Pete Johnson (rock critic)


Pete Johnson was a music critic for the Los Angeles Times in the 1960s, before being replaced by Robert Hilburn in 1970. In 1969 he wrote The History of Rock and Roll, and appeared in another rockumentary, the Pop Chronicles.
In writing The History of Rock and Roll documentary, Johnson said "I included nearly every record I ever rember hearing".
After his work at the Times, Johnson was editorial director of Circular, a promotional magazine published by Warner Bros.

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