Bruce Pollock (Fairfield, CT) has been called "the most important scholar of American pop music" by the late Greg Shaw. He is the author of 13 books, including Working Musicians: Defining Moments from the Road, the Studio, and the Stage and Rock Song Index. For 17 years he was the editor of Popular Music: An Annotated Index of American Popular Songs. His writings have appeared in Playboy, the New York Times, USA Today, and the Saturday Review.