred Bronson has been called “America’s foremost chart journalist” by the editor of Billboard magazine and as an expert on music has guest-starred on “American Idol” four times. He is the author of seven books: Rockin' The Kremlin (with David Junk), The Jacksons Legacy (with the Jacksons), Dick Clark’s American Bandstand (with Dick Clark), The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hits and The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits (with Adam White).

Bronson has written the American Music Awards and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, plus two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and an episode of the animated Star Trek series.

For SiriusXM Radio, he has interviewed Paul McCartney, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA and the cast of the “Mamma Mia!” motion picture and he designed and curates Smokey Robinson's "Smokey's Place" for Smokey's Soul Town on Channel 74.

He has programmed music channels for United Airlines and hosted his own series, Fred Bronson’s Pop Goes the World, for Music Choice. With Dick Clark, he wrote the weekly comic strip, Dick Clark’s Rock, Roll ’n’ Remember.

Bronson writes for Billboard, Variety and Los Angeles Magazine and covers the Eurovision Song Contest, American Idol and the Polar Music Prize.